Opinion of Mr Advocate General Darmon delivered on 9 November 1989

1 Original language: Trench.

2 Council Regulation (EEC) No 222/77 of 13 December 1976 on Community transit (OJ 1977, L 38, p 1).

3 Article 1(1).

4 Article l(3)(a).

5 My emphasis.

6 Commission Regulation (EEC) No 223/77 of 22 December 1976 on provisions for the implementation of the Community transit procedure and for certain simplifications of that procedure (OJ 1977, L 38, p. 20), which was replaced by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1062/87 of 27 March 1987 on provisions for the implementation of the Community transit procedure and for certain simplifications of that procedure, which entered into force on 1 January 1988 (OJ 1987, L 107, p. 1); the provisions of Articles 83 and 84(3) of Regulation No 1062/87 are similar to those of Articles 70 and 71(3) of Regulation No 223/77.

7 Article 70.

8 Anide 71(3).

9 Article 10.

10 Judgment of 22 October 1970 in Case 12/70 Cmeynest v Belgium [1970] ECR 905.

11 Paragraph 7.

12 Paragraph 8.

13 Paragraph 12.

14 Judgment of 7 February 1979 in Joined Cases 15/76 and 16/76 Framti Commmion (1979) ECR 321

15 Paragraph 14.

16 Judgment of 17 May 1984 in Case 15/83 Denkavil Nederland v Hoofdproduktichap voor Akkerboiiwproditklen [19841 ECR 2171, paragraph 29

17 Judgment in Case 12/70, cued above, paragraph 5.