Opinion of Mr Advocate General Darmon delivered on 8 March 1988

1 Translated from the French.

2 Adopting general rules for the application of the levy referred to in Article 5c of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 in the milk and milk products sector (Official Journal 1984, L 90, p. 13).

3 The question also refers to Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1371/84; however, this provision merely supplements the list of situations in which another reference year may be taken into account. As such it does not appear to require interpretation.

4 Judgment of 14 February 1978 in Case 68/77 [1978] ECR 353.

5 At paragraph 11.

6 Third recital in the preamble to Regulation No 857/84.

7 Second recital in the preamble to Council Regulation (EEC) No 590/85 of 26 February 1985 amending Regulation (EEC) No 857/84 (Official Journal 1985, L 68, p 1)

8 Judgment of 25 November 1986 in Joined Cases 201 and 202/85 [1986] ECR 3477.

9 Judgment of 27 September 1979 in Case 230/78 [1979] ECR 2749, at paragraph 31.

10 Judgment of 24 October 1973 in Case 5/73 [1973] ECR 1091, at paragraph 24.

11 Judgment of 20 October 1977 in Case 29/77 [1977] ECR 1835, at paragraphs 29 and 30.

12 Case 5/73, supra.

13 At paragraph 22, emphasis added.

14 Judgment of 29 October 1980 in Case 138/78 [1980] ECR 3333, at paragraph 25.

15 Judgment of 29 October 1980 in Case 139/79 [1980] ECR 3393, at paragraph 30.

16 Judgment of 24 June 1970 in Case 73/69 [1970] ECR 467.