Opinion of Mr Advocate General Darmon delivered on 15 December 1987

1 Translated from the French.

2 Decision 82/242 of 31 March 1982 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to methods of testing the biodegradability of nonionic surfactants (Official Journal 1982, L 109, p. 1).

3 Decision 82/243 of 31 March 1982 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to methods of testing the biodegradability of anionic surfactants (Official journal 1982, L 109, p. 18).

4 See, in particular, the Court's judgments of 23 May 1985 in Case 29/84 Commission v Federal Republic of Germany [1985] ECR 1661, paragraph 23 at p. 1673; of 9 April 1987 in Case 363/85 Commission v Italian Republic [1987] ECR 1733, paragraph 7 at p. 1742; of 8 July 1987 in Case 247/85 Commission v Kingdom of Belgium [1987] ECR 3029, paragraph 9 at p. 3060; and of 8 July 1987 in Case 262/85 Commission v Italian Republic [1987] ECR 3073, paragraph 9 at p. 3097.