Opinion of Mr Advocate General Lenz delivered on 14 October 1987

1 Translated from the German.

2 Official Journal 1981, L 222, p. 32.

3 Official Journal 1985, L 191, p. 46.

4 Official Journal 1984, C 170, p. 4.

5 Official Journal 1985, C 44, p. 14.

6 Official Journal 1985, C 288, p. 158.

7 Official Journal 1985, C 106, p. 7.

8 Official Journal 1985, C 313, p. 4.

9 Official Journal 1985, C 351 p. 1.

10 See the judgment of 26 March 1987 in Case 45/86 Commission v Council [1987] ECR M93.

11 Judgment of 10 February 1983 in Case 230/81 Grand Duchy of Luxembourg v European Parliament [1983] ECR 255.

12 Judgment of 20 May 1987 in Case 432/85 Souna v Commission [1987]ECR 2229.

13 Judgment of 26 June 1979 in Case 177/78 Pits and Bacon Commission v McCarren and Company Limited [1979] ECR 2161, paragraph 9, at p. 2186.

14 See the judgment of 26 March 1987 in Case 45/86 Commission v Council [1987] ECR 1493.

15 Judgment of 21 February 1979 in Case 138/78 Hans- Markus Stölting v HZA Hamburg-Jonas [1979] ECR 713, at p. 720.

16 Judgment of 30 September 1982 in Case 108/81 G.R. Amylum v Council [1982] ECR 3107, at p. 3137.

17 Judgment of 20 April 1978 in Joined Cases 80 and 81/77 Commissionnaires réunis Sàrl and Les fils de Henri Ramel Sàrl v Receveur des douanes [1978] ECR 927, at p. 947.

18 Judgment of 15 March 1983 in Case 45/82 Kingdom of the Netherlands v Commission [1983) ECR 631.

19 See the judgment in Joined Cases 80 and 81/77, cited above, [1978] ECR 927, paragraphs 27 to 33, at pp. 945 and 946 and paragraphs 35 and 36, at pp. 946 and 947.

20 Judgment of 29 November 1978 in Case 83/78 Pigs Marketing Board v Raymond Redmond [1978] ECR 2347.

21 [1979] ECR 2188, paragraph 14.

22 Judgment of 3 October 1985 in Case 28/84 Commission v Federal Republic of Germany [1985] ECR 3097.

23 Sec, for example, the judgment of 30 September 1982 in Case 110/81 Roquette frères SA v Council [1982] ECR 3159.

24 Judgment of 31 March 1971 in Case 22/70 Commission v Council [1971] ECR 263, paragraphs 98 and 99, at p. 283.

25 Case 81/72 Commission v Council [1973] ECR 575, paragraph 7, at p. 583.

26 Opinion of 21 January 1987 in Case 307/85 Gavanos v Council and Economic and Social Committee [19871 ECR 2435.

27 Judgment of 6 October 1970 in Case 9/70 Grad v Finanzamt Traunstein [1970] ECR 825, paragraph 14, at p.

28 Judgment of 6 March 1978 in Case 7/77 von Wüllerstorff v Commission [1978] ECR 769, paragraphs 6 and 7, at p. 778.

29 Judgment of 30 October 1975 in Case 23/75 Rey Soda v Cassa Conguaglio Zucchero [1975] ECR 1279.

30 Article 148 (2) of the EEC Treaty.

31 Article 6 (1).

32 See telex message of 23 December 1985 from the Secretary-General of the Council under Subject; my emphasis.

33 Article 148 (1) of the EEC Treaty.

34 Official Journal 1984, C 134, p. 1.

35 Judgment of 15 July 1970 in Case 41/69 ACF Chemiefarma v Commission [1970] ECR 661, paragraphs 178 and 179, at p. 702.

36 Judgment of 4 February 1982 in Case 1253/79 Battaglia v Commission [1982] ECR 297, paragraph 24, at pp. 318 and 319.

37 Official Journal 1985, C 288, p. 158.

38 Judgment of 4 February 1982 in Case 1253/79 Battaglia v Commission [1982] ECR 297, paragraph 24, at pp. 318 and 319.

39 Judgment of 21 February 1979 in Case 138/78, cited above, [1979] ECR 713.

40 Official Journal 1986, L 275, p. 36.