Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) 8 October 1986

In Case 9/85 Reference to the Court under Article 177 of the EEC Treaty by the Verwaltungsgericht [Administrative Court] Frankfurt am Main for a preliminary ruling in the proceedings pending before that court between

THE COURT (First Chamber) composed of: R. Joliét, President of Chamber, G. Bosco and T. Koopmans, Judges, Advocate General: G. F. Mancini Registrar: H. A. Rühi, Principal Administrator

after considering the observations submitted on behalf of the defendant in the main proceedings, by the Bundesamt für Ernährung und Forstwirtschaft, represented by G. Siebert in the written procedure, and by Mr Bergemann, in the oral procedure, the Commission of the European Communities, by its Legal Advisers, D. Boos and P. Karpenstein, acting as Agents, in the written procedure and, in the oral procedure, by D. Boos,

having regard to the Report for the Hearing and further to the hearing on 6 February 1986,

after hearing the Opinion of the Advocate General delivered at the sitting on 27 May 1986,

gives the following

JUDGMENT

The first question

The second and third questions

The fourth and fifth questions

Costs

1 Language of lhe Case: German.