Opinion of Advocate General Lenz delivered on 10 November 1987

1 Translated from the German.

2 See Article 1 of Council Directive 75/117/EEC of 10 February 1975 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the application of the principle of equal pay for men and women, Official Journal 1975, L 45, p. 19.

3 Judgment of 8 April 1976 in Case 43/75 Defrenne v Société anonyme belge de navigation aérienne Sabena [1976] ECR 455.

4 See judgment of 27 March 1980 in Case 129/79 Macarthys Limited v Wendy Smith [1980] ECR 1276 and judgment of 31 March 1981 in Case 96/80 J. P. Jenkins v Kingsgate Limited [1981 ] ECR 911.

5 See the aforementioned judgments.

6 Sec page 677 of the Report for the Hearing.

7 See the Court's judgment in Case 43/75, paragraph 10 of the decision.

8 See page 677 of the Report for the Hearing.

9 Sec the Court's judgment in Case 96/80, paragraph 22 of the decision.

10 See the Court's judgment in Case 43/75, paragraph 54 of the decision.

11 See the abovementioned judgments of the Court in Cases 43/75 and 96/80.