181As regards the claim for reimbursement of legal costs, it must be observed that the order in British Aerospace v Commission, cited above, to which the Parliament refers, and all the case-law to that effect in staff cases (see, for example, the orders of 5 July 1993 in Case T-84/91 DEP Meskens v Parliament [1993] ECR II-757, and of 25 June 1998 in Joined Cases T-177/94 DEP, T-377/94 D EP and T-99/95 D EP Altmann and Others and Stott v Commission [1998] ECR-SC I-A-299 and II-883), concern recoverable costs incurred for the purposes of the litigation before the Community Court. However, by this head of claim, Mr Vainker is seeking reimbursement of legal costs incurred during the pre-litigation procedure, while he was seeking the compensation provided for by Article 73 of the Staff Regulations, by way of a-principal claim for damages, which cannot be confused with the head of claim concerning the costs of the case proper.
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