Opinion of Mr Advocate General VerLoren van Themaat delivered on 2 July 1985

1 Translated from the Dutch.

2 It may be assumed, as was also emphasized by the Commission at the end of the hearing, that the said quantities apparently (on account of the limited imports) also included beef originating in the Community. However, the plaintiff in the main proceeding has correctly pointed out that there are grounds for assuming that the relative significance of preserves with a high meat content for cheaper imported beef was somewhat greater than for processed meat originating in the Community.

3 I would point out in that connection that this once again confirms the importance for legal practitioners of knowing the relevant facts to which the grounds of the judgment relate. My practice of now rehearsing the relevant facts in extenso in my Opinion stems from that consideration.