Judgment of the Court 1 June 1994

In Case C-136/92 P,

THE COURT, composed of: O. Due, President, G. F. Mancini, J. C. Moitinho de Almeida, M. Diez de Velasco, D. A. O. Edward (Presidents of Chambers), C. N. Kakouris, R. Joliét (Rapporteur), F. A. Schockweiler, G. C. Rodríguez Iglesias, F. Grévisse, M. Zuleeg, P. J. G. Kapteyn and J. L. Murray, Judges, Advocate General: C. O. Lenz, Registrar: R. Grass,

having regard to the report of the Judge-Rapporteur,

after hearing the Opinion of the Advocate General at the sitting on 5 October 1993,

gives the following

Judgment

The Commission's appeal

The Commission's first plea: misinterpretation of Community law in relation to default interest and compensatory interest

The Commission's second plea in law: insufficient and contradictory reasoning

The first part

The second part

The third part

The Commission's third plea in law: misinterpretation and misapplication of Community law relating to proof of damage

The officials' cross-appeal

The admissibility of the cross-appeal

The officials' first plea in law: breach of the general principles on compensation for damage

The officials' second plea in law: contradiction between the grounds and the operative part of the judgment and breach of the prohibition of discrimination

Costs

1 Language of the case: Italian.