Opinion of Mr Advocate General Darmon delivered on 5 November 1991

1 Original language: French.

2 On waste (OJ 1975 L 194, p. 39).

3 On toxic and dangerous waste (OJ 1978 L 84, p. 43).

4 Article 6 of Directive 78/319/EEC refers to toxic and dangerous waste.

5 Article 6 (Gazzetta Ufficiale della Reppublica Italiana (GURI), No 34-3 of 15 December 1982, p. 9071).

6 Commission v Italian Republic [1990] ECR I-2425.

7 Anicle 6 of the 1975 directive and Article 12(1) of the 1978 directive

8 See, for example, the judgment in Case 280/83 Commission v Italy [1984] ECR 2361 and that in Case 215/83 Commission v Belgium [1985] ECR 1039.

9 Judgment in Case 77/69 Commission v Belgium [1970] ECR 237, at paragraph 15.

10 Judgment in Case 199/85 Commission v Italy [1987] ECR 1039.

11 Case C-290/89 Commission v Belgium [1991] ECR I-2851.

12 Opinion in Cases 68/81 to 73/81 [1982] ECR 153, at 162.

13 [1988] ECR 1843, at paragraph 38 of the Opinion.

14 Judgment in Case 240/86, cited above, at paragraph 28.

15 Judgment in Case C-35/88 [1990] ECR I-3125

16 The Central Office in Greece for the Management of National Products.

17 Paragraph 40, my emphasis.