Opinion of Mr Advocate General da Cruz Vilaça delivered on 10 November 1987

1 Translated from the Portuguese.

2 Official Journal 1975, L 282, p. 100.

3 Official Journal 1977, L 209, p. 1.

4 See the judgment of 5 June 1986 in Case 103/84 Commission v Italian Republic [1986] ECR 1759, paragraph 8 of the decision.

5 See, for instance, the judgment of 15 January 1986 in Case 121/84 Commission v Italy [1986] ECR 107, paragraph 8 of the decision; judgment of 20 February 1986 in Case 309/84 Commission v Italy [1986] ECR 599, paragraph 14 of the decision; and judgment of 17 June 1987 in Case 154/85 Commission v Italy [1987] ECR 2717, paragraph 6 of the decision.

6 Judgment of 17 June 1987 in Case 394/85 Commission v Italy [1987], cited above, paragraph 12 of the decision; see also judgment of 20 February 1986 in Case 309/84 Commission v Italy paragraph 17 of the decision; judgment of 12 February 1987 in Case 69/86 Commission v Italy [1987] ECR 773, paragraph 7 of the decision.

7 Judgment of 7 February 1979 in Case 128/78 Commission v United Kingdom [1979] ECR 419, 429, paragraphs 10 and 11 of the decision.

8 Judgment of 7 February 1979 in Case 128/78 Commission v Untied Kingdom, cited above, paragraph 9 of the decision.