JUDGMENT OF 18. 3. 1970 — CASE 43/69 BILGER v JEHLE

In Case 43/69 Reference to the Court under Article 177 of the EEC Treaty by the Oberlandesgericht Karlsruhe (9th Civil Senate, sitting in Freiburg im Breisgau) for a preliminary ruling in the action pending before that court between

THE COURT composed of: R. Lecourt, President, R. Monaco and P. Pescatore, Presidents of Chambers, A. M. Donner, A. Trabucchi, W. Strauß (Rapporteur) and J. Mertens de Wilmars, Judges, Advocate-General: J. Gand Registrar: A. Van Houtte

gives the following

JUDGMENT

Issues of fact and of law

I — Facts

II — Terms of the order of reference

III — Procedure

IV — Summary of the observations of the parties

A — Facts

B — The first question

C — The second question

Grounds of judgment

The first question

The second question

Costs