Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) 12 March 1987

In Case 22/86 REFERENCE to the Court under Article 177 of the EEC Treaty by the Bundessozialgericht [Federal Social Court] for a preliminary ruling in the proceedings pending before that court between

THE COURT (Third Chamber) composed of: Y. Galmot, President of the Chamber, U. Everling and J. C. Moitinho de Almeida, Judges, Advocate General: J. Mischo Registrar: H. A. Rühl, Principal Administrator

after considering the written observations submitted on behalf of the plaintiff in the main proceedings, by Jürgen Stahlberg, of the Munich Bar, the Allgemeine Ortskrankenkasse Bad Urach-Münsingen, the defendant in the main proceedings, by the AOK Bundesverband der Ortskrankenkassen, the United Kingdom, by S. J. Hay of the Treasury Solicitor's Department, acting as Agent, the Commission of the European Communities, by Jürgen Grunwald, acting as Agent,

having regard to the Report for the Hearing and further to the hearing on 27 November 1986,

after hearing the Opinion of the Advocate General delivered at the sitting on 22 January 1987,

gives the following

Judgment

First question

Second question

Third and fourth questions

Costs

1 Language of the Case: German.

2 Codified versions of these regulations were published in Official Journal 1980, C 138, pp. 1 and 65.