Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) 5 July 1988

In Case 291/86 REFERENCE to the Court under Article 177 of the EEC Treaty by the Finanzgericht (Finance Court) Düsseldorf for a preliminary ruling in the proceedings pending before that court between

THE COURT (Sixth Chamber) composed of: O. Due, President of the Chamber, T. Koopmans, K. Bahlmann, C. Kakouris and T. F. O'Higgins, Judges, Advocate General: Sir Gordon Slynn Registrar: D. Louterman, Administrator

after considering the observations submitted on behalf of: Central-Import Münster GmbH & Co. KG, the plaintiff in the main proceedings, by D. Ehle, Rechtsanwalt, the Government of the Hellenic Republic, by K. Stavropoulos, F. Spathopoulos and M. Tsotsanis, Legal Advisers at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Economic Affairs and the Ministry of Agriculture respectively, acting as Agents, the Council of the European Communities, by A. Brautigam, Principal Administrator in the Council's Legal Department, acting as Agent, in the written procedure, the Commission of the European Communities, by its Legal Adviser, D. Booss, acting as Agent, assisted in the oral procedure by D. Barry, an expert,

having regard to the Report for the Hearing and further to the hearing on 18 November 1987,

after hearing the Opinion of the Advocate General delivered at the sitting on 8 March 1988,

gives the following

Judgment

First question

Second question

Fifth question

Third question

Fourth question

Costs

1 Language of the Case: German.