Opinion of Mr Advocate General Lenz delivered on 5 May 1988

1 Translated from the German.

2 Judgment of the Court of 11 March 1986 in Case 294/84 Hermanus Adams and Others v Commission [1986] ECR 984.

3 Judgment of the Court of 8 March 1988 in Joined Cases 64/86, 71 to 73 and 78/86 Giovanni Sergio and Others v Commission [1988] ECR 1399.

4 Judgment of the Court of 21 June 1984 in Case 69/83 Charles Lux v Court of Auditors [1984] ECR 2447.