Opinion of Mr Advocate General Mischo delivered on 17 May 1990

1 Original language: French.

2 See the judgment in Case 148/77 Hamn (1978] ECR 1787.

3 Law No 84-820 of 6 September 1984 regulating the status of the territory of French Polynesia (Journal officiel de la République française, 7.9.1984, p. 2831.

4 Articles 98 to 102 of the Law of 6 September 1984, cited above.

5 See R. Chapus: Droit du contentieux administratif, Paris, éd. Montchrestien, 1982, pp. 16 to 20 and P. Schultz: Contentieux administratif français d'outre-mer, Juris-Classeur administratif d'outre-mer, fascicule 780, updated in 1989.

6 It is clear from the preceding paragraph of the judgment that Article 176 is meant.

7 Judgment in Case 12/86 Demirel mentioned above at p. 3752, paragraph 14.

8 Since the main dispute concerns individuals and not companies, I have not dealt with this aspect of Article 176.