Opinion of Mr Advocate General Lenz delivered on 28 March 1985

1 Translated from the German.

2 Judgment of 11 April 1973 in Case 76/72, Michel S. v Fonds National de Reclassement Social des Handicapés, [1973] ECR 457

3 Judgment of 21 March 1985 in Case 172/84, Celestri v Amministrazione delle Finanze dello Stato, [1985] ECR 966.

4 Judgment of 6 June 1985 in Case 157/84, Fascogna v Caisse des Depôts et Consignations [1985] ECR 1744.

5 Judgment of 7 February 1979 in Case 115/78, Knoors v Secretary of State for Economic Affairs [1979] ECR 399 at p. 409.

6 Judgment of 4 April 1974 in Case 167/73, Commission v French Republic, [1974] ECR 359. Judgment of 13 July 1983 in Case 152/82, Forcheri v Belgium [1983] ECR 2323.

7 Judgment of 17 December 1980 in Case 149/79, Commission v Belgium [1980] ECR 3881.

8 Judgment of 15 October 1969 in Case 15/69, Südmilch v Ugliola, [1969] ECR 363.

9 Judgment of 3 July 1974 in Case 9/74, Casagrande v Landeshauptstadt München, [1974] ECR 773.

10 Judgment of 30 September 1975 in Case 32/75, Cristini v SNCF, [1975] ECR 1085.

11 Judgment of 14 January 1982 in Case 65/81, Reina v Landeskreditbank Baden-Württemberg, [1982] ECR 33.

12 Judgment of 31 May 1979 in Case 207/78, Ministère public v Even, [1979] ECR 2019.

13 In its judgment of 12 July 1984 in Case 261/83 (Castelli v ONTPS, [1984] ECR 3199) the Court referred to that as a well-established principle.

14 Judgment of 13 May 1974 in Case 4/73, Nold v Commission, [1974] ECR 491. Judgment of 27 October 1976 in Case 130/75, Prais v Council [1976] ECR 1589. Judgment of 13 December 1979 in Case 44/79, Hauer v Land Rheinland-Pfalz, [1979] ECR 3727.

15 Judgment of 28 May 1974 in Case 187/73, Callemeyn v Belgium, [1974] ECR 553. See also the Opinion of Mr Advocate General Lenz in Case 157/84, Frascogna v Caisse des Depôts et Consignations, [1985] ECR 1740.