Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) 9 December 1987

In Case 218/86 REFERENCE to the Court under the Protocol of 3 June 1971 on the interpretation by the Court of Justice of the Convention of 27 September 1968 on Jurisdiction and the Enforcement of Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters by the Oberlandesgericht (Higher Regional Court) Düsseldorf for a preliminary ruling in the proceedings pending before that court between

THE COURT (Sixth Chamber), composed of: O. Due, President of Chamber, G. C. Rodriguez Iglesias, T. Koopmans, K. Bahlmann and C. Kakouris, Judges, Advocate General: Sir Gordon Slynn Registrar: D. Louterman, Administrator

after considering the observations submitted on behalf of the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany, by Ch. Böhmer, acting as Agent, the Commission of the European Communities, by J. Pipkorn, a member of its Legal Department, acting as Agent, assisted by S. Pieri,

having regard to the Report for the Hearing and further to the hearing on 11 june 1987,

after hearing the Opinion of the Advocate General delivered at the sitting on 28 October 1987,

gives the following

Judgment

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1 Language of the Case: German.