Opinion of Mr Advocate General Darmon delivered on 29 November 1984

1 Translated from the French.

2 Moniteur belge of 18 September 1974, p. 11363.

3 Moniteur belge of 13 January 1976, p. 311.

4 Article 1 of the Law of 1974, Article 1 of the Royal Decree of 1976 mentioned above and Article 26 of the implementing Royal Decree of 30 October 1974 (Moniteur belge of 19 November 1984, p. 13829).

5 Official Journal, English Special Edition 1971 (II), p. 416.

6 Official Journal, English Special Edition 1968 (II), p. 475.

7 Case 9/78 Gillard v Directeur régional de la sécurité sociale [1978] ECR 1661, paragraph 12 of the decision; Case 139/82 Piscitello v INPS [1983] ECR 1427, paragraph 10 of the decision.

8 Case 1/72 Frilli v Belgium (1972] ECR 457, paragraph 14 of the decision; see also Case 139/82 Piscitello, above, paragraph 11 of the decision.

9 Case 1/72 Frilli, above, paragraph 15 of the decision; see also Case 139/82 Piscitello, above, paragraph 12 of the decision.

10 Case 1/72 Frilli, above and Case 139/82 Piscitello, above.

11 Case 187/83 Callemeynv Belgium [1974] ECR 553; Case 24/74 Biason v Caisse Régionale d'Assurance Maladie [1974] ECR 999; Case 39/74 Costa v Belgium [1974] ECR 1251; Case 7/75 Mr and Mrs F. v Belgium [1975] ECR 679.

12 Case 1/72 Frilli, above, paragraph 17 of the decision.

13 Case 1/72 Frilli, above, paragraph 16 of the decision.

14 Case 1/72 Frilli, above, paragraph 14 of the decision; and Case 139/82 Piscitello, above, paragraph 11 of the decision.

15 Case 24/74 Biason, above, paragraph 12 of the decision.

16 Case 65/81 Reina v Landeskreditbank Baden-Württemberg [1982] ECR 33, paragraph 12 of the decision; also the recent judgment in Case 261/83 Castelli v ONPTS [1984] ECR 3199, paragraph 11 of the decision.

17 Case 65/81 Reina, above, paragraph 17 of the decision.

18 Case 152/73 Sotigu v Deutsche Bundespost [1974] ECR 153, paragraph 11 of the decision; and Case 237/78 CRAM v Tok [1979] ECR 2645, paragraphs 12 and 13 of the decision.