Opinion of Advocate General Van Gerven delivered on 13 January 1993

1 Original language: Dutch.

2 Judgment in Case 188/73 Grassi v Council [1974] ECR 1099, paragraph 38, confirmed by, inter alia, Case C-343/87 Culm v Commission [1990] ECR I-225.

3 Case 26/85 Vaysse v Commission [1986] ECR 3131, paragraph 26.

4 Grassi v Council, paragraph 40.

5 Case 151/80 Hoe v Commission [1981] ECR 3161.

6 Case C-107/90 Hochbaum v Commission [1992] ECR I-157, paragraph 9.

7 Paragraphs 26 and 27.

8 The Parliament refers to, among others, the judgments in Case 24/79 Oberthür v Commission [1980] ECR 1743, paragraph 11, Joined Cases 156/79 and 51/80 Gratreau v Commission [1980] ECR 3943, paragraph 24, and Case 263/81 List v Commission [1983] ECR 103, paragraph 26 et seq.