Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) 26 November 1985

In Case 182/84 REFERENCE to the Court under Article 177 of the EEC Treaty by the Gerechtshof [Regional Court of Appeal], Arnhem, for a preliminary ruling in the criminal proceedings pending before that court against

THE COURT (Fifth Chamber), composed of: U. Everling, President of Chamber, R. Joliet, O. Due, Y. Galmot and C. Kakouris, Judges, Advocate General: Sir Gordon Slynn Registrar: P. Heim

after considering the observations submitted on behalf of: Miro BV by O. W. Brouwer, of the Amsterdam Bar, the Netherlands Government by I. Verkade, Secretaris-Generaal at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in the written procedure, and by A. Bos in the oral procedure, the Belgian Government by R. Hobaer, Director at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation, assisted by T. Biebaut, the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany by M. Seidel, Ministerialrat at the Ministry of the Economy, and A. Bleckmann, Professor of Law at the University of Münster, in the written procedure, and by A. Bleckmann in the oral procedure, the Italian Government by M. Conti, avvocato dello Stato, in the written procedure, and by O. Fiumara in the orai procedure, the Commission of the European Communities by Th. van Rijn, a member of its Legal Department,

after hearing the Opinion of the Advocate General delivered at the sitting on 11 July 1985,

gives the following

JUDGMENT

Decision

Costs

1 Language of the Case: Dutch.