Opinion of Mr Advocate General Tesauro delivered on 6 June 1991

1 Original language: Italian.

2 Consolidated version: Official Journal 1983 L 230, p. 8.

3 Judgments in Case 29/88 Schmitt v Bundesversïcberungs anstalt für Angestellte [1989] ECR 581; Case 110/79 Coonan V Insurance Officer [1980] ECR 1445, paragraph 12; and Case 266/78 Brunoriv Landesversicberungsanstalt Rheinprovim [1979] ECR 2705, paragraph 5.

4 Council Regulation No 2332/89 of 18 June 1989 (Official Journal 1989 L 224, p. 1).

5 Case 227/89 Rönfeidt [1991] ECR I-323, paragraph 12; Case 313/86 Lenoir v Caisse d'Allocations Familiales des Alpes-Maritimes [1988] ECR 5391, paragraph 13; and Case 41/84 Pinna v Caisse d'Allocations Familiales de Savoie [1986] ECR 1, paragraph 20.

6 Judgment in Case 1/78 Kenny v Insurance Officer [1978] ECR 1489, paragraph 18.

7 Kenny, supra, paragraph 17.

8 Judgments in Pinna, supra, paragraph 23; Case 237/78 Tota v Caisse Régionale d'Assurance de Maladie de Lille [1979] ECR 2645, paragraph 12; and Case 152/73 Sotgiu v Deutsche Bundespost [1974] ECR 153, paragraph 11.

9 For a similar solution, sec the judgment in Case 300/86 Van Landschoot y Mera W[1988] ECR 3443, paragraphs 22 to 24.