Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) 24 September 1987

In Case 43/86 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 action pending before that court between

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

after considering the observations submitted on behalf of the Bestuur van de Sociale Verzekeringsbank, the appellant in the main proceedings, by B. H. ter Kuile, of The Hague Bar, the Netherlands Government, by E. F. Jacobs, acting as Agent, the Commission of the European Communities, by J. Griesmar, a member of its Legal Department, assisted by F. Herbert, of the Brussels Bar,

having regard to the Report for the Hearing and further to the hearing on 19 March 1987,

after hearing the Opinion of the Advocate General delivered at the sitting on 7 May 1987,

gives the following

Judgment

Costs

1 Language of the Case: Dutch.