Opinion of Mrs Advocate General Rozès delivered on19 January 1983

1 Translated from the French.

2 Council Directive 67/548/EEC of 27 June 1967 on the approximation of laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to the classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous substances (Official Journal, English Special Edition 1967, p. 234).

3 Official Journal 1976, C 212, p. 3.

4 Article 5 (2).

5 Judgment of 20 May 1976, Case 104/75 de Peiįper [1976] ECR 613, paragraph 15 of the decision, at p. 635; judgment of 17 December 1981, Case 272/80 Frans-Nederlandse Maatschappij voor Biologische Producten [1981] ECR 3277, paragraph 12 of the decision at p. 3290.

6 Paragraph 12 of the decision in Biologische Producten at p. 3290.

7 Most recently: judgment of 9 June 1982 in Case 95/81 Commission v Italian Republic, paragraph 24 of the decision.

8 Judgment of 20 May 1976, de Peijper, cited above, paragraph 15 of the decision at p. 635.

9 Judgment of 9 June 1982, Case 95/81 Commission v Italian Republic, cited above, paragraph 27 of lhe decision.

10 Judgment of 8 November 1979, Case 251/78 Denkavit [1979] ECR 3369, paragraph 21 of the decision at p. 3391.

11 Most recently, judgment of 10 November 1982, Case 261/81 Rau: If a Member State has a choice between various measures to attain the same objective it should choose the means which least restricts free movement of goods (paragraph 12 of the decision).

12 Judgment of 8 November 1979, Denkavit, cited above, paragraph 24 of the decision at p. 3392.