Opinion of advocate general Darmon delivered on 31 March 1993

1 Original language: French.

2 OJ 1979 L 6, p. 24.

3 I — Facts and procedure.

4 A law of 3 May 1989 also embodied these decisions.

5 Treaty Scries, vol. 999, p. 171.

6 Case 71/85 [1986] ECR 3855

7 Paragraph 21.

8 Case 149/77 Defrenne v Sabena (Defrenne 111) [1978] ECR 1365. See also in this connection the judgments in Case 286/85 McDermott and Colter v Minister for Social Welfare [1987] LCR 1453; Case C 102/88 Rimus Wilbrink v Bestuur van de Bedrufsvcreniging voor Overheidsdiensten [1989] ECR 4311; and Joined Cases C 87/90, C 88/90 and C 89/90 Verbolen and Others v Sonale Verzekeringsbank [1991] ECR I 3757, paragraph 28

9 Case 149/77. cited above, paragraph 27

10 Case 33/76 Rewe-Zentralfinanz and Rewe-Zentral v Landwirtschaftskammer für das Rheinland [1976] ECR 1989.

11 Paragraph 5.

12 Case 34/67 Lück v Hauptzollamt Köln [1968] ECR 245.

13 Page 251.

14 See the Rewe judgment cited above, paragraph 5.

15 Case 199/82 Amministrazione delle Finanze dello Stato v San Giorgio [1983] ECR 3595, paragraph 16.

16 Case C-208/90 Emmott v Minister for Social Welfare [1991] ECR I-4269.

17 Case 286/85, cited above.

18 Case C 208/90, cited above, paragraph 17.

19 Paragraph 21.

20 Paragraph 22.

21 Paragraph 23.

22 Common Market Law Review, 1992, p. 604.

23 Case C-377/89 Cotter and McDermott v Minister for Sodai Welfare [1991] ECR I-1155, paragraph 21.

24 Sec the French translation of the observations of the Netherlands Government, paragraph 13.

25 Case C-208/90, cited above.

26 Paragraph 14, emphasis added.

27 Case C 343/9C ; 19921 ECR I 4673.

28 Paragraph 20

29 Paragraph 20.

30 Sec my Opinion delivered today in Case C-337/91 [1993] ECR I-5435, paragraphs 36 to 40.

31 Case 102/79 [1980] ECR 1473.

32 Paragraph 11.

33 Case 29/84 (1985] ECR 1661.

34 Paragraph 23.

35 Case 102/79, cited above.

36 Opinion [1980] ECR 1493.