Judgment of the court (First Chamber) 27 November 1986

In Case 21/85 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: Lord Mackenzie Stuart, President, F. Schockweiler, President of Chamber, G. Bosco, Judge, Advocate General: C. O. Lenz Registrar: D. Louterman, Administrator

after considering the observations submitted on behalf of A. Maas & Co. NV, the plaintiff in the main proceedings, by Mr Kiwitz, Rechtsanwalt, Duisburg, in the oral proceedings, the Government of the Italian Republic, by Arnaldo Squillante, Head of the Department for Contentious Diplomatic Affairs in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, assisted by Oscar Fiumara, avvocato dello Stato, and the Commission of the European Communities, by its Legal Adviser, Dierk Booss,

having regard to the Report for the Hearing and, further to the hearing on 13 March 1986,

after hearing the opinion of the Advocate General delivered at the sitting on 23 April 1986,

gives the following

JUDGMENT

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1 Language of lhe case: German.