EU-domstolen

Opinion of Mr Advocate General Lenz delivered on 26 February 1992

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1 Original language: German.

2 Council Directive 77/62/EEC of 21 December 1976 (OJ 1977 L 13 p. 1).

3 Judgment in Case 52/84 Commission v Belgium [1986] ECR 89; judgment in Case 103/84 Commission v Italy [1986] ECR 1759, paragraph 6 et seq.: see also my Opinion in Case 103/84, Point B. 1. a.; judgment in Case 199/85 Commission v Italy [1987] ECR 1039, paragraph 7 et seq.; judgment in Case 240/86 Commission v Hellenic Republic [1988] ECR 1835, paragraphs 15 and 16; see also my Opinion in Case 240/86, paragraph 7 et seq..

4 Judgment in Case 26/69 Commission v France [1970] ECR 565; see also the judgment in Case C-361/88 Commission v Germany, judgment in Case C-59/89 Commission v Germany, judgment in Case C-353/89 Commission v Netherlands [1991] ECR I-4069, and in Case 103/84, cited above.

5 Judgments in Case 240/86, cited above and in Case C-110/89, cited above.

6 Judgment in Case 14/83 von Colson and Kamann v Land Nordrhcin-Westfalen [1984] ECR 1891, paragraph 15.

7 See the Opinion of Mr Advocate General van Gerven in Case C-106/89, point 9.

8 In the case of unconditional and sufficiendy precise provisions, see the judgments in Case 148 Pubblico Ministero v Ratti [1979] ECR 1629 and in Case 8/81 Becker v Finanzamt Münster-Innenstadt [1982] ECR 53.

9 As regards the legal effects of a directive in domestic law, see the judgment of the Bundesverfassungsgericht (Federal Constitutional Court) of 28 January 1992 on the prohibition of night work for women — 1 BvR 1025/82—1 BvL 16/83—1 BvL 10/91.

10 Sec the Opinion in Case C-247/89 Commission v Portuguese Republic [1991] ECR I-3659, I-3670, paragraph 10 et seq. and in Case C-24/91 Commission v Kingdom of Spain [1992] ECR I-1989, I-1995, paragraph 9 et seq..

11 See judgment in Case 103/88 Costanzo v Commune di Milano [1989] ECR 1839.

12 Council Directive 71/305/EEC of 26 July 1971, OJ, English Special Edition 1971 (II), p. 682.

13 Case 31/87 Beentjes v Netherlands State [1988] ECR 4635.

14 See the judgment in Joined Cases C-60/90 and C-9/90 Francovich and Bonifaci v Italian Republic [1991] ECR in relation to a claim for damages by individuals against a Member State for failure to transpose a directive.