Opinion of Advocate General Lenz delivered on 29 October 1992

1 Original language: German.

2 OJ 1980 L 283, p. 23.

3 Judgment in Joined Cases C-6/90 and C-9/90 Francovich and Others v Italy [1991] ECR I-5357, in particular paragraph 26.

4 As regards the second question, that is apparent from the wording. The third question in each case relates to the date which the second question was designed to determine and has therefore also lost its point.

5 Case 22/87 Commission v Italy [1989] ECR 143.

6 Cf. for example Case 148/78 Pubblico Ministero v Ratti [1979] ECR 1629, paragraph 44.

7 Article 3 requires the Member States to set up guarantee institutions to guarantee payment of claims relating to pay.