Opinion of Mr Advocate General Tesauro delivered on 27 June 1989

1 Original language: Italian.

2 For an analysis of the 1982 Arrangement and its consequences, see in particular: (1) I. Pogany:Steel Wars v Star Wars: the impact of voluntary export restraints on the GATT, in Current issues in international business law, 1988; (2) M. K. Levine: Inside international trade policy formulation, a history of the 1982 USEC steel arrangements, 1985; (3) F. Benyon and J. Bourgeois: The European Community-United States steel arrangement, Common Market Lavi Review, 1984.

3 OJ 1985, L 9, p. 1.

4 OJ 1985, L 9, p. 13.

5 OJ 1985, L 222, p. 1.

6 OJ 1987, L 346, p. 26.

7 See the judgment of 28 February 1989 in Case 201/87 Cargill BV v Produktschap voor Margarine, Vetten en Oliën [1989] ECR 489.

8 Judgment of 30 September 1987 in Case 12/86 Demirel v Stadt Schwäbisch Gmünd [1987] ECR 3719.

9 See R. Joliet: Le droit institutionnel des Communautés européennes, 1983, p. 184.

10 See the judgment of 30 January 1985 in Case 143/83 Commission v Denmark [1985] ECR 427, paragraph 13.

11 See the ludgmenl of 23 February 1988 in Case 429/85 Commission v Italy [1988] ECR 843, paragraph 9

12 See the judgments of 25 January 1979 in Case 98/78 Racke v Hauptzolfamt Mamz [1979] ECR 69, paragraph 15, and in Case 99/78 Decker v Hauplzollamt Landau [1979] ECR 101, paragraph 3.