Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) 11 November 1986

In Case 254/85 REFERENCE to the Court under Article 177 of the EEC Treaty by the Supreme Court of Ireland for a preliminary ruling in the proceedings pending before that court between

THE COURT (Sixth Chamber) composed of: C. Kakouris, President of the Chamber, T. F. O'Higgins, T. Koopmans, O. Due and K. Bahlmann, Judges, Advocate General: G. F. Mancini Registrar: K. Riechenberg, acting as Administrator

after considering the observations submitted on behalf of Irish Grain Board (Trading) Limited, the plaintiff in the main proceedings, in the written procedure by J. Blaney SC, J. Cooke SC, and Daniel O'Keeffe SC, instructed by fm. Fry & Sons, Solicitors, and in the oral procedure by M. Cooke The Irish Minister for Agriculture, the defendant in the main proceedings, in the written procedure by L. J. Dockery, Chief State Solicitor, Dublin, acting as Agent, assisted by J. L. Murray SC, and J. O'Reilly, Barrister-at-Law, and in the oral procedure by Mr Murray and Mr O'Reilly The Commission of the European Communities, by D. G. Lawrence, a member of its Legal Department, acting as Agent,

having regard to the Report for the Hearing and further to the hearing on 7 May 1986,

after hearing the Opinion of the Advocate General delivered at the sitting on 8 July 1986,

gives the following

JUDGMENT

First question

Second question

Third and fourth questions

Costs

1 Language of the Case: English.