Judgment of the Court (First chamber) 23 April 1986

In Case 153/84 REFERENCE to the Court under Article 177 of the EEC Treaty by the Bundessozialgericht [Federal Social Court] for a preliminary ruling in the proceedings pending before that court between

THE COURT (First Chamber) composed of: R. Joliet, President, G. Bosco and T. F. O'Higgins, Judges, Advocate General: M. Darmon Registrar: H. A. Rühl

after considering the observations submitted on behalf of Antonio Ferraioli, the plaintiff in the main proceedings, by J. Stahlberg, Rechtsanwalt, Munich, the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany, by M. Seidel and E. Roder, acting as Agents, the Government of the Italian Republic, by Luigi Ferrari Bravo, Head of the Department for Contentious Diplomatic Affairs, acting as Agent, assisted by O. Fiumara, Avvocato dello Stato, the Commission of the European Communities, in the written procedure by M. Beschel, a member of its Legal Department, and in the oral procedure by its Legal Adviser, P. Karpenstein, after hearing the Opinion of the Advocate General delivered at the sitting on 23 January 1986,

gives the following

JUDGMENT

Decision

Question 1

Question 2

Question 3

Costs

1 Language of the Case: German.