Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) 18 March 1986

In Case 24/85 REFERENCE to the Court under Article 177 of the EEC Treaty by the Hoge Raad der Nederlanden [Supreme Court of the Netherlands] for a preliminary ruling in the proceedings pending before that court between

THE COURT (Fifth Chamber) composed of: U. Everling, President of Chamber, R. Joliét, O. Due, Y. Galmot and C. Kakouris, Judges, Advocate General: Sir Gordon Slynn Registrar: H. A. Rühi, Principal Administrator

after considering the observations submitted on behalf of Jozef Maria Antonius Spijkers, by J. Groen and J. A. Van Veen, Advocaten at The Hague, the Netherlands Government, by I. Verkade, Secretary-General at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The United Kingdom, by S. J. Hay, of the Treasury Solicitor's Department, and by C. Symons, Barrister, The Commission of the European Communities, by T. van Rijn and F. Grondman, members of its Legal Department,

after hearing the Opinion of the Advocate General delivered at the sitting on 22 January 1986,

gives the following

JUDGMENT

Decision

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1 Language of the Case: Dutch.