Opinion of Mr Advocate General Mancini delivered on 26 February 1985

1 Translated from the Italian.

2 In its application, the Commission contended that the Mutterschutzgeseiz [German Law on Protection for Mothers] was also incompatible with Directive No 76/207, but it withdrew that contention following the judgment of the Court of 12 July 1984 in Case 184/83 Hofmann v Barmer Ersatzkasse [1984] ECR 3047.