Opinion of Mr Advocate General Darmon delivered on 16 March 1988

1 Translated from the French.

2 My emphasis.

3 Directive 70/50/EEC of 22 December 1969 based on the provisions of Article 33 (7), on the abolition of measures which have an effect equivalent to quantitative restrictions on imports and are not covered by other provisions adopted in pursuance of the EEC Treaty (Official Journal, English Special Edition 1970 (I), p. 17).

4 Article 2 (3) (d).

5 Article 2 (3) (e).

6 Judgment of 29 November 1983 in Case 181/82 Roussel Laboratoria BV and Others v Netherlands [1983] ECR 3849, paragraph 24.

7 Judgment of 26 February 1976 in Case 65/75 Ricardo Tasca [1976] ECR 291.

8 Judgment of 6 November 1979 in Joined Cases 16 to 20/79 Joseph Danis and Others [1979] ECR 3327.

9 Judgment of 29 January 1985 in Case 231/83 Henri Cullet v Centre Leclerc Toulouse [1985] ECR 305, paragraph 26.