Opinion of Mr Advocate General Lenz delivered on 23 January 1986

1 Translated from the German.

2 Table No 42 (noise-induced occupational diseases) annexed to Decree No 46-2959 of 31 December 1946 implementing the provisions of Book IV of the Social Security Code (as amended by Decree No 81-507 of 4 May 1981).

3 Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 of lhe Council of 14 June 1971 on the application of social security schemes to employed persons and their families moving within the Community (Official Journal, English Special Edition 1971 (II), p. 416).

4 Regulation (EEC) No 574/72 of the Council of 21 March 1972 fixing the procedure for implementing Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 on the application of social security schemes to employed persons and their families moving within the Community (Official Journal, English Special Edition 1972(1), p. 159).

5 See judgment of 22 May 1980 in Case 143/79, Walsh v National Insurance Officer [1980] ECR 1639.

6 See, for example, the judgment of 11 April 1983 in Case 76/72 Michel S. v Fonds national de reclassement social des handicapés [1973] ECR 457, and the judgment of 11 July 1985 in Case 137/84 Ministère Public v Mutsch [1985] ECR 2681.