Opinion of Mr Advocate General Darmon delivered on 16 May 1989

1 Original language French.

2 OJ, English Special Edition 1968 (II), p. 475.

3 Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 of the Council of 14 June 1987 on the application of social security schemes to employed persons and their families moving within the Community (OJ, English Special Edition 1971 (II), p. 416).

4 Judgment of 28 June 1978 in Case 1/78 Kenny v Insurance Officer [1978] ECR 1489, at p. 1478, paragraph 17, my emphasis; see also the judgment of 15 January 1986 in Case 41/84 Pinna v Caisse d'allocations familiales de la Savoie (1986) ECR 1, at p. 25, paragraph 23.

5 Judgment of 3 February 1982 in Joined Cases 62 and 63/81 Seco SA and Desquenne Girai SA v Etablissement d'assurance contre la vieillesse et l'invalidité (1982) ECR 223, at p. 235, paragraph 8, my emphasis.

6 Commission's observations, paragraph 22 (p 17 of the French translation)

7 Judgment of 7 May 1986 in Case 131/85 Emir Qui v Regieningsprasident Dusseldorf [1986] ECR 1573

8 Observations of Ireland, Annex No 1.

9 Judgment of 28 April 1977 in Case 71/76 Thieffry v Conseil de l'Ordre des Avocats à la Cour de Paris [1977] ECR 765.

10 Judgment of 15 May 1986 in Case 222/84 Johnston v Chief Cornstable of the Royal Ulster Constabulary [1986] ECR 1651, at p 1684, paragraph 26