Opinion of Mr Advocate General Darmon delivered on 5 November 1991

1 Original language: French.

2 OJ L 259, p. 10.

3 For example, the judgment in Joined Cases 26 and 86/79 Forges de Thy-Marcinelle and Monceau v Commission [1980] ECR 1083; in Case 4/69 Lutticke v Commission [1971] ECR 325; and in Case 111/63 Lemmerz Werke v High Authority [1965] ECR 677.

4 Case C-347/88 Commission v Greece [1990] ECR I-4747.

5 Ibid, [1980] ECR I-4767, paragraph 8.

6 Bundesgesetzblatt, first part, 5 September 1986, p. 1470.

7 Bundesgesetzblatt, I, p. 790.

8 Bundesgesetzblatt, I, p. 1218.

9 OJ L 180, p. 1.

10 With the exception of substance No 143; that substance is nevertheless one of those referred to in the third amending regulation in its definitive version, as is clear in particular from the written reply of the German Government to the question from the Court.

11 In particular the judgment in Case 211/81 Commission v Denmark [1982] ECR 4547; in Case 166/82 Commission v Italy [1984] ECR 459; in Case 274/83 Commission v Italy [1985] ECR 1077; and in Case C-347/88 Commission v Greece [1990] ECR I-4747.

12 Rejoinder, page 6 of the Trench version.

13 Emphasis added.

14 Anicle 23(2).

15 OJ L 259, p. 1.