Court of Justice 18 September 2003, C-162/01 P and C-163/01 P (Edouard Bouma and Bernard M. J. B. Beusmans v Council of the European Union and Commission of the European Communities.)

Opinion of the Advocate-General Opinion of the Advocate-General I – Introduction 1. The two present appeals, which have been joined for the purposes of the judgment, are brought against the judgments of the Court of First Instance in Cases T-533/93 (2) (hereinafter: ‘ Bouma ’) and T-73/94 (3) (hereinafter: ‘ Beusmans ’) dismissing the actions for damages brought against the Council and the