Opinion of Mr Advocate General Lenz Delivered on 14 May 1985

1 Translated from the German.

2 OJ 1983, L 376, p. 22.

3 OJ 1976, L 254, p. 40.

4 Judgment of 15 December 1961 in Joined Cases 19/60, 21/60, 2/61 and 3/61, Société Fives Lille Cail and Others v High Authority of the ECSC, [1961] ECR 281 at p. 295.

5 Judgment of 17 October 1972 in Case 8/72, Vereeniging van Cementhandehren v Commission of the European Communities, [1972] ECR 977, at p. 991.

6 See judgment of 29 October 1980 in Joined Cases 209 to 215 and 218/78, Van Landewyck and Others v Commission, [1980] ECR 3125 at p. 3274.

7 Decision No 76/743/EEC (Reuter/BASF), OJ 1976, L 254, p. 40.

8 See Ch. Bail, Note 171 f. on Article 85 of the EEC Treaty, in Groeben, Boeckh, Thiesing and Ehlermann, Kommentar Zum EWGV; M. Waelbroeck, in Mégret et al, Le Droit de la Communauté Economique Européenne, vol. 4, Concurrence, p. 10 f. Doubted, N. Koch, Note 39 on Article 85, in Grabitz, Kommentar Zum EWGV.

9 See e.g. the judgment of the Bundesgerichtshof of 3 November 1981, Az KZR 33/80, reported in Neue Juristische Wochenschrift, 1982, p. 2011.

10 Judgment of 10 January 1985 in Case 229/83, Leclerc v Au Blé Vert, [1985] ECR 17, at paragraph 14.

11 See judgment of 12 July 1966 in Joined Cases 56 and 58/64, Consten Sàrl and Crundig-Verkaufs-GmbH v Commission, [1966] ECR 299, at p. 347.

12 Judgment of 30 November 1978 in Case 87/78, Welding and Co. v Hauptzoltamt Hamburg-Waltersbof, [1978] ECR 2457 at p. 2467.

13 Judgment of 29 October 1980 in Joined Cases 209 to 215 and 218/78, Van Landewyck and Others v Commission, [1980] ECR 3125 at p. 3244.

14 Judgment of 4 July 1963 in Case 24/62, Federal Republic of Germany v Commission, [1963] ECR 63 at p. 69.

15 See in this regard the comments of H. Schröter, Note 137 a on Article 85 (3), in Groeben, Boeckh, Thiesing and Ehlermann, Kommentar zum EWGV.

16 Judgment of 13 July 1966 in Joined Cases 56 and 58/64, Consten Sàrl and Grundig-Verkaufs-GmbH v Commission, [1966] ECR 299, at p. 347.

17 Judgment of 25 October 1977 in Case 26/76, Metro SB-Großmärkte GmbH & Co. KG v Commission, [1977] ECR 1875 at p. 1915.