Opinion of Mr Advocate General Darmon delivered on 25 January 1989

1 Original language: French.

2 Request for a preliminary ruling in the Echternach case, p. 2 of the English translation.

3 Ibid.

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

5 Case 293/83 Gravier v City of Liège [1985] ECR 593, paragraph 30.

6 Case 24/86 Blaizot v University of Liège [1988] ECR 379, paragraph 17.

7 Ibid., paragraph 19.

8 Ibid., paragraph 20.

9 Case 39/86 Lair v Universität Hannover [1988] ECR 3161, paragraph 12.

10 Case 42/87 Commission v Belgium [1988] ECR 5445.

11 Case 9/74 Casagrande v Landeshauptstadt München [1974] ECR 773, paragraph 4.

12 Case 293/83 Gravier, cited above, paragraph 26.

13 Case 39/86 Lair, cited above, paragraph 14.

14 Ibid , paragraph 15

15 Ibid , paragraph 28

16 Case 68/74 Alaimov Préfet du Rhóne[1975] ECR 109.

17 Ibid., paragraph 5.

18 Case 152/73 Sotgiu v Deutsche Bundespost [1974] ECR 155, paragraph 4

19 Ibid , paragraph 4

20 Case 152/82 Forcheri v Belgium [1983] ECR 2323, paragraph 9.

21 Opinion in Case 197/86 Brown v Secretary of Stale for Sroi/W[l988] ECR 3205, at p 3234

22 Judgment of 21 June 1988 in Brown, cited above, ECR 3205. paragraph 30

23 Judgment of 8 April 1976 in Case 48/75 Royer[l97b] ECR 497, paragraph 31.

24 Ibid-, paragraph 32.

25 Directive 68/360/EEC of the Council of 15 October 1968 on the abolition of restrictions on movement and residence within the Community for workers of Member States and their families, OJ, English Special Edition 1968, (II), p. 485.