Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) 16 June 1987

In Case 53/86 REFERENCE to the Court under Article 177 of the EEC Treaty by the Arrondissementsrechtbank (District Court), Zwolle, for a preliminary ruling in the criminal proceedings pending before that court between

THE COURT (First Chamber), composed of: F. Schockweiler, President of Chamber, G. Bosco and R. Joliét, Judges, Advocate General: C. O. Lenz Registrar: H. A. Rühl, Principal Administrator

after considering the observations submitted on behalf of the Netherlands Government, by M. Fierstra, acting as Agent, the French Government, by Régis de Gouttes, acting as Agent, and by Sophie-Caroline de Margerie, acting as Deputy Agent, in the written procedure, the Commission of the European Communities, by its Legal Adviser, R. C. Fischer,

having regard to the Report for the Hearing and further to the hearing on 12 May 1987,

after hearing the opinion of the Advocate General delivered at the sitting on the same day,

gives the following

Judgment

The first question

The second question

Costs

1 Language of the Case: Dutch.