Opinion of Mr Advocate General Lenz delivered on 14 January 1988
1 Translated from the German.
2 Official Journal 1981, L 379, p. 1.
3 Commission Regulation No 293/86 of 10 February 1986 (Official Journal 1986, L 35, p. 7) which was adopted in order to extend the operation of Commission Regulation No 3150/85.
4 Official Journal 1985, L 344, p. 11.
5 Official Journal 1976, L 133, p. 1.
6 Official Journal 1986, L 211, p. 19.
7 Official Journal 1986, L 211, p. 22.
8 Judgment of 17 December 1970 in Case 25/70 Einjuhrund Vorratsstelle für Getreide und Futtermittel v Köster, Berndt & Co. [1970] ECR 1161.
9 Judgment of 14 March 1973 in Case 57/72 Westzucker GmbH v Einfuhr- und Vorratsstelle fir Zucker [1973] ECR 321.
10 Judgment of 30 October 1975 in Case 23/75 Rey Soda v Cassa Conguaglio Zucchero [1975] ECR 1279, paragraphs 10 to 14 of the decision.
11 Judgment of 11 March 1987 in Case 27/85 Vandemoortele NV v Commission [1985] ECR 1129.
12 There is no reference to general rules in the German-language version — see Amtsblatt 1981, No L 379, p. 10.
13 Council Regulation No 3117/85 of 4 November 1985 laying down general rules on the granting of compensatory indemnities in respect of sardines (Official Journal 1985, L 297, p. 1).
14 Judgment of 17 November 1987 in Joined Cases 142 and 156/84 British-American Tobacco Company Ltd and R. J. Reynolds Industries Inc. v Commission of the European Communities, supported by Philip Morris Inc. and Rembrandt Group Ltd [1987] ECR 4487.
15 Judgment of 29 February 1984 in Case 37/83 Rewe-Zentrale AG v Director of the Landtvirtschafiskammer Rheinland [1984] ECR 1229.
16 Judgment of 30 September 1982 in Case 108/81 G. R. Amylum v Council [1982] ECR 3107, paragraph 21 of the decision, at p. 3135.
17 Judgment of 15 March 1984 in Case 64/82 Tradax Graanhandel BVw Commission [1984] ECR 1359.
18 Judgment of 27 September 1979 in Case 230/78 SpA Eridania- Zuccherifici Nazionali and SpA Società Italiana per l'Industria degli Zuccheri v Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Ministry of Industry, Trade and Graft Trades, and SpA Zuccherifici Meridionali [1979] ECR 2749.