Opinion of Mrs Advocate General Rozès delivered on 31 January 1984

1 Translated from the French.

2 Officii Journal L 39 of 14. 2. 1976, p. 40.

3 Official Journal, English Special Edition 1972 (II), p. 324.

4 Judgment of 6. 5. 1980, Case 152/79 [1980] ECR 1495, paragraph 12 of the decision; see also judgment of 23. 11. 1977, Case 38/77 ENKA-BV[1977] ECR 2203, paragraph 11 of the decision.

5 Article 3 (1); the first part of Article 4; Article 5 (1).

6 Directive No 76/207, Article 3 (1).

7 Article 3 (2); Article 4 (a) (b) and (c); Article 5 (2).

8 Article 6 (cf. on that point, judgment of the Court of 26. 10. 1983, Case 163/82 Commission v Italy [1983] ECR 3273, paragraphs 18 to 21 of the decision and my Opinion, paragraph 2 (II).

9 Commission report of 9. 2. 1981, p. 201, COM(80) 832 final.

10 See for example judgment of 28. 3. 1979, Case 222/78 ICAP [1979] ECR 1163, paragraphs 10 and II of the decision.

11 Judgment of 19. 1. 1982, Case 8/81 Becker [1982] ECR 53, paragraph 25.

12 See, in respect of national sanctions for infringement of a regulation, judgment in Case 50/76 Amsterdam Bulb [1977] ECR 137, paragraphs 32 and 33 of the decision.

13 Official Journal L 45 of 10. 2. 1975, p. 19, on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the application of the principle of equal pay for men and women.

14 Jugdment of 6. 7. 1982, Case 61/81 Commission v United Kingdom [1982] ECR 2601, paragraph 7 of the decision; Opinion of Mr Advocate General VerLoren van Themaat, in particular at p. 2624.

15 Case 61/81, cited above, paragraph 10 of the decision.

16 Cf, in relation to an ECSC Recommendation, the importance attached to penalties imposed for breach of its objectives, judgment in Case 9/61 Netherlands [1962] ECR 213; Opinion of Mr Advocate General Roemer, in particular p. 250.

17 Judgment of 6. 5. 1982, Case 54/81 Fromme [1982] ECR 1449, paragraphs 6 and 7 of the decision; see also Mr Advocate General VerLoren van Themaat's outline of the case-law in the same case, at p. 1469.

18 Ibid., p. 1470.

19 Ibid., p. 1471.

20 Judgment of 8. 4. 1976, Case 48/75 Royer [1976] ECR 497, paragraph 42 of the decision; judgment of 7 July 1976, Case 118/75 Watson [1976] ECR 1185, paragraph 17 of the decision.

21 Official Journal, English Special Edition 1968 (II), p. 485.

22 Articles 3, 4 and 7.

23 Judgment in Case 118/75, cited above, paragraphs 18 el seq. of the decision; judgment of 14. 7. 1977, Case 8/77 Sagulo [1977] ECR 1495, paragraphs 4 and 5 of the decision; judgment of 3 July 1980, Case 157/79 Pieck [1980] ECR 2171, paragraph 17 of the decision.

24 Case 118/75 cited above, paragraph 21 of the decision; Case 8/77 cited above, paragraph 13 of the decision; Case 157/79 cited above, paragraph 19 of the decision.

25 Opinion of Mr Advocate General Mayras in Case 48/75, Royer, cited above, at p. 525; Case 118/75 cited above, paragraph 18 of the decision.

26 Cf. third recital in the preamble to Directive No 68/360, cited above; judgment of 8. 4. 1976 in Case 43/75 De/renne [1976] ECR 473, paragraph 12 of the decision.

27 Case 43/75 cited above, at p. 473, paragraphs 8 to 12 of the decision.

28 Case 8/77, Sagulo, cited above, paragraph 12 of the decision.