Opinion of Advocate General Lenz delivered on 9 July 1992

1 Original language: German.

2 In the version in Council Regulation (EEC) No 2001/83 of 2 June 1983 OJ 1983 L 230, p. 6.

3 See the judgments in Case 175/78 Saunders [1979] ECR 1129, in Case 180/83 Moser v Land Baden-Württemberg [1984] ECR 2539, in Case 298/84 Iorio v Azienda Autonoma delle Ferrovie dello Stato [1986] ECR 251 and in Joined Cases 35 and 36/82 Morson and Jhanjan v Netherlands [1982] ECR 3723.

4 See, for example, the judgments in Case 115/78 Knoors v Staatssekretär für Wirtschaft [1979] ECR 399, in Case 246/80 Broekmeulen v Huisarts Registratie Commissie [1981] ECR 2311, in Case 354/84 Spruyt v Sociale Verzekeringsbank [1986] ECR 685, in Case 254/84 De Jong v Sociale Verzekeringsbank [1986] ECR 671 and in Case 313/86 Lenoir v Caisse d'Allocations Familiales des Alpes- Maritimes [1988] ECR 5391.

5 See footnote 3.

6 My emphasis.

7 My emphasis.

8 Judgments in Case 43/86 Sociale Verzekeringsbank v De Rijke [1987] ECR 3611 and in Case C-245/88 Daalmeijer [1991] ECR I-555.

9 Judgment in Case 313/86 Lenoir [1988] ECR 5391.

10 Judgments in Case 254/84 De Jong [1986] ECR 671 and in Case 284/84 Spruyt [1986] ECR 685.

11 Judgment in Case 55/77 Mańs v Rijksdienst voor Werknemerspensioenen [1977] ECR 2327.

12 See paragraphs 6 to 14.

13 Ibid, my emphasis.