Opinion of Mr Advocate General Darmon delivered on 29 November 1988

1 Original language French.

2 Judgment of 15 November 1983 in Case 52/83 Commmion v France (1983) ECR 3707, paragraph 10 of the decision

3 Judgment of 15 January 1986 m Case 52/84 Comnuinon v Belgium [1986] ECR 89, paragraph 14 of the decision.

4 Case 63/87 [1988] ECR 2875, paragraph 14 of the decision.

5 Commission Decision 86/187/EEC of 13 November 1985. Official Journal L 136, 23.5 1986, p 61

6 Article 189 of the EEC Treaty.

7 Judgment of 5 March 1980 in Case 265/78 (1980) ECR 617. paragraph 21 of the decision

8 Judgment of 21 September 1983 in Joined Cases 205 to 215/82 [1983] ECR 2633

9 Paragraph 30 of the decision

10 Paragraph 31 of the decision.

11 Judgment of 9 November 1983 in Case 199/82 [1983] ECR 3595

12 At p 2656

13 Paragraph 15 of the decision.

14 Cases 31/77 R and 53/77 R Commission v Uniteti Kingdom Order of the Court of 21 May 1977 [1977] ECR 921, paragraph 20.

15 Case 120/73 Gebrüder Lorenz [1973] ECR 1471; Case 121/73 Markmann [19731 ECR 1485; Case 122/73 Nordsee Deutsche Hochseefischerei [1973] ECR 1511; Case 141/73 Fritz Lohrey [1973] ECR 1527.

16 Judgment of 12 July 1973 in Case 70/72 [1973] ECR 813.

17 Paragraph 13 of the decision.

18 Paragraph 16 of the decision

19 Judgment of 24 February 1987 in Case 310/85 Deufil v Commission [1987] ECR 901

20 Paragraph 24 of the decision.

21 OJ C 318. 24 11 1983, p 3.

22 Commission of the European Communities, Fifteenth Report on Compétition Policy, pp. 139 and 140, paragraph 171.

23 Commission of the European Communities, Sixteenth Report on Competition Policy, p. 13), paragraph 203

24 Commission of the European Communities, COM(88) 232 final, Brussels, 26 May 1988, p. 169 et seq., C I 1