Opinion of Mr Advocate General Mischo delivered on 22 January 1987

1 Translated from the French.

2 Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 on the application of social security schemes to employed persons, to self-employed persons and to members of their families moving within the Community (Official Journal, English Special Edition 1971 (II), p. 416); Regulation (EEC) No 574/72 fixing the procedure for implementing Regulation No 1408/71 (Official Journal, English Special Edition 1972 (I), p. 159). Codified versions of these regulations were published in Official Journal 1980, C 138, pp. 1 and 65.

3 Judgment of 28 May 1974 in Case 191/73 Niemann v Bundesversicherungsanstalt für Angestellte [1974] ECR 571, paragraph 5.

4 Judgment of 28 February 1986 in Case 284/84, L. A. Spruyt v Bestuur van de Sociale Verzekeringsbank [1986] ECR 699, paragraphs 18 and 19.

5 Official Journal L 167 of 27 June 1983, p. 1.

6 Judgment of 10 January 1980 in Case 69/79, Jordens-Vosters v Bedrijfsvereniging voor de Leder- en Lederverwerkende Industrie [1980] ECR 75 at p. 84, paragraph 6.

7 Judgment of 11 July 1985 in Case 261/84 Scaletta v Union national des fédérations mutualistes neutres de Belgique [1985] ECR 2711, paragraphs 14, 15 and 16.

8 Judgment of 6 October 1982 in Case 302/81 Eggers v Hauplzollamt Kassel [1982] ECR 3443 at p. 3452, paragraph 8.