Opinion of Mr Advocate General Lenz delivered on 9 November 1989

1 Original language: German.

2 OJ, English Special Edition 1968 (I), p. 165.

3 Regulation No 804/68 of the Council of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in milk and milk products, OJ, English Special Edition 1968 (I), p. 176

4 OJ, English Special Edition 1968 (1), p. 234

5 Judgments of 19 October 1977 in Joined Cases 117/76 and 16/77 Ruckdeichet and Co. and Others v Hauptzollamt Hamburg-Si. Annen and Olben [1977] ECR 1753, in Joined Cases 124/76 and 20/77 Moulins et huileries de Pont-à-Mousson and Others v Office national interprofessionnel des céréales (1977) ECR 1795.

6 Judgment of 1 October 1974 in Case 14/74 Norddeutsches Vieh- und Fleischkontor GmbH v Hauptzollamt Hamburg-Jonas [1974] ECR 899, at p. 909.

7 Regulation (EEC) No 974/71 of the Council of 12 May 1971 on certain measures of conjunctural policy to be taken in agriculture following the temporary widening of the margins of fluctuation for the currencies of certain Member States (OJ, English Special Edition 1971 (I), p. 257).

8 OJ 1975, L 139, p. 37.

9 Regulation (EEC) No 2682/72 of the Council of 12 December 1972 laying down general rules for granting export refunds on certain agricultural products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex II to the Treaty, and the criteria for fixing the amount of such refunds (OJ, English Special Edition 1972 (9 to 28 December), p. 42).