EU-domstolen

Opinion of Mr Advocate General Lenz delivered on 29 April 1986

CELEX: 61985CC0066
Typ: EU-domstolen

1 Translated from the German.

2 Regulation (EEC) No 1612/68 of the Council of 15 October 1968 on freedom of movement for workers within the Community (Official Journal, English Special Edition 1968 (II), p. 475).

3 Judgment of 21 June 1974 in Case 2/74 Jean Reyners v Belgian State [1974] ECR 631.

4 Judgment of 3 December 1974 in Case 33/74 Johanna Henricus María van Binsbergen v Bestuur van de Bedrijfsvereniging voor de Metaalnijverheid [1974] ECR 1299.

5 It must be borne in mind, however, that as a result of the determination of seniority in accordance with paragraph 28 of the Bundesbesoldungsgesetz, the first appointment of a Studienrat will normally De at a step higher than Step I. Consequently, the percentage stated must be somewhat further reduced.

6 See the judgment of the Bundesverfassungsgericht [Federal Constitutional Court] of 14 November 1969, Entscheidungen det Bundesverfassungsgerichts , Vol. 27, pp. 195 and 201.

7 Official Journal 1985, C 99, p 7.

8 Judgment of 9 October 1984 in Case 188/83 Hermann Wille v European Parliament [1984] ECR 3465.

9 Idem , at p. 3481.

10 Judgment of 12 February 1974 in Case 152/73 Giovanni Maria Sotgiu v Deutsche Bundespost [1974] ECR 153.

11 Judgmenc of 17 December 1980 in Case 149/79 Commission of the European Communities v Kingdom of Belgium [1980] ECR 3881.

12 In German case-law this has been recognized by the Bundesverfassungsgericht at least; see the decision of 23 June 1981, Entscheidungen des Bundesverfassungsgeriechts Vol. 58, pp. 1 and 36, and the judgment of 18 December 1984, Entscheidungen des Bundesverfassungsgerichts, Vol. 68, p. 1 and p. 98 et seq.

13 Idem, paragraphs 10 and 19.

14 Opinion of Mr Advocate General Mancini of 15 April 1986 in Case 307/84 Commission v French Republic (1986) ECR 1726.

15 See the judgment of the Court of 13 July 1983 in Case 152/82 Sandro Forcheri and Another v Belgian State and Another [1983] ECR 2323, and the judgment of 13 February 1985 in Case 293/83 Gravier v City of Liege [1985] ECR 593.