Opinion of Mr Advocate General da Cruz Vilaça delivered on 27 October 1987

1 Translated from the Portuguese.

2 Judgment of 21 May 1981 in Case 156/80 Morbilli ν Commission [1981] ECR 1357, paragraph 20; judgment of 29 November 1984 in Case 265/83 Suss ν Commission [1984] ECR 4029, paragraph 11.

3 Judgment of 26 January 1984 in Case 189/82 Seiler ν Council [1984] ECR 229, at p. 241.

4 Judgment of 20 June 1985 in Case 118/84 Commission v Royale Belge [1985] ECR 1889, paragraph 17.

5 Judgment of 14 July 1981 in Case 186/80 Suss ν Commission [1981] ECR 2041, paragraphs 10 and 11.

6 Judgment of 14 July 1981 in Suss, paragraph 9.

7 Judgment of 29 November 1984 in Suss ν Commission [1984] ECR 4029, paragraph 11.

8 Judgment of 29 November 1984 in Suss, op. cit., paragraph

9 Judgment in Morbclli, op. cit., paragraph 27.

10 Case 103/81 [1982] ECR 1003, paragraph 9.

11 Joined Cases 169/83 and 136/84 [1986] ECR 2801, paragraph 18.