Opinion of Advocate General Darmon delivered on 29 September 1993
1 Original language: French.
2 Regulation on the common organization of the market in beef and veal (OJ, English Special Edition 1968 (I), p. 187).
3 Regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 on the common organization of the market in beef and veal and the systems of premiums granted in the beef and veal sector (OJ 1987 L 48, p. 1).
4 Regulation laying down detailed rules applying to the special premium for beef producers (OJ 1989 L 78, p. 38).
5 The animals giving entitlement to the premium arc referred to as eligible under the rules.
6 Second indent of Article 2 and Article 8(2).
7 Eighth recital in the preamble to the Regulation.
8 Sec footnote I in the judgment in this case.
9 Sec the explanations of the court of reference on that point (order for reference, pages 7 to 9 of the French translation)
10 Their wording appears in the Report for the Hearing (I, 2 in fine).
11 Fourth recital in the preamble to the Regulation.
12 Page 7 of the French translation of the order for reference.
13 Commission's observations, p. 7 of the French translation.
14 Ibidem.
15 Page 7 of the French translation of the order for reference.
16 Ibidem, p. 6.
17 Sec the judgments in Case 265/87 Schrader v Hauptzollamt Gronau [1989] ECR 2237, at paragraph 21, concerning a co-responsibility levy on processors of cereals and in Case C-24/90 Werner raust [1991] LCR I-4905, at paragraph 12, concerning an additional levy on import duties.
18 [1992] ECR I-203.
19 Paragraph 11.
20 Ibidem, paragraph 12
21 Sec Articles 5 and 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68.
22 Sec fourth recital in the preamble to Regulation (EEC) No 467/87.
23 Sec Article 4a of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68, inserted by Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 467/87.
24 Sec Article 11 of the Regulation.
25 Sec sixth recital in the preamble to Regulation (EEC) No 467/87.
26 Cf. the judgment in Case 9/85 Nordbutter [1986] ECR 2831, at paragraph 17.
27 Fourth recital in the preamble to the Regulation.
28 Page 10 of the French translation of the order for reference.
29 Case C-256/90 Mignon [1992] ECR I-2651. paragraph 16.