Opinion of Mrs Advocate General Rozès delivered on 24 November 1983

1 Translated from the French.

2 Official Journal of 31. 12. 1980, L 358, p. 66

3 Judgment of 15. 7. 1982, Case 245/81 Edeka [1982] ECR 2745.

4 Official Journal of 21.3.1977, L 73, p.1..

5 Article 1 and Annex IV: subheading 20.02 A.

6 Article 10 (1) and Annex IV mentioned above.

7 Twelfth recital of the regulation.

8 Ibid. Article 14 (2).

9 Official Journal of 21. 3. 1977, L 73, p. 28.

10 Article 2 (a) of Regulation No 521/77.

11 Ibid., Article 2 (c).

12 Regulation No 3429/80, Article 2 (1).

13 Ibid., Article 2 (2).

14 Regulation No 796/81 of 27. 3. 1981, Official Journal of 28. 3. 1981, L 82, p. 8; Regulation No 1755/81 of 30. 6. 1981, Official Journal of 1. 7. 1981, L 175, p. 23.

15 Official Journal of 4. 7. 1981, L 183, p. 1.

16 Article 7 of the regulation.

17 Article 14 of Regulation No 516/77 and Article 1 of Regulation No 521/77.

18 Judgment of 5. 5. 1981, Case 112/80, [1981] ECR 1095.

19 Case 245/81, [1982] ECR 2745.

20 Regulation No 1796/81, mentioned above.

21 Judgment of 15. 7. 1982, paragraph 22, [1982] ECR 2745, at p. 2757.

22 See in particular: judgment of 13. 5. 1971, Joined Cases 41 to 44/70 International Fruit Company paragraph 65, [1971] ECR 411, at p. 427; judgment of 5. 5. 1981, Case 112/80 Dürbeck paragraph 39, [1981] ECR 1095, at p. 1118; and Edeka, mentioned above.

23 See in particular: judgment of 6. 5. 1982, Case 126/81 Wünsche paragraph 11, [1982] ECR 1479, at p. 1491; and, more generally, the judgment of 30. 10. 1975, Case 23/75 Rey Soda paragraph 11, [1975] ECR 1279, at p. 1300.

24 Opinion in the Rey Soda case, [1975] ECR 1307, at pp. 1310 and 1311.

25 Joined Cases 41 to 44/70 [1971] ECR 411.

26 Ibid., paragraph 63, p. 427.

27 Ibid-, paragraphs 64 and 65, p. 427.

28 Regulation No 521/77, Article 2(1) (a).

29 Ibid., third recital.

30 Judgment of 23. 11. 1971, Case 62/70 Bock paragraph 14, [1971] ECR 897; judgment of 8. 4. 1976, Case 29/75 Kaufhof KG paragraph 5, [1976] ECR 431.

31 Judgment of 1. 7. 1969, Joined Cases 2 and 3/69 Diamantarbeiders [1969] ECR 211; judgment of 13. 12. 1973, Joined Cases 37 and 38/73 Diamantarbeiden paragraphs 22 to 25, [1973] ECR 1609, at p. 1624.

32 Regulation No 1203/80 of 13 May 1980, derogating from Regulation (EEC) No 516/777 (Official Journal of 15. 5. 1980, L 122, p-. 3); and Regulation No 1218/80 of 14 May 1980 (Official Journal of 15. 5. 1980, L 122, p. 34).

33 Article 6 of Regulation No 1796/81, mentioned above, and Commission Regulation No 3433/81 of 26 November 1981 (Official Journal of 2. 12. 1981, L 346, p.5).

34 Articles 3 and 7.

35 Regulation No 871/81 of 1 April 1981 (Official Journal, L 88 of 2. 4. 1981, p. 22).

36 Judgment of 28. 10. 1982, Case 52/81 Faust v Commission paragraph 9, [1982] ECR 3745, at p. 3758.

37 Article 1 of Regulation No 521/77, mentioned above.

38 Case 126/81, mentioned above, [19821 ECR 1479 at p. 1496,11.1.

39 Sec the Edeka case, mentioned above.

40 Judgment of 29. 4. 1982, Case 17/81 Pabst & Riehan paragraph 12, [1982] ECR 1331, ai p. 1346; judgment of 1. 4. 1982, Joined Cases 141 to 143/81 Holdikj paragraph 6, [1982] ECR 1229, at pp. 1311 and 1312.