Opinion of Mr Advocate General Darmon delivered on 3 April 1984

1 Translated from the French.

2 La Nouvelle Politique Commune de la Pêche, Cahiers de Droit Européen, 1983, p. 437 et seq.

3 Article 38 (1) of the EEC Treaty.

4 Official Journal 1970, L 236, p. 1.

5 Official Journal 1976, L 20, p. 19.

6 Official Journal 1982, C 228, p. 1 (a proposal had previously been submitted on 8. 10. 1976 and was published in Official Journal 1976, C 255, p. 3).

7 Official Journal 1982, C 343, p. 2.

8 Official Journal 1983, L 12, p. 50.

9 Loc, cit., p. 444.

10 Judgment of 10. 7. 1980 in Case 32/79 Commission v United Kingdom [1980] ECR 2403, at p. 2434, paragraph 15 of the decision.

11 Judgment of 5. 5. 1981 in Case 804/79 [1981] ECR 1045, at pp. 1075 and 1076, paragraphs 27 to 31 of the decision.

12 Sixth recital in the preamble to Council Regulation (EEC) No 170/83 of 25. 1. 1983.