[1]Important legal notice
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                                   61985C0263

   Opinion of Mr Advocate General Lenz delivered on 26 February 1991. -
   Commission of the European Communities v Italian Republic. - Failure of
   a Member State to fulfil its obligations - Measure having equivalent
   effect - Aid for the purchase of motor vehicles of domestic
   manufacture. - Case C-263/85.
   European Court reports 1991 Page I-02457
   Pub.RJ Page Pub somm

Opinion of the Advocate-General

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   Advocate General Carl Otto Lenz delivered his Opinion on 26 February
   1991. (*) He concluded as follows:

   "The only possible conclusion (which, at the hearing, the defendant,
   too, accepted as being correct) is that the view taken by the
   Commission must be upheld. It should accordingly be declared, following
   the terms of the claim, that by requiring public bodies to buy vehicles
   of domestic manufacture in order to benefit from the aid provided for
   by Law No 151 of 10 April 1981, the Italian Republic has failed to
   fulfil its obligations under Article 30 of the EEC Treaty. Since that
   is the result of the proceedings, the defendant must also be ordered to
   pay the costs."

   (*) Original Language: German.

References

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