Opinion of Mr Advocate General Lenz delivered on 27 January 1987

1 Translated from the German.

2 OJ English Special Edition 1968 (II), p. 475.

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

4 Judgment of 3 June 1986 in Case 307/84 Commission of the European Communities v French Republic [19861 ECR 1725 at p. 1734.

5 Judgment of 17 December 1980 in Case 149/79 Commission v Belgium [1980] ECR 3881.

6 Judgment of 3 July 1986 in Case 66/85 Deborah Lawrie-Blum v Land Baden-Württemberg [1986] ECR 2121 at p. 2139.

7 Loc. cit, paragraph 20 et seq.