Opinion of Mr Advocate General Lenz delivered on 29 January 1987

1 Translated from the German.

2 Official Journal L 352 of 30 December 1985, p. 1.

3 Official Journal L 352 of 30 December 1985, p. 107.

4 Official Journal L 352 of 30 December 1985, p. 192.

5 Aid can be no substitute for trade.

6 Regulations Nos 1308/71 to 1314/71, Journal Officiel L 142 of 21 June 1971, p. 1 et seq.

7 Judgment of the Court of 10 February 1983 in Case 230/81 Grand Duchy of Luxembourg v European Parliament [1983] ECR 255 at p. 284.

8 Sec the judgment of 23 April 1986 in Case 294/83 Putli ecologiste Lel Veru European Parliament [1986] F.CR 1339, paragraph 23.

9 Judgment of 23 April 1986. loc. cit., paragraph 24; judgment of 31 March 1971 in Case 22/70 Camminion v Comicii [1971] ECR 263 at p. 277.

10 Judgment of 11 March 1980 in Case 104/79 Foglia v Novello [1980] F.CR 745; judgment of 16 November 1981 in Case 244/80 Fogliar Novello [1981] KCR 3045.

11 Judgment of the Court of 24 June 1986 in Case 53/85 AKZO Chemie BV v Commission [19861 ECR 1965 at p. 1990, paragraph 21.

12 Opinion of the Court of 4 October 1979 given pursuant to the second subparagraph of Article 228 (I) of the EEC Treaty [1979]ECR 2871.

13 See Council Regulation (EEC) No 596/82 of 15 March 1982 amending the import arrangements for certain products originating in the USSR, Official Journal 1982, L. 72, p. 15; Council Regulation (EEC) No 877/82 of 16 April 1982 suspending imports of all products originating in Argentina, Official Journal 1972, L. 102, p. 1.

14 Judgment of the Court of 12 July 1973 in Case 8/73 Haupizollamt Bremerhavens-Masey-Ferguson GmbH [1973] ECR 897.

15 Judgment of 15 December 1976 in Case 41/76 Criel( née Donckerwolcke) and Henri Schou v Procureur de la République [1976] ECR 1921.

16 Opinion of the Court given pursuant to Article 228 of the EEC Treaty of 11 November 1975 [1975] ECR 1355.

17 Loc. cit. paragraphs 43 and 44 (0.

18 Sec Eurostat, Basic Itatiaia of the Community, 23rd edition, p. 35.

19 Loc. cit., paragraph 4 at p. 908.

20 Official Journal, English Special Edition, 1968 (I), p. 170.

21 Article 113 (I) of the EEC Treaty.

22 Council Regulation (EEC) No 1224/80 of 28 May 1980 on the valuation of goods for customs purposes, Official Journal L 134 of 31 May 1980, p. 1.

23 Judgment in Case 158/80 Rewe-Handelsgesellschaft Nord mbH and Others v Hauptzollamt Kiel [1981] ECR 1805, paragraph 25 at p. 1833.

24 Judgment of 29 February 1984 in Case 37/83 Rewe-Zentrale AG v Landwirtschafiskammer Rheinland [1984] ECR 1229.

25 Official Journal L 268 of 25 October 1979, p. 1.

26 Judgment of 5 May 1981 in Case 112/80 Finna Anton Diirbeck v Hauptzollamt Frankfurt am Main-Flnghafin [1981] ECR 1095, at p. 1113.

27 Judgment of 5 June 1973 in Case 81/72 Commission v Council [1973] ECR 575; judgment of 20 March 1985 in Case 264/82 Timex and Others v Council and Commission [1985] ECR 851.