Opinion of Mr Advocate General Lenz delivered on 27 October 1987

1 Translated from the German.

2 Judgment of 13 November 1973 in Joined Cases 63 to 69/72 Wilhelm Werhahn Hansmühle and Others v Council and Commission [1973] ECR 1229, at p. 1247.

3 Regulación No 367/67/EEC of the Council of 25 July 1967 fixing production refunds on maize gritz and meal and broken rice used in the brewing industry, Official Journal, English Special Edition 1967, p. 216; Regulation No 371/67/EEC of the Council of 25 July 1967 Fixing production refunds on starches and quellmehl, Official Journal, English Special Edition 1967, p. 219.

4 Official Journal 1986, L 189, p. 12.

5 Judgment of 19 October 1977 in Joined Cases 117/76 and 16/77 Albert Ruckdeschel & Co. and Another v Hauptzollamt Hamburg-St. Annen; Diamalt AG v Hauptzollamt Itzehoe [1977] ECR 1753; judgment of 19 October 1977 in Joined Cases 124/76 and 20/77 SA Moulins et Huileries de Pont-à-Mousson v Office national interprofessionnel des céréales (ONIC); Providence agricole de la Champagne v ONIC [1977] ECR 1795.

6 Judgment of 4 October 1979 in Joined Cases 241, 242 and 245 to 250/78 DGV, Deutsche Getreideverwertung und Rheinische Kraftfutterwerke GmbH and Others v Council and Commission [1979] ECR 3017; judgment of 4 October 1979 in Joined Cases 261 and 262/78 Interquell Stärke-Chemie GmbH & Co. KG and Another v Council and Commission of the European Communities [1979] ECR 3045; judgment of 4 October 1979 in Joined Cases 64 and 113/76, 167 and 239/78, 27, 28 and 45/79 P. Dumortier frères SA and Others v Council [1979] ECR 3091.

7 Sec the 10th recital of the preamble to Regulation No 120/67 and the ninth recital of the preamble to Regulation No 2727/75.

8 Judgment of 25 May 1978 in Joined Cases 83 and 94/76, 4, 15 and 40/77 Bayerische HNL Vermehrungsbetriebe GmbH & Co. KG and Others v Council and Commission [1978] ECR 1209, at p. 1225.

9 Judgment of 6 December 1984 in Case 59/83 Biovilac NV v European Economic Community [1984] ECR 4057, at p 4075.