Opinion of Advocate General Darmon delivered on 27 October 1993

1 Original language: French.

2 I — Legal background.

3 Council Regulation (EEC) No 2209/80 of 27 June 1980 on the conclusion of the Agreement on fisheries between the European Economic Community- and the Government of Sweden (OJ 1980 L 226, p. 1).

4 Council Regulation (EEC) No 3929/90 of 20 December 1990 laying down for 1991 certain measures for the conservation and management of fishery resources applicable to vessels flying the flag of Sweden (OJ 1990 L 378, p. 48).

5 Annex I to the application.

6 Case 8/55 [1954 to 1956] ECR 245.

7 P. 257.

8 Case 181/73 [1974] ECR 449.

9 Paragraph 4.

10 Paragraph 5.

11 [1975] ECR 1355.

12 P. 1361.

13 Permanent Court of International Justice, Collection of Judgments, Series A No 10 (Judgment No 9).

14 P. 18.

15 Article 7(2).

16 Paragraph 10 of the reply.

17 Case 53/84 [1985] ECR 3595.

18 Paragraph 15, my emphasis.

19 Judgment in Case 54/65 Compagnie des Forges de Châtillon v High Authority [1966] ECR 185, at p. 195.

20 See the judgment in Case 77/77 B. P. v Commission [1978] ECR 1513, at paragraph 13.

21 Annex to the rejoinder.

22 Annexes 1 and 2 to the defence.

23 Annex 6 to the defence, my emphasis.

24 Annex 8 to the defence, my emphasis.

25 Case 25/62 Plaumann v Commission [1963] ECR 95.

26 P. 107.

27 Judgment in Case 121/76 Moli v Commission [1977] ECR 1971, at paragraph 20.

28 Judgment in Case C-142/87 Belgium v Commission [1990] ECR I-959, at paragraph 46.

29 Judgment in Case 85/76 Hoffman-La Roche v Commission [1979] ECR 461, at paragraph 14.

30 Belgium v Commission, cited above, at paragraph 48.

31 Page 7 of the reply.

32 Judgment in Case 122/78 Buitoni v Forma [1979] ECR 677, at paragraph 16.

33 Article 2(2).

34 Article 2(3).

35 Article 3(1).

36 Article 3(8).

37 Judgment in Joined Cases 296 and 318/82 Netherlands and Leeuwarder Papierwarenfabriek v Commission [1985] ECR 809, at paragraph 19.