Court of Justice 4 March 1982, 141 to 143/81 (Gerrit Holdijk and others.)

OPINION OF ADVOCATE GENERAL SIR GORDON SLYNN DELIVERED ON 4 MARCH 1982 My Lords, These three references for a preliminary ruling are made by the Kantongerecht of Apeldoorn in the Netherlands. They concern what it is said are the first prosecutions under a Dutch Royal Decree of 8 September 1961 (the Mestkalverenbesluit, Staatsblad, p.