Opinion of Mr Advocate General Tesauro delivered on 8 February 1990

1 Origina! language: Italian.

2 OJ L 64, p. 25.

3 OJ 1979, L 339, p. 1. In the period during which Regulation No 551/83 was in force, Regulation (EEC) No 3017/79 was replaced by Regulation No 2176/84 (OJ 1984, L 201, p. 1), as amended by Regulation No 1761/87 (OJ 1987, L 167, p. 9). The basic rules in the field of antidumping are now laid down in Regulation No 2423/88 (OJ 1988, L 209, p. 1).

4 OJ 1982, L 178, p. 9.

5 OJ L 71, 17.3.1980, p. 90.

6 See Council Regulation (EEC) No 864/87 (OJ 1987, L 83, p. 1), Council Regulation (EEC) No 338/86 (OJ 1986, L 40, p. 25), Council Regulation (EEC) No 2370/83 (OJ 1983, L 228, p. 28) and Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3542/82 (OJ 1982, L 371, p. 25).

7 See the Opinion delivered at the hearing of 8 November 1989 in Joined Cases 304/86 and 185/87, 305/86 and 160/87, 320/86 and 188/87 and in Case 157/87, respectively, [1990] ECR I-2976, paragraph 39. It should be pointed out that even if the regulation at issue in the abovementioned cases was based on the subsequent basic regulation, Regulation No 2176/84, the legal background was, for present purposes, entirely analogous.

8 Sec Council Regulation (EEC) No 1224/80 of 28 May 1980 on the valuation of goods for customs purposes (OJ 1980, L 134, p. 1).

9 See Council Regulation (EEC) No 191/80 (OJ 1980, L 23, p. 19) and Council Regulation (EEC) No 407/80 (OJ 1980, L 48, p. 1).

10 Similar provisions arc contained in the subsequent basic regulations referred to in footnote 2.