Opinion of Mr Advocate General Lenz delivered on 1 April 1987

1 Translated from the German.

2 Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 of the Council of 14 June 1971 on the application of social security schemes to employed persons and their families moving with the Community (Official Journal, English Special Edition 1971 (II), p. 416).

3 Official Journal, English Special Edition 1968 (II), p. 475.

4 Judgment of 16 October 1972 Allgemeine Ortskrankenkasse Hamburg v Landesversicherungsanstalt Schleswig-Holstein [1972] ECR 1141.

5 Judgment of 28 May 1974 Callemeyn v Belgium [1974] ECR 553.

6 Judgment of 5 July 1983 Valentini v Assedic [1983] ECR 2157.

7 Judgment of 23 March 1985 Hoeckx v Openbaar Centrum voor Maatschappelijk Welzijn [1985] ECR 973, 982, paragraph 12.

8 Judgment of 12 February 1974 Sotgiu v Deutsche Bundespost [1974] ECR 153.

9 Judgment of 24 April 1980 Coonan v Insurance Officer [1980] ECR 1445 (Sickness insurance for the elderly).