JUDGMENT OF 28. 6. 1979 — JOINED CASES 233, 234 AND 235/78 LENTES v GERMANY

In Joined Cases 233, 234 and 235/78 REFERENCE to the Court under Article 177 of the EEC Treaty by the Verwaltungsgericht Frankfurt-am-Main for a preliminary ruling in the actions pending before that court, in Case 233/78 between

THE COURT (First Chamber) composed of: J. Mertens de Wilmars, President of Chamber, A. O'Keeffe and T. Koopmans, Judges Advocate General: F. Capotorti Registrar: A. Van Houtte

gives the following

JUDGMENT

Facts and Issues

I — Facts and procedure

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

Observations of the Commission

III — Oral procedure

Decision

Costs

1 The German version of Article 5 of Regulation No 2015/76 differs from the versions in the five other languages in that in the German version it is stated that the contracts shall relate to eine Mindestmenge von 100 hl bei Wein und Most und von 50 hl bei konzentriertem Traubenmost whilst all the other versions refer to a minimum quantity of 100 hectolitres in the case of wine and 50 hectolitres in the case of must and concentrated must. This disparity was removed in the new version of Article 5 produced by the amendment in Reputation No 2945/78 of the Commission of 14 December 1978; the new wording reads in the versions in all the languages: Contracts shall cover a minimum quantity of 100 hectolitres in the case of wine 50 hectolitres in the case of must and 30 hectolitres in the case of concentrated must (Official Journal L 351, p. 18).

2 Translator's note: The official English version of Article 2 in fact refers to contracts and products.