Opinion of Mr Advocate General Lenz delivered on 16 April 1986

1 Translated from the German.

2 Sec the notices published in the Moniteur belge of 10 December 1981 and 25 August 1983, respectively

3 Judgment of 15 January 1986 in Case 52/84 commission v Belgium [1986] ECR 89.

4 Official Journal 1985. L. 59. p. 21

5 Withdrawn should correctly read abolished, since the French and Dutch texts of the decision, which are the only authentic versions, are based in that respect on the wording of Article 93 (2) of the FIX Treats

6 Judgment of 14 November 1984 in Case 323/82 SA Intermills v Commission [1984] ECR 3809.

7 Judgment of 23 February 1961 in Case 30/59 De Gezamenlijke Steenkolenmijnen in Limburg v High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community [1961] ECR I, at p. 19.

8 Judgment of 22 March 1977 in Case 78/76 Firma Steinike und Weinlig v federal Republic of Germany [1977] ECR 595

9 Judgment of 2 July 1974 in Case 173/73 Italian Government v Commission of the European Communities [1974] ECR 709.

10 Commission Directive of 25 June 1980 on the transparency of financial relations between Member States and public undertakings, Official Journal 1980, L 195, p. 35.

11 Judgment of 6 July 1982 in Joined Cases 188 to 190/80 French Republic, Italian Republic and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Nortbem Ireland v Coinintsnon of the European Coinmunities [1982] ECR 2545.

12 Judgment of 2 July 1974 in Case 173/73, loc. cit., paragraph 12.

13 Judgment of 15 January 1986 in Case 52/84 Commisiion v Belgium [1986] ECR 89.

14 Judgmcni of 13 March 1985 in Joined Cases 296 and 318/82 Kingdom of the Netherlands and Leeuwarder Papierwarenfabrik v Commission of the European Communities [1985] ECR 809.

15 First Council Directive of 9 March 1968 on coordination of safeguards which, for the protection of the interests of members and others, are required by Member States of companies within the meaning of the seconds paragraph of Article 58 of the Treaty, with a view to making such safeguards equivalent throughout the Community, Official Journal, English Special Edition 1968 (I), p. 41.

16 Judgment of 17 September 1980 in Case 730/79 Philip Morris Holland BV v Commission [1980] ECR 2671, at pp. 2691 and 2692.

17 See in this connection the aforementioned judgments of 14 November 1984 in Case 323/82, paragraph 39, and of 13 March 1985 in Joined Cases 296 and 318/82, paragraph 26.

18 Council Regulation (EEC) No 2176/84 of 23 July 1984 on protection against dumped or subsidized imports from countries not members of the European Economic Community, Official Journal 1984, L 201, p 1.

19 Judgment of 13 February 1979 in Case 85/76 Hoffmann-La Roche & Co. AG v Commission of the European Communities [1979] ECR 461, at p. 510 et seq. (competition procedure).

20 Judgment of 20 March 1985 in Case 264/82 Ttmex Corporation and Others v Council and Commission [1985] ECR 849 (antidumping procedure).

21 See my Opinion of 22 January 1986 in Case 53/85 AKZO Chemie v Commission [1986] ECR 1965.

22 See the judgment of 13 February 1979 in Case 85/76, loc.cit., at pp. 512 and 513 (paragraph 14).