Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) 17 May 1988

In Case 84/87 REFERENCE to the Court under Article 177 of the EEC Treaty by the Conseil d'État (State Council) of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg for a preliminary ruling in the proceedings pending before that court between

THE COURT (Fifth Chamber) composed of: G. Bosco, President of Chamber, U. Everling, Y. Galmot, R. Joliét and F. Schockweiler, Judges, Advocate General: M. Darmon Registrar: D. Louterman, Administrator

after considering the observations submitted on behalf of

Marcel Erpelding, by J. Brucher, the State Secretary for Agriculture and Viticulture, by F. Hoffstetter, the French Government, by Mrs Colonna, the Council of the European Communities, by A. Bräutigam, the Commission of the European Communities, by D. Sorasio,

having regard to the Report for the Hearing and further to the hearing on 10 December 1987,

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

gives the following

Judgment

The relevant provisions

The first question

The second question

Costs

1 Language of the Case: French.