JUDGMENT OF 8.11.1972 — CASE 17/72 GETREIDEHANDEL v EINFUHR- UND VORRATSSTELLE GETREIDE

In Case 17/72 Reference to the Court of Justice under Article 177 of the EEC Treaty by the Hessisches Finanzgericht (Vllth Senate) 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, J. Mertens de Wilmars (Rapporteur) and H. Kutscher, Judges, Advocate-General: K. Roemer Registrar: A. Van Houtte

gives the following

JUDGMENT

Issues of fact and of law

I — Facts and procedure

II — Observations submitted under Article 20 of the Statute

A — Observations of the Commission of the European Communities

1. The method of calculating the free-at-frontier price

2. The application of the method of calculation to the case in dispute

(a) The price of maize on the most representative export market

(b) Transport costs

(c) The profit margin of the trader

3. The exchange rates

B — Observations of the plaintiff in the main action

The method for calculating the free-at-frontier price in the present case

Grounds of Judgment

(a) The method of calculating the free-at-frontier price

(b) The price of FF 523.50

(c) The price of FF 515.61

(d) The effect of the exchange rates

Costs