Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) 2 May 1985

In Case 109/84 REFERENCE to the Court under Article 177 of the EEC Treaty by the Oberverwaltungsgericht für das Land Nordrhein-Westfalen [Higher Administrative Court for the Land of North Rhine-Westphalia] for a preliminary ruling in the proceedings pending before that court between

THE COURT (First Chamber) composed of: G. Bosco, President of Chamber, T. Koopmans and R. Joliet, Judges, Advocate General : P. VerLoren van Themaat Registrar: P. Heim

after considering the observations submitted on behalf of: Dr von Menges, the plaintiff in the main proceedings, by Michael Klein, Rechtsanwalt, Essen, Federal Republic of Germany, the Commission of the European Communities, by Bernhard Jansen, its Legal Adviser, acting as Agent,

after hearing the Opinion of the Advocate General, delivered at the sitting on 31 January 1985,

gives the following

JUDGMENT

Decision

Costs

1 Language of the Case: German.