Opinion of Mr Advocate General Darmon delivered on 22 February 1990

1 Original language: French.

2 OJ 1988, L 306, p 2.

3 Council Regulation (EEC) No 170/83 of 25 January 1983 establishing a Community system for the conservation and management of fishery resources (OJ 1983, L 24, p. 1).

4 Council Regulation (EEC) No 2241/87 of 23 July 1987 establishing certain control measures for fishing activities (OJ 1987, L 207, p. 1)

5 Judgment of 14 December 1989 in Case C-216/87 the Queen v Ministry of Agriculture, Fiskenes and Food, ex parte Jaderow Limitedand Others (1989) ECR 4509.

6 Paragraph 4 of the operative part of the judgment.

7 First recital in the preamble.

8 Judgment of 30 September 1982 in Case 317/81 Howe & Bainbridge BV v Oberfinanzdirektion Frankfurt am Main [1982] ECR 3257, paragraph 19.

9 Judgment of 17 May 1984 in Case 15/83 Denkavit Nederland BV v Hoofdprodiiklscbap voor Akkerboitwproditkten [1984] ECR 2171, paragraph 25; see also the judgments of 20 February 1979 in Case 122/78 Bititoni v Forma [1979] ECR 677 and of 23 February 1983 in Case 66/82 Fromençaisv Forma [1983] ECR 395.

10 See paragraphs 40 to 43 below.

11 Paragraph 24 of the judgment.

12 Paragraph 25 of the judgment.

13 Sec paragraphs 40 to 43 below.

14 Judgments of 10 December 1974 in Case 48/74 Charmasson v Minister for Economic Affairs and Finance [1974] ECR 1383, of 29 March 1979 in Case 231/78 Commission v United Kingdom [1979] ECR 1447, of 29 November 1978 in Case 83/78 Pigs Marketing Board v Redmond [1978] ECR 2347, of 3 February 1983 in Case 29/82 E van Luipen en Zn BK[1983] ECR 151, and of 5 June 1985 in Case 116/84 Roeistraete [1985] ECR 1705.

15 Judgment of 20 April 1978 in Joined Cases 80/77 and 81/77 [1978] ECR 927.

16 Paragraph 35 of the judgment.

17 Case 15/83, cited above.

18 Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1725/79 of 26 Julv 1979 on the rules for granting aid to skimmed milk processed into compound feedingstuffs and skimmed-milk powder intended for feed for calves (OJ 1979, L 199, p. 1).

19 At p. 7 of the French translation.

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

21 Judgments of 8 November 1979 in Case 15/79 Groenveld w Prodiiktschap voor Vee en Vicei [1979] ECR 3409, paragraph 7, of 14 July 1981 in Case 155/80 OerW[198l] ECR 1993, paragraph 15, of 1 April 1982 in Joined Cases 141 io 143/81 Holdijk [1982] ECR 1299, of 15 December 1982 in Case 286/81 Oosthoek's uitgeversmaatschappij [1982] ECR 4575, paragraph 13, of 10 March 1983 in Case 172/82 Syndicat national des fabricanţi raffineitrs d'bittle de gratuagev Inter-Huilei (1983] ECR 555, paragraph 12, of 7 February 1984 in Case 237/83 Jongeneel Kaat v Netherlands [1983] ËCR 483, paragraph 22, in Case 15/83, cited above, paragraph 16, and of 13 December 1984 in Case 253/83 Haitg-Adnon v frankfurter Versichemngs-AG [1984] ECR 4277, paragraph 20

22 Judgment of 21 March 1972 in Case 82/71 Pubblico Minulem della Repubblica nahana v SAIL í 1972] ECR 119, paragraph 5; see also, generally, D Maidani and I. Biancarclli: L'incidence du droit communautaire sur le droit pénal des Etats membres, Revue de science criminelle et de droit penal compare 1984 No 2, p. 225, and No 3, p. 455.

23 Written observations, at p. 10 of the French translation.

24 Judgment of 25 July 1974 Federal Republic of Germany v Iceland fisheries jurisdiction case, Recueil dei arrets 1974, p 175, paragraph 45

25 My emphasis.

26 My emphasis.

27 For the French text of the Convention, see R. J. Dupuy and D. Vignes: Traite du nouveau droit de la mer, Economica, Bruylant, 1985.

28 My emphasis.

29 Article 63(2) of the Convention.

30 For the North-West Atlantic: Council Regulation (EEC) No 3179/78 of 28 December 1978 concerning the conclusion by the European Economic Community of the Convention on Future Multilateral Cooperation in the North-West Atlantic Fisheries (OJ 1978, L 378, p. 1); for the North-East Atlantic: Council Decision 81/608/EEC of 13 July 1981 concerning the conclusion of the Convention on Future Multilateral Cooperation in the North-East Atlantic Fisheries (OJ 1981, L 227, p. 21).

31 Case 216/87, cued above.

32 Judgment of 2 February 1989 in Case 262/87 [1989] ECR 225 (summary publication), paragraph 15.

33 Judgment of 29 June 1978 in Case 77/77 BP\Commission [1978] ECR 1513, paragraph 15.

34 Case 15/83 Denkavit Nederland, cited above, paragraph 25 of the judgment.