Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) 6 July 1988

In Case 158/87 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 Gerechtshof (Regional Court of Appeal), Arnhem, 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: G. F. Mancini Registrar: H. A. Rühi, Principal Administrator

after considering the observations submitted on behalf of Maria G. Maenhout and Rita A. M. Van Poučke, the respondents, by H. M. den Hollander, Advocaat en Procureur, Oostburg, the Netherlands, the Commission of the European Communities by its Legal Adviser, Jörn Pipkom, assisted by Willem Jacob Calkoen, of Dutilh, Van der Hoeven & Slager, Advocaten en Notarissen, Rotterdam, the Netherlands,

having regard to the Report for the Hearing and further to the hearing on 11 February 1988,

after hearing the Opinion of the Advocate General delivered at the sitting on 19 April 1988,

gives the following

Judgment

Costs

1 Language of the Case: Dutch.