Opinion of Mr Advocate General Lenz delivered on 2 June 1987

1 Translated from the German.

2 Official Journal 1977, L 336, p. 1.

3 Article 2 of the Decision of 21 April 1970 on the replacement of financial contributions from Member States by the Communities' own resources (Official Journal, English Special Edition 1970 (I), p. 224).

4 Judgment of the Court of 20 March 1986 in Case 303/84 Commission v Federal Republic of Germany [1986] ECR 1171, at p. 1178; judgment of 18 December 1986 in Case 93/85 Commission v United Kingdom [1986] ECR 4011, at p. 4028.

5 See for example the judgment of 9 February 1984 in Case 284/82 Busseni v Commission [1984] ECR 557.