Opinion of Mrs Advocate General Rozès delivered on 7 June 1983

1 Translated from the French.

2 Law on New Economic Guidelines, Title V of which is intended to implement Directive 76/207 in Belgian law.

3 Judgment of the Court of 25 May 1982 in Case 96/81 Commissions Netherlands [1982] ECR 1791, para. 6 at p. 1803.

4 Ibid, at paras 7 and 8.

5 The italics arc mine.

6 Judgment of 8 February 1983 in Case 124/81 Commission v United Kingdom [1983] ECR 203, third sentence of para. 6; to the same effect: judgment of 17 February 1970 in Case 31/69 Commission v Italy [1970] ECR 25, para. 13 at p. 33.

7 See its reply to the third question addressed to it by the Court.

8 In particular: the judgment of 15 December 1982 in Case 211/81 Commission v Donmark [1982] ECR 4547, paras 14 to 16.

9 Law No 533 of 11 August 1973.

10 Law No 1034 of 6 December 1971, in respect of public service employees.

11 The first paragraph of Article 7 of Law No 903 in conjunction with the second paragraph of Article 6 and the first paragraph of Article 7 of Law No 1204.