Court of Justice 26 February 1981, 785/79 (Adriano Pizziolo v Commission of the European Communities.)

OPINION OF MR ADVOCATE GENERAL WARNER DELIVERED ON 26 FEBRUARY 1981 My Lords, The applicant in this case, Mr Adriano Pizziolo, is a Commission official, on the scientific staff, who, having had a year's unpaid leave on personal grounds which ended on 28 February 1971, has still not been reinstated. Article 40 of the Staff Regulations provides, so far as material: “1.