Opinion of Mr Advocate General Lenz delivered on 20 June 1984

1 Translated from the German.

2 Judgment of 14 July 1972 in Case 48/69, Imperial Chemical Industries Limitedv Commission [1972] ECR 619; Judgment of 14 July 1972 in Case 52/69, J. R. GeigyAGv Commission, [1972] ECR 787.

3 Judgment of 25 November 1971 in Case 22/71, Béguelin Import Co and Others v SA G.L Import Export and Others, [1971] ECR 949.

4 Judgment of 6 March 1973 ¡n Joined Cases 6 and 7/73, Istituto Chemioterapico Italiano SpA and Commercial Solvents v Commission, [1974] ECR 223.

5 Judgment of 31 October 1974 in Case 15/74 Centra/arm BV and Adriaan de Peiiperv Sterling Drug Inc., [1974] ECR 1147.

6 Judgment of 18 February 1971 in Case 40/70, Zirena Sri v Eda Sri and Others [1971] ECR 69, paragraph 6 at pp. 81 and 82.

7 Case 22/71, Bégueün Import v SA CL Import Export, [1971] ECR 949, paragraphs 23 and 24, at p. 961.

8 Judgment of 13 July 1966 in Joined Cases 56 and 58/64, Consten GmbH and Grundig-Verkaufs-GmbH v Commission, [1966] ECR 299, at p. 345.

9 Case 40/70, Sirena v Eda [1971] ECR 69, paragraph 5 at p. 81 and paragraph II at p. 83.

10 Judgment o( 20 June 1978 in Case 28/77, Tepea BVv Commission, [1978] ECR 1391, paragraph 44 at p. 1416.

11 Judgment of 9 June 1982 in Case 258/78, L C. Nungesser KG v Commission, [1982] ECR 2015, paragraph 58 at p. 2069.

12 Judgment of 13 July 1966 in Joined Cases 56 and 58/64, Consten GmbH and Grundig-Verkaufs-GmbH v Commission, [1966] ECR 299, ai p. 345.

13 Case 40/70, Sirena v Eda [1971] ECR 69, paragraph 5 at p. 81 and paragraph 11 at p. 83.

14 Judgment of 9 June 1982 in Case 258/78, L C. Nungesser KG v Commission, [1982] ECR 2015, paragraph 58 at p. 2069.