JUDGMENT OF 29. 9. 1976 — CASE 17/76 BRACK v INSURANCE OFFICER

In Case 17/76 Reference to the Court under Article 177 of the EEC Treaty by the National Insurance Commissioner for a preliminary ruling in the action pending before him between

THE COURT composed of: R. Lecourt, President, H. Kutscher and A. O'Keeffe, Presidents of Chambers, A. M. Donner, J. Mertens de Wilmars, P. Pescatore and M. Sørensen, Judges, Advocate-General: H. Mayras Registrar: A. Van Houtte

gives the following

JUDGMENT

Facts

I — Facts and procedure

Annex V, point I (headed United Kingdom), paragraph 1

II — Written observations submitted to the Court

1. Observations submitted by the applicant in the main action

A — The first question

B — General submissions on the second, third and fourth questions

C — The second question

D — The third question

E — The fourth question

2. Observations of the Insurance Officer, the defendant in the main action

As to (a)

As to (b)

3. Observations of the British Government

A — General observations

(a) British legislation

(b) The case-law of the Court relevant to the application of Regulation No 3

(c) Relevance of this case-law to the interpretation of Regulation No 1408/71

Article 1 (a)

The Recitals

Article 34

Annex V, Point A (1)

(d) Conclusion

B — The first question

C — The second question

D — The third question

E — The fourth question

4. Observations submitted by the Danish Government

5. Observations of the Commission

A — The admissibility of the request for interpretation

B — General considerations

C — The first question

D — The second question

E — The fourth question

F — The third question

Law

The first question

The third question

The second and fourth questions

Costs