Opinion of Mr Advocate General Darmon delivered on 1 December 1988

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2 Judgment of 20 May 1987 in Case 242/85 Geist v Commission [1987] ECR 2181, paragraph 9.

3 Case 277/84 [1987] ECR 4923, paragraph 10 of the judgment.

4 Case 7/86 [1987] ECR 2473.

5 Case 24/79 [1980] ECR 1743. paragraph 14 of the judgment

6 Case 52/85 [1986] ECR 1555, paragraph 12

7 Case 191/81 (1982) ECR 4229

8 Judgment of 28 May 1980 in Joined Cases 33 and 75/79 [1980] ECR 1677.

9 Case 191/81, supra, paragraph 13

10 Case 156/80 [1981] ECR 1357.

11 Case 260/8O [1984] ECR 177.

12 Paragraph 4.

13 Joined Cases 173/82, 157/83 and 186/84 [1986] ECR 497, paragraph 12.

14 [1986] ECR 502.

15 Judgment of 12 October 1978 in Case 86/77 [1978] ECR 1855.

16 Paragraph 8.

17 Joined Cases 156/79 and 51/80 [1980] ECR 3943, paragraph 22.

18 Judgments of 27 January 1983 in Case 263/81 List [1983] ECR 103, paragraph 27, and of 10 June 1987 in Case 7/86 Vincent [1987] ECR 2473, paragraph 17.

19 P. 8 of the Commission's rejoinder.

20 Paragraph 8 of Annex II of the Commission's defence and at p. 15.

21 Case 24/79. cited above, paragraph 10 of the judgment

22 Case 263/81, cited above, paragraph 28.

23 Joined Cases 156/79 and 51/80 [1980] ECR 3943.

24 Case 24/79, supra.

25 Opinion in [1980] ECR 3965.

26 [1980] ECR 1766.

27 Joined Cases 173/82, 157/83 and 186/84, supra, paragraph 36

28 Case 7/86, supra, paragraph 25.