JUDGMENT OF 26.1.1972 — JOINED CASES 38 AND 39/71 WESTZUCKER v HOOFDPRODUKTSCHAP AKKERBOUWPRODUKTEN

In Joined Cases 38 and 39/71, Reference to the Court under Article 177 of the EEC Treaty by the College van Beroep voor het Bedrijfsleven for a preliminary ruling in the action pending before that court between

THE COURT composed of: R. Lecourt, President, H. Kutscher (Rapporteur), President of Chamber, A. M. Donner, A. Trabucchi and R. Monaco, Judges, Advocate-General: A. Dutheillet de Lamothe Registrar: A. Van Houtte

gives the following

JUDGMENT

Issues of fact and of law

I — Provisions applying during the periods in question

1. Measures taken on sugar

2. General measures

II — Facts and procedure

III — Observations submitted under Article 20 of the Protocol on the Statute of the Court of Justice of the EEC

1. The first question

2. The second and third questions

3. The fourth, fifth and sixth questions

Grounds of judgment

Questions 2 and 3

Questions 1, 4, 5 and 6

Costs