Opinion of Mr Advocate General Tesauro delivered on 13 December 1991

1 Original language: Italian.

2 OJ 1975 L 282, p. 56.

3 OJ 1984 L 172, p. 2.

4 OJ 1985 L 5, p. 5.. The wording of the recital is as ollows: Whereas, pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 2771/75, as amended by Reguládon (EEC) No 1831/84, the indication of the packing week number on egg packs has been replaced by that of the packing period; whereas small packs may, pursuant to the same regulation, bear certain indications; whereas Regulation (EEC) No 3341/84 introduced such a possibility in the case of large packs; whereas, therefore, Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1295/79 should be amended accordingly.

5 OJ 1984 L 312, p. 7.

6 OJ English Special Edition 1970 (II) p. 408.

7 OJ 1990 L 173, p. 5.

8 Both the appellant and the Commission referred in their written observations to Regulation No 1907/90.

9 Case 204/88 [1989], ECR 4361.

10 Case 372/89 [1991] ECR I-43.

11 OJ 1991 L 121, p. 11.

12 The risk is particularly great in some languages such as German because of the closeness of die terms extra fresh provided for in Regulation No 1907/90 and new laid (extra frisch and legefrisch).