Opinion of Mr Advocate General Darmon delivered on 18 November 1987

1 Translated from the French.

2 Official Journal 1977, L 78, p. 17.

3 Journal officiel de la République française, 23. 3. 1979, p. 659.

4 Judgment of 7 February 1979 in Case 115/78 [1979] ECR 399.

5 Judgment of 7 February 1979 in Case 136/78 [1979] ECR 437, paragraphs 28 and 29 of the decision.

6 For a recent application of that rule see the Court's judgment of 23 January 1986 in Case 298/84 Iorio ν Azienda Autonovia delle Ferrovie dello Stato [1986] ECR 247, paragraph 14 of the decision.

7 Judgment of 17 December 1981 in Case 279/80 [1981] ECR 3305.

8 Judgment of 4 December 1986 in Case 205/84 [1986] ECR 3755, paragraph 26 of the decision.

9 Judgment in Case 279/80, cited above, paragraph 17 of the decision, and judgment in Case 205/84, cited above, paragraph 27 of the decision, emphasis added.

10 Judgment of the aforementioned Case 250/84, paragraph 27 of the decision, emphasis added.

11 Judgment of 3 December 1974 in Case 33/74 [1974] ECR 1299, emphasis added.

12 Emphasis added.

13 Emphasis added.

14 Judgment of 3 December 1974 in Case 33/74 [1974] ECR 1299, paragraph 13 of the grounds of the judgment, emphasis added.

15 Judgment of 4 December 1986 in Case 205/84 [1986] ECR 3755, paragraph 22 of the decision, emphasis added.

16 Judgment of 15 May 1986 in Case 222/84 [1986] ECR 1651.

17 Judgment of 21 June 1974 ¡n Case 2/74 [1974] ECR 631.

18 Case 2/74, cited above, paragraph 43 of the grounds of the judgment.

19 Judgment of 28 June 1977 in Case 11 /77 Patrick ν Ministre des affaires culturelles [1977] ECR 1199.

20 Judgment of 28 April 1977 in Case 71/76 [1977] ECR 765.

21 Case 2/74, cited above, paragraph 48 of the grounds of the judgment.

22 Case 71/76, cited above, paragraph 12 of the decision.

23 Case 33/74, cited above, paragraph 12 of the grounds of the judgment.

24 Judgment of 22 September 1983 in Case 271/82 [1983] ECR 2727, at p. 2744, paragraph 18 of the decision.

25 Judgment of 22 September 1983 in Case 271/82 [1983] ECR 2727, at p. 2744, paragraph 18 of the decision.

26 Judgment of 18 May 1983 in Case 155/79 AM & S Europe Limited ν Commission [1982] ECR 1575, at 1611, paragraph 24 of the decision.

27 Judgment of 12 July 1984 in Case 107/83 Ordre des avocais au barreau de Paris ν Klopp [1984] ECR 2971, at p. 2989, paragraph 17 of the decision.

28 Case 107/83, cited above, paragraph 20 of the decision, emphasis added.

29 Case 205/84, cited above, paragraph 21 of the decision, emphasis added.