Opinion of Mr Advocate General Mischo delivered on 11 June 1987

1 Translated from the French.

2 Official Journal 1980, L 62, p. 5.

3 Official Journal 1980, L 338, p. 1.

4 Official Journal 1980, L 87, p. 42.

5 Judgment of 4 May 1974 in Case 4/73 Noldv Commission [1974] ECR 491, paragraph 13.

6 Sec, for example, the judgment of 16 December 1981 in Case 244/80 Foglia v Novello [1981] ECR 3045, paragraph 15; the judgment of 14 February 1984 in Case 278/82 Rewe v Hauptzollämter Flensburg, Itzehoe and Lübeck-West [1984] ECR 721, pararaph 8; the judgment of 28 June 1984 in Case 180/83 Moser v Land Baden-Württemberg [1984] ECR 2539, paragraph 6; the judgment of 12 June 1986 in Joined Cases 98, 162 and 258/85 Bertini and Another v Regione Lazio and Another [1986] ECR 1885, paragraph 8.

7 Judgment of 17 December 1970 in Case 11/70 Internationale Handelsgeseüschajt v Einfuhr- und Voratssteüe fur Getreide und Futtermittel [1970] ECR 1125.

8 Case 117/83 [1984] ECR 3291, at p. 3302.

9 See P. Tiedemann: Das Kautionsrecht der EWG — ein verdecktes Strafrecht?, Neue Juristische Wochenschrift, 1983, pp. 2727-31.

10 R. Barents: The system of deposits in Community agricultural law: efficiency v proportionality, European Law Review, August 1985, pp. 239-249.

11 Official Journal 1985, L 210, p. 29.

12 See the aniele by P. Tiedemann, cited above, at p. 2727.

13 Judgment of 14 May 1974 in Case 4/73 Nold v Commission [1974] ECK 491, at p. 508, paragraph 14.

14 See in that regard the judgment of 17 December 1970 in Case 11/70 Internationale Handelsgesellsschaft, cited above, paragraph 3, and the judgment of 8 October 1986 in Case 234/85 Staatsanwalt Freiburg v Keller [1986] ECR 2897, paragraph 7.

15 Judgment of 17 May 1984 in Case 83/83 Estel v Commission [1984] ECR 2195; the Court mentioned the principle in the judgments of 28 March 1984 in Case 8/83 Bertoli v Commission [1984] ECR 1649, paragraph 27, and of 3 March 1982 in Case 14/81 Alpha Steel v Commission [1982] ECR 749, paragraph 29.

16 Judgment of 5 February 1987 in Case 288/85 Hauptzolkmt HambuTĮ-Jonas v Piange Kraftfiitterwerkt [1987] ECR 611, paragraph 14.

17 Case 4/68 Schwarzwaldmilch v Einfuhr- und Vorratsstelle für Fette [1968] ECR 377, at p. 386.

18 Judgment of 17 May 1984 in Case 83/83 Estei v Commission [19841 ECR 2195; the Court mentioned the principle in the judgments of 28 March 1984 in Case 8/83 Bertoliv Commission [1984] ECR 1649, paragraph 27, and of 3 March 1982 in Case 14/81 Alpha Steel v Commission [1982] ECR 749, paragraph 29.

19 Official Journal, English Special Edition 1959-62, p. 87. The system of security is thus marked by less rigidity than was once the case.