Opinion of Advocate General Darmon delivered on 21 April 1994

1 Original language: French.

2 OJ, English Special Edition 1968 (I), p. 176.

3 OJ, English Special Edition 1968 (I), p. 260.

4 Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1624/76 of 2 July 1976 concerning special arrangements for the payment of aid for skimmed-milk powder denatured or processed into compound feedingstuffs in the territory of another Member State (OJ 1976 L 180, p. 9).

5 Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1726/79 of 26 July 1979 amending Regulations (EEC) No 1624/76, (EEC) No 368/77, (EEC) No 443/77 and (EEC) No 1844/77 on aid measures and special sales operations for skimmed-milk powder for use in feed (OJ 1979 L 199, p. 10).

6 Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1725/79 of 26 July 1979 on the rules for granting aid to skimmed milk processed into compound feedingstuffs and skimmed-milk powder intended for feed for calves (OJ 1979 L 199, p. 1).

7 Article 10(2)(c).

8 First and second questions.

9 Third question.

10 Article 2(2) of Regulation No 1624/76.

11 Article 2(4) of Regulation No 1624/76, as amended.

12 Case 233/81 Denkavit Futtermittel v Germany [1982] ECR 2933.

13 Paragraph 6.

14 Sec, most recently. Special Report No 7/93 concerning controls of irregularities and frauds in the agricultural area (OJ 1994 C 53, p. 1).

15 Joined Cases 146/81, 192/81 and 193/81 BayWa and Others v Bundesanstalt für landwirtschaftliche Marktordnung [1982] ECR 1503.

16 Ibid., p. 1542.

17 Page 2947, emphasis added.

18 Case 3/73 Hessische Mehlindustrie Karl Schöttler v Einfuhrund Vorratsstelle für Getreide und Futtermittel [1973] ECR 745.

19 Paragraph 5.

20 Case 159/78 Commission v Italy [1979] ECR 3247.

21 Paragraph 7.

22 Case 15/83 Denkavit Nederland v Hoofdproduktschaap voor Akkerbouwprodukten [1984] ECR 2171.

23 Paragraph 15.

24 Case 29/82 Van Luipen [1983] ECR 151.

25 Paragraph 12.

26 Page 3 of the French translation.

27 Ibid., page 16.

28 Judgment in Case 238/82 Duphar and Others v Netherlands [1984] ECR 523, paragraph 23.

29 Judgment in Case 29/82 Van Luipen, cited above in footnote 23.

30 Case 124/81 Commission v United Kingdom [1983] ECR 203.

31 Joined Cases 2/82 to 4/82 Delhaize Frères Le Lion and Others v Belgium [1983] ECR 2973.

32 Pages 2991 and 2992.

33 Cited above in footnote 11.

34 Paragraph 7.

35 Paragraph 8.

36 Paragraph 10.