Opinion of Mr Advocate General Lenz delivered on 25 September 1984

1 Translated from the German.

2 Judgment of 6.10.1982 in Case 307/81 Alumine Italia SpA v Coimai and Commission o/the European Communities [1982] ECR 3463, at p. 3170.

3 Judgment of 11.7.1984 in Case 222/83, Municipality o/Differdange and Others v Commission of the European Communities [1984] ECR 2889.

4 Judgment of 12.7.1979 in Case 166/78, Government of the Itahan Republic v Contiti/ of the European Communities [1979] ECR 2575.

5 Judgment of 1.6.1981 ¡n Case 15/60, Gabriel Simonv Court of Justice of the European Communities [1961] ECR 115.

6 Judgment of 1.2.1978 ¡n Case 78/77, Firma Johann Liihrs v Hauptzollamt Hamburg-Jonas [1978] ECR 169.

7 Judgment of 22.3.1961 in Joined Cases 42 and 49/59, Société Nouvelle des Usines de Pontheue — Aciéries du Temple v High Authority of the ECSC [1961] ECR 53; Judgment of 22.9.1983 in Case 159/82, Angélique Verli-Wallace v Commission of the European Communities [1983] ECR 2711.

8 Judgment of 13.12.1979 in Case 44/79 Liselotte Hauerv Land Rheinland-Pfalz [1979 ECR 3727; Judgment of 19.6.1980 in Joined Cases 41, 121 and 796/79 Vittorio Testa and Others v Bundesanstalt für Arbeit [1980] ECR 1979.

9 Judgment of 14.12.1978 in Case 35/78, N.G.J. Schauten BV v Hoofdproduktschap voor Akkerbouw- pwdukten [1978] ECR 2543; Judgment of 5.4.1979 in Case 95/78, Dulciora SpA v Amministrazione delle Finanze dello Stato [1979] ECR 1549.