Court of Justice 23 May 1978, 146/77 (British Beef Company Limited v Intervention Board for Agricultural Produce.)

OPINION OF MR ADVOCATE GENERAL CAPOTORTI DELIVERED ON 23 MAY 1978 ( 1 ) Mr President, Members of the Court, 1. The problem of the applicability to existing contracts of new Community provisions which detrimentally affect the position of one of the contracting parties has already given rise to numerous cases before the Court of Justice concerning various situations and subject-matters; the most