Opinion of Mr Advocate General Darmon delivered on 18 May 1989

1 Original language: French.

2 First Regulation implementing Articles 85 and 86 of the EEC Treaty (OJ, English Special Edition 1959-62, p. 87).

3 Proceeding IV/31.866 —LDPE.

4 Proceeding IV/31.865 — PVC.

5 Decision 89/191/EEC (OJ L 74, 17.3.1989, p. 21) and Decision 89/190/EEC (OJ L 74, 17.3.1989, p. 1).

6 The contested decision concerning CdF Chimie SA, p. 2.

7 The contested decision concerning Solvay, p. 2.

8 Case 136/79 National Panasonic v Commission [1980] ECR 2033, paragraph 5.

9 Case 48/69 ICI v Commission [1972] ECR 619, paragraph 140.

10 Judgment of 21 February 1973 in Case 6/72 Europemballage and Continental Can v Commission [1973] ECR 215, paragraph 15.

11 Judgment of 12 July 1979 in Joined Cases 32 and 36 to 82/78 BMW v Commission [1979] ECR 2435, paragraph 24.

12 Case 8/56 ALMA v High Authority [1957 and 1958] ECR 95.

13 Case 48/69, supra, paragraph 43.

14 Case 6/72, supra, paragraph 10.

15 Regulation No 99/63/EEC of the Commission of 25 July 1963 on the hearings provided for in Article 19(1) and (2) of Council Regulation No 17 (OJ, English Special Edition 1963-64, p. 47).

16 Regulation No 17, Article 3(1).

17 Ibid., Article 15(2).

18 Case 85/76 [1979] ECR 461, paragraph 11.

19 Case 136/79, supra, paragraph 21.

20 Case 85/76, supra, paragraph 10.

21 Bruylant édileur, Brussels, 1987, p. 242.

22 Decision of 9 November 1987, p. 1, paragraph 2.

23 Ibid-, paragraph 3.

24 Case 136/79, supra, paragraph 26.

25 Case 136/79, supra, paragraph 21.

26 Annex to the decision, heading I, question 5.

27 Case 155/79 [1982] ECR 1575, paragraph 16.

28 Case 136/79 National Panasonic, supra, at p. 2066.

29 Case 136/79, supra, paragraph 15

30 Case 31/59 Acciaieria di Brescia v High Authority [1960] ECR 71, at p. 79.

31 Ibid., at p. 80.

32 Article 11(1).

33 Article 14(1).

34 Case 136/79, supra, paragraph 13.

35 Case 155/79, supra, paragraph 7.

36 Les enterites et les positions dominantes dans te drost de la CEE Commentaire des articles 8) à 90 du traite CEE et de leurs textes d'application, published by Jupiter, edited by Navarre, Paris, 1977, pp. 494 and 495.

37 Case 31/59, supra, at p. 81.

38 Judgment of 14 December 1962 in Joined Cases 5 to 11 and 13 to 15/62 Acciaierie San Michele and Others v High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community [1962] ECR 449, at p. 460.

39 Ibid., at p. 462.

40 Ibid.

41 Case 136/79 National Panasonic, supra, paragraph 30.

42 Op. cit., p. 493 —see footnote 35.

43 Case 136/79 National Panasonic, supra, paragraph 21.

44 Case 136/79, supra, at p. 2066.

45 Doc. No 57 of 7 September 1961, European Parliament.

46 Ibid, p. 30.

47 Ibid.

48 Journal officiel, 15.11.1961, p. 1406.

49 Case 155/79, supra, at p. 1621.

50 Ibid.

51 Op. cit., p. 38 and pp. 287-293 — see footnote 20 above.

52 Case 155/79, supra.

53 Ibid., p. 1654.

54 Ibid., p. 1656.

55 Ibid.

56 Ibid., p. 1658.

57 Joined Cases 100 to 103/80 [1983] ECR 1825, paragraphs 6 to II.

58 Case 155/79, supra, p. 1650.

59 Ibid., p. 1636.

60 Publications of the European Court of Human Rights, Senes A, Vol 73.

61 Application No 10828/84.

62 Joined Cases 209 to 215 and 218/78 [1980] ECR 3125.

63 Joined Cases 100 to 103/80, supra.

64 Joined Cases 100 to 103/80, supra, at p. 1920.

65 Joined Cases 100 to 103/80, supra, paragraph 7.

66 Stipra, sec note 59, p. 20, paragraph 53.

67 Ibid.

68 Case 4/73 [1974] ECR 21, paragraph 5.

69 Case 44/79 [1979] ECR 3727.

70 Case 4/73, paragraph 13, and Case 44/79, paragraph 15.

71 J. Boulouis and R.-M. Chevallier: Grands arrêts de la CJCE 4th edition, 1987, Vol. 1, pp. 105-6.

72 Case 85/76, supra, paragraph 9.

73 Case 136/79, supra, paragraph 21.

74 Ibid.

75 Judgment cited above, p. 21, paragraph 55.

76 Publications of the European Court of Human Rights, Series A, Vol. 108.

77 Article 6(3)(a) of the Convention.