Opinion of Mr Advocate General Darmon delivered on 8 February 1994

1 Original language: French.

2 OJ 1988 L 145, p. 35.

3 Article 1 of the directive.

4 Council Directive of 18 December 1986 on the harmonization of laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to the application of the principles of good laboratory practice and the verification of their application for tests on chemical substances (OJ 1987 L 15, p. 29).

5 Defence, p. 2 of the French translation.

6 Case C-294/93.

7 Rejoinder, p. 2 of the French translation.

8 Judgment in Case C-290/89 Commission v Belgium [1991] ECR I-2851, paragraph 9.