Opinion of Mr Advocate General Lenz delivered on 13 March 1991

1 Original language: German.

2 Council Directive of 21 December 1976 coordinating procedures for the award of public supply contracts, OJ 1977 L 13, p. 1, amended by Directive 88/295/EEC, OJ 1988 L 127, p. 1.

3 Judgment in Case C-188/89 foster v British Gas [1990] ECR I-3313, paragraphs 16 and 18.

4 Judgment in Foster, above.

5 Judgment in Case 31/87 Beentjes v Netherlands State [1988] ECR 4633, at paragraph 11.

6 Judgment in Case 249/81 Commission v Ireland [1982] ECR 4005, and judgment in Case 222/82 Apple and Pear Development Counalv Lewis [1983] ECR 4083.

7 Judgment in Case 290/83 Commission v france [1985] ECR 439 and judgment in Case 78/76 Steinike and Weinlig v Federal Republic of Germany [1977] ECR 595.

8 Judgment of 18 March 1986, Case 85/85 Commission v Belgium [1986] ECR 1149, at paragraph 11.

9 Judgment in Case 274/83 Commission v Italy [1985] ECR 1077, at paragraph 21; likewise, previously, the judgment in Case 7/61 [1961] ECR 699.

10 Judgment in Case 70/72 Commission v Germany [1973] ECR 813, at paragraph 13.

11 Case 85/85 [1986] ECR 1149, at paragraph 11.

12 Opinion of Advocate General Lenz in Case 199/85 Commiaion v Italy [1987] ECR 1047; see also paragraphs 7 to 9 of the judgment in the same case, at p. 1039.

13 Judgment of 7 February 1973 in Case 31/72 Commissioni Italy [1973] ECR 101; Opinion of Advocate General Mancini in Case 303/84 Commission v Federal Republic of Germany [1986] ECR 1171 at pp. 1172 and 1173.

14 OJ 1987 C 358, p. 1.

15 Council Directive of 17 September 1990, OJ 1990 L 297, p. 1.

16 My emphasis.

17 OJ 1985 L 302, p. 217.

18 Judgment in Case 29/69 Erich Stauder v City o/ Ulm [19691 ECR 419; judgment in Case 30/77 Pierre Bouchèrent [1977] ECR 1999; judgment in Case 9/79 Marianne Koschniske v Raad van Arbeid [1979] ECR 2717; and judgment in Case 55/87 Alexander Moksel v Bundesanstalt ßr landwirtschaftliche Marktordnung [1988] ECR 3845.