Judgment of the Court 17 June 1987

In Joined Cases 424 and 425/85 REFERENCES to the Court under Article 177 of the EEC Treaty by the College van Beroep voor het Bedrijfsleven (administrative court of last instance in matters of trade and industry) for a preliminary ruling in the proceedings pending before that court between

THE COURT composed of: Lord Mackenzie Stuart, President, Y. Galmot, T. F. O'Higgins and F. Schockweiler, Presidents of Chambers, G. Bosco, O. Due, U. Everling, K. Bahlmann, R. Joliét, J. C. Moitinho de Almeida and G. C. Rodríguez Iglesias, Judges, Advocate General: J. Mischo Registrar: P. Heim

after considering the observations submitted on behalf of Noord-Nederland BA (Frico), An Bord Bainne Limited and J. Wijffels BV, by H. J. Bronkhorst of the Hague Bar, the Commission of the European Communities, by R. C. Fischer, Legal Adviser, acting as Agent,

having regard to the Report for the Hearing and further to the hearing on 25 February 1987,

after hearing the opinion of the Advocate General delivered at the sitting on 26 March 1987,

gives the following

Judgment

The question of the compatibility of the contested regulation with Article 10 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 985/68 and with the principles that there should be uniform prices and a single market for butter

The question of the compatibility of the contested regulation with the principle of equal treatment laid down in the second subparagraph of Article 40 (3) of the EEC Treaty

The compatibility of the contested regulation with Article 30 of the Treaty

The statement of reasons in the contested regulation

The compatibility of the contested regulation with the principle of legal certainty

The compatibility of the contested regulation with other provisions of the EEC Treaty

Costs

1 Language of the Case: Dutch.