Judgment of the Court 15 October 1985

In Case 125/84 REFERENCE to the Court under Article 177 of the EEC Treaty by the Supreme Court of Ireland for a preliminary ruling in the proceedings pending before that court between

THE COURT composed of: Lord Mackenzie Stuart, President, U. Everling and K. Bahlmann (Presidents of Chambers), G. Bosco, T. Koopmans, O. Due and Y. Galmot Judges, Advocate General: G. F. Mancini Registrar: D. Louterman, Administrator

after considering the observations submitted on behalf of: Continental Irish Meat Ltd, the plaintiff in the main proceedings, by John D. Cooke, Senior Counsel, and Kieran Fleck, Barrister, instructed by Gerrard, Scallan and O'Brien, Solicitors, in the written procedure, and by Eoghan P. Fitzsimons, Senior Counsel, in the oral procedure, the Irish Government, by Louis J. Dockery, acting as Agent, assisted by Niall Fennelly, Senior Counsel, and James O'Reilly, Barrister, the United Kingdom, by J. R. J. Braggins, of the Treasury Solicitor's Department, Queen Anne's Chambers, acting as Agent, in the written procedure and by R. N. Ricks, acting as Agent, in the oral procedure, the Commission of the European Communities, by D. Grant Lawrence and F. Lamoureux, members of its Legal Department, acting as Agents,

after hearing the Opinion of the Advocate General delivered at the sitting on 26 June 1985,

gives the following

JUDGMENT

Decision

Costs

1 Language of the Case: English