THE APPLICANT PRODUCED ON 26 SEPTEMBER 1969 A NUMBER OF NEW DOCUMENTS RELATING TO HIS ACTION AGAINST THE EUROPEAN DEMOCRATIC UNION GROUP .
3 BY ORDERS DATED 1 AND 29 OCTOBER 1969 THE COURT AUTHORIZED THESE DOCUMENTS TO BE LODGED , WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE RIGHTS OF THE DEFENDANT AND SUBJECT TO THEIR ADMISSIBILITY , AUTHENTICITY AND RELEVANCE , IN RESPECT OF WHICH CERTAIN WERE CHALLENGED .
4 AT THE SAME TIME THE COURT WAS INFORMED THAT IN RELATION TO THE SAME DOCUMENTS THE APPLICANT HAD FILED A COMPLAINT BEFORE THE TRIBUNAL DE GRANDE INSTANCE , PARIS , AGAINST AN UNKNOWN PERSON FOR BREACH OF CONFIDENCE AND THAT IN THEIR TURN TWO MEMBERS OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT BELONGING TO THE EUROPEAN DEMOCRATIC UNION GROUP HAD LODGED A COMPLAINT AGAINST THE APPLICANT BEFORE THE TRIBUNAL DE GRANDE INSTANCE , STRASBOURG , FOR FORGERY AND THE UTTERING OF FORGED DOCUMENTS .
5 IN VIEW OF THE CONNEXION BETWEEN THESE ACTIONS AND THE PRESENT CASE THE COURT , BY ORDER DATED 3 DECEMBER 1969 , STAYED THE PROCEEDINGS PENDING THE DECISIONS TO BE TAKEN ON THE COMPLAINTS REFERRED TO .
6 IN THE ABSENCE OF ANY INFORMATION ON THE OUTCOME OF THOSE ACTIONS AFTER THE LAPSE OF A PROLONGED PERIOD THE COURT INFORMED THE APPLICANT BY LETTER DATED 14 NOVEMBER 1975 THAT IT INTENDED TO REMOVE THE CASE FROM THE REGISTER , AND SET THE PARTIES A TIME-LIMIT WITHIN WHICH TO SUBMIT ANY OBSERVATIONS .
7 FOLLOWING THIS NOTIFICATION THE APPLICANT GAVE NOTICE OF HIS INTENTION TO CONTINUE THE ACTION AND SUBSEQUENTLY INFORMED THE COURT THAT THE COMPLAINT LODGED AGAINST HIM BEFORE THE TRIBUNAL DE GRANDE INSTANCE , STRASBOURG , WAS NOT BEING PURSUED .
8 ON THE OTHER HAND , HE WAS NOT ABLE TO GIVE ANY INFORMATION AS TO THE RESULT OF THE COMPLAINT WHICH HE HAD HIMSELF MADE TO THE TRIBUNAL DE GRANDE INSTANCE , PARIS .
9 UPON COMPLETION OF THE FILE THE CASE WAS HEARD ON 9 JUNE 1977 AND DELIBERATED AFTER THE ADVOCATE-GENERAL HAD DELIVERED HIS OPINION .
THE SUBJECT-MATTER AND ADMISSIBILITY OF THE ACTION
10 BY LETTER DATED 12 MARCH 1968 SIGNED BY THE CHAIRMAN AND BY A MEMBER OF THE EUROPEAN DEMOCRATIC UNION GROUP THE APPLICANT WAS INFORMED THAT THE GROUP HAD DECIDED TO TERMINATE THE EMPLOYMENT WHICH HE HAD ENTERED PURSUANT TO A CONTRACT OF EMPLOYMENT DATED 29 JANUARY 1965 .
11 THAT LETTER GAVE THREE MONTHS ' NOTICE FROM NOTIFICATION OF THE DECISION , IT BEING UNDERSTOOD THAT THE REMUNERATION RELATING TO THAT PERIOD WOULD BE PAID BUT THAT THE APPLICANT WOULD NOT BE REQUIRED TO DISCHARGE HIS DUTIES .
12 ON 10 JUNE 1968 THE APPLICANT FORWARDED A COMPLAINT THOUGH OFFICIAL CHANNELS UNDER ARTICLE 46 OF THE CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT OF OTHER SERVANTS OF THE COMMUNITY AND ARTICLE 90 OF THE STAFF REGULATIONS TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AGAINST THE COMMUNICATION OF 12 MARCH 1968 .
13 BY LETTER DATED 24 JULY 1968 THE PRESIDENT INFORMED THE APPLICANT THAT HIS