Opinion of Mr Advocate General Lenz delivered on 3 October 1991

1 Original language: German.

2 Judgment of 26 September 1990 in Case T-139/88 Virgili-Schettini v European Parliament, at paragraph 20.

3 Judgment in Case 54/77 Herpels v Commission [1978] ECR 585.

4 Judgment in Herpels, cited above, at paragraphs 45 to 49.

5 Loc. cit.

6 Cf. Article 38(3) of the Rules of Procedure.

7 Judgment in Case T-139/89, at paragraph 31.

8 At paragraph 2 of the judgment.