Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) 5 May 1988

In Case 91/87 REFERENCE to the Court under Article 177 of the EEC Treaty by the Verwaltungsgericht (Administrative Court) Neustadt an der Weinstraße for a preliminary ruling in the proceedings pending before that court between

on the interpretation of Articles 6 (1) and 21 of Regulation No 2772/75 of the Council of 29 October 1975 on marketing standards for eggs (Official Journal 1975, L 282, p. 56), THE COURT (Second Chamber) composed of: O. Due, President of Chamber, K. Bahlmann and T. F. O'Higgins, Judges, Advocate General: G. F. Mancini Registrar: H. A. Rühl, Principal Administrator

after considering the observations submitted on behalf of: Erzeugergemeinschaft Gutshof-Ei, by Mr Volkmann-Schluck, the Commission of the European Communities, by Mr Karpenstein, Legal Adviser, and Mr Klemm, Principal Administrator,

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

Costs

1 Language of the Case: German.