Opinion of Mr Advocate General Tesauro delivered on 11 May 1989

1 Original language: Italian.

2 The reference price plays a double proiective role. On the one hand, it is the basis (higher than that used for other cereals) for the calculation of the target price and, therefore, for the determination of the level of external protection; on the other, it is a parameter in relation to which possible support measures (special intervention measures) may be adjusted.

3 See Commission Decision 80/533/PEC of 14 Mas 1980. OJ 1980, L 138. p 11

4 See Commission Regulation No 1428/83 of 2 June 1983, OJ 1983, L 145, p 26

5 On the other hand, the Commission's argument to the effect that account was taken, as an additional factor, of the positive trend of French exports in the period from September 1985 to February 1986 seems weaker. Exports, as an externa! component of demand, contribute to determining the level of prices. It can therefore be concluded that the data concerning prices on which the Commission based its decision already reflects, at any given time, the effect of exports.

6 In particular, in Eridania, the Court decided thai. According to the established case-law of the Court, the statement of reasons required by Article 190 of the Treaty must be appropriate to the nature of the measure in question It must show clearly and unequivocally the reasoning of the Community authority which adopted the contested measure so as to inform the persons concerned of the justification for the measure adopted and to enable the Court to exercise its powers of review It is also clear from that case-law, as confirmed most recently in the Court's judgment of 28 October 1982 in Joined Cases 292 and 293/81 Société Jean Lion et Cie, Societe Loiret & Haentjens SA and Others v Fonds d'intervention et de regularsation du marche du sucre [1982] LCR 3887, that the statement of the reasons on which regulations arc based is not required to specifv the often verv numerous and complex matters of fact or of law dealt with in the regulations, provided that the latter fall within the general scheme of the bods of measures of which they Form part Consequents. if the contested measure clearly discloses the essential obiective pursued by the institution. It would be excessive to require a specific statement ot reasons for each of the technical choices made by the institution (paragraphs 37 and 38)