Opinion of Mr Advocate General Darmon delivered on 21 June 1988

1 Translated from the French.

2 OJ, English Special Edition 1971 (II), p. 682.

3 See in particular the judgment of 4 April 1974 in Case 167/73 Commission v France [1974] ECR 359, and the judgment of 25 October 1979 in Case 159/78 Commission v Italy[1979] ECR 3247.

4 Case 74/76 Ianelli v Meroni [1977] ECR 557, paragraph 9.

5 Article 3 (5), cited above.

6 Case 252/86 Bergandi [1988] ECR 1323, paragraph 33.

7 Judgment of 11 July 1985 in Joined Cases 60 and 61/84 Cinétbèque SA and Others v Fédération nationale des cinémas français [1985] ECR 2605, at p. 2615.

8 Judgement of 7 May 1985 in Case 18/84 Commission v France [1985] ECR 1339, paragraph 12, and Joined Cases 60 and 61/84, cited above, paragraph 10.

9 Case 74/76 Ianelli v Meroni, cited above, paragraph 2 of the operative part.

10 Case 18/84 Commission v France, cited above, paragraph

11 Case 103/84 Commission v Italy [1986] ECR 1759, paragraph 19.

12 Case 74/76 Ianelli v Meroni, cited above, paragraph 9.

13 Case 252/86 Bergandi, cited above, paragraph 33.

14 Case 155/73 Sacchi [1974] ECR 409, paragraph 1 of the operative part.

15 Case 74/76 Ianelli v Meroni, cited above, paragraph 1 of lhe operative part.

16 Judgment of 11 July 1974 in Case 8/74 Procureur du Roi v Dassonville [1974] ECR 837, at p. 852, paragraph 5.

17 Case 104/75, [1976] ECR 613.

18 Defence, pp. 22 and 23.

19 Case 104/75 De Peijper, cited above, paragraph 17.

20 Annex III to the Commission's application.

21 Judgment of 27 March 1984 in Case 169/82 Commission v Italy[1984| ECR 1603.

22 Judgment of 10 March 1987 in Case 199/85 Italy v Commission [1987] ECR 1039.

23 Judgment of 26 May 1982 in Case 149/79 Commission v Belgium [1982] ECR 1845.

24 Judgment of 18 March 1986 in Case 85/85 Commission v Belgium[1986] ECR 1149.

25 Judgment of 24 November 1982 in Case 249/81 Commission v Ireland[1982] ECR 4005.

26 Judgment of 18 June 1975 in Case 94/74 IGAV v ENCC [1975] ECR 699.

27 Judgment of 5 May 1970 in Case 77/69 [1970] ECR 237.

28 Case 21/84 [1985] ECR 1355.

29 Defence, p. 16.

30 Case 21/84, ciled above, paragraph 13.

31 Case 85/85, cited above, paragraph 28.