Opinion of Mr Advocate General da Cruz Vilaça delivered on 25 June 1986

1 Translated from the Portuguese.

2 See, for example, judgment of 7 February 1973 in Case 39/72 (Commission v Italy [1973] ECR 101) and judgment of 10 October 1973 in Case 34/73 (Variola v Amministrazione Italiane delle Finanze [1973] ECR 981).

3 See, for example, judgment of 29 November 1978 in Case 83/78 (Pigs Marketing Board v Redmond [1978] ECR 2347).

4 In the case of peaches and apricots: Regulation No 23 (OJ, English Special Edition 1959-1962, p. 97), Article 2 (3) and Annex II/4, of which section VI requires quality marking of packages of fruit. In the case of pears: Regulation No 1641/71 of 27 July 1971 (OJ, English Special Edition 1971 (II), p. 616), which likewise requires — in section VI of the Annex — quality marking of the packages.