Opinion of Mr Advocate General Mischo delivered on 5 May 1988

1 Original language: French.

2 OJ 1986, L 232. p. 15

3 Regulation No 17 of 6 February 1962, the first regulation implementing Articles 85 and 86 of the Treaty (OJ, English Special Edition 1959-62, p. 87).

4 See in particular the judgments in Case 99/79 Lancôme v Etoi [1980] ECR 2511, paragraph 24, and Case 31/80 VOrėali De Nieuwe AMCK [1980] ECR 3775, paragraph

5 Case 56/65 Société technique minière v Maschinenbau Ulm GmbH [1966] ECR 235.

6 Law of 14 July 1971 on commercial practices {Moniteur belge, 30.7.1971. p. 9087).

7 Joined Cases 209 to 215 and 218/78, [1980] ECR 3125, at p. 3270.

8 Case 123/88 BNIC v Clair [1985] ECR 391, paragraph 22; see also Case 45/85 Verband der Sachversicherer v Commission [1987] ECR 405, paragraph 39.

9 Case 42/84 Remia and Others v Commission [1985] ECR 2545, paragraph 22; see also Case 56/65, suora, at p. 249.

10 Case 73/74 Groupement des fabricants de papiers peints de Belgique and Others v Commission [1975] ECR 1491, paragraph 25.

11 Case 19/77 Miller International Schallplatten GmbH v Commission [1978] ECR 131; see also Case 226/84 British Leylandv Commission [1986] ECR 3263, paragraph 20.

12 See most recently Joined Cases 142 and 156 British American Tobacco Ltd. and R. J. Reynolds Industries Inc. v Commm/ion [1987] ECR 4487.

13 [1978] ECR 131, paragraph 18.

14 Joined Cases 32 and 36 to 82/78 BMW v Commission [1979] ECR 2435, paragraph 44.

15 Sec in (hit connection Case 243/83 Binon v AMP [IWS] ECR 2015. paragraph 17

16 See also Case 215/85 BALMv Société coopérative Raifíe'aen [1987] ECR 1279, paragraph 23.

17 Sec in particular Case 58/86 Coopérative agricoli d'approvisionnement dei Avirons v Receveur des douanes de Saint-Denis and Directeur régional des douanes de L Réunion, [19871 ECR 1525, paragraph 15.