Opinion of Mr Advocate General Lenz delivered on 5 May 1988

1 Translated from the German.

2 Judgment of 11 March 1986 in Case 294/84 Hermanus Adams and Others v Commission [1986] ECR 984; judgment of the Court of 8 March 1988 in Joined Cases 64, 71 to 73 and 78/86 Sergio and Others v Commission [1988] ECR 1399.

3 Judgment of the Court of 24 March 1988 in Case 228/86 J. P. Goossens and Others v Commission [1988] ECR 1819.

4 Judgment of 29 May 1983 in Case 289/81 Vassilis Mavridis v European Parliament [1983] ECR 1731.