Opinion of Mr Advocate General Lenz delivered on 5 December 1986

1 Translated from the German.

2 Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in milk and milk products (Official Journal, English Special Edition, 1968 (I), p. 176).

3 Joined Cases 279, 280, 285 and 286/84 [1987] ECR 1069 and 27 and 265/85 [1987] ECR 1129, at p. 1155.

4 Official Journal 1977, L 131, p. 6.

5 Judgment of 15 July 1964 in Case 6/64 Costa v ENEL [1964] ECR 585.

6 Judgment of 27 September 1983 in Case 216/82 Universität Hamburg v Hauptzollamt Hamburg-Kehrwieder [1983] ECR 2771.

7 Council Regulation (EEC) No 858/84 of 31 March 1984 fixing for the 1984/85 milk year the target price for milk and the intervention prices for butter or skimmed-milk powder and Grana Padano and Parmigiano Reggiano cheeses (Official Journal 1984, L 90, p. 17).

8 See the judgment of 13 December 1983 in Case 218/82 Comminimi v Council [1983] ECR 403; and of 29 February 1984 in Case 37/83 Rewe-Zentrale AG v Director of the Landwirtschaftskammer Rheinland [1984] ECR 1229.

9 Cited above.

10 Judgment of 15 October 1969 in Case 16/69 Commissions Italy [1969] ECR 377.

11 Council Regulation (EEC) No 1269/79 of 25 June 1979 on the marketing of reduced-price butter for direct consumption (Official Journal 1979, L 161, p. 8).

12 Council Regulation (EEC) No 1723/81 of 24 June 1981 establishing general rules relating to measures designed to maintain the level of use of butter by certain categories of consumer and industry (Official Journal 1981, L 172, p. 14).

13 Council Regulation (EEC) No 863/84 of 31 March 1984 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1723/81 as regards the possibility of granting aids for the use of butter in the manufacture of certain foodstuffs (Official Journal 1984, L 90, p. 23).

14 Judgment of 30 October 1975 in Case 23/75 Rey Soda v Cana Conguaglio Zucchero [1975] ECR 1279.

15 Amtsblatt (Official Journal) 1958, p. 281.

16 Judgment of 13 December 1979 in Case 44/79 Hamr y Land Rheinland-Pfalz [1979] ECR 3727.

17 Judgment of 14 May 1974 in Case 4/73 Nold v Commission [1974] ECR 491.

18 See the judgments of 27 September 1979 in Case 230/78 Eridania v Minister for Agriculture and Forestry [1979] ECR 2749; and 6 December 1984 in Case 59/83 Biovilacv EEC [1984] ECR 4057.

19 Judgment of 23 February 1983 in Case 66/82 Fromançais v Fonds d'orientation et de résudarisation des marchés agricoles [1983] ECR 395.

20 See the judgment of 5 July 1977 in Case 116/76 Granaria v Hoofdproduktschap voor Akkerbouwprodukten [1977) ECR 1247.

21 See the judgments of 25 October 1978 in Joined Cases 103 and 145/77 Royal Schollen-Honig Ltd v Intervention Board for Agricultural Produce [1978] ECR 2037; and 5 July 1977 in Case 116/76 Granaria [1977] ECR 1247.

22 Official Journal 1982, C 143, p. 1.

23 Sec the judgment of 21 February 1979 in Case 138/78 Stölting v Haupztollamt Hamburg-Jonas [1979] ECR 713, in which the Court upheld the legality of Regulation No 1079/77.

24 See the judgment of 15 July 1970 ¡n Case 41/69 ACF Chemiefarma NVv Commission [1970] ECR 661.

25 See the General Budget of the European Communities for 1984 (Official Journal 1984, L 12, pp. 438 to 439) and for 1985 (Official Journal 1985, L 206, p. 454 et seq.), Item 207 of the Commission's budget.

26 Sec [he judgments of 6 October 1970 in Case 9/70 Gradi Finanzamt Traunstein [1970] ECR 825; 21 October 1970 in Case 20/70 Trampom Lesage v Hauplzollamt Freiburg [1970] ECR 861; and 21 October 1970 in Case 23/70 Haselhorst Finanzamt Ditneldorf-Altitadt[1970] ECR 881.

27 See the judgments of 13 February 1969 in Case 14/68 Wilhelm and Others v Bundeskartellamt [1969] ECR 1; 17 December 1970 in Case 11/70 Internationale Handelsgesellschaft v Einfuhr- und Vorratistelle für Getreide und Futtermittel[1970 ] ECR 1125; and 9 March 1978 in Casc 106/77 Staatliche Finanzvenvaltung v Simmenthal [1978] ECR 629.