Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) 28 February 1989

In Case 182/87 REFERENCE to the Court under Article 177 of the EEC Treaty by the College van Beroep voor het Bedrijfsleven (Administrative court of last instance in matters of trade and industry) for a preliminary ruling in the action pending before that court between

THE COURT (First Chamber), composed of R. Joliét, President of Chamber, Sir Gordon Slynn and G. C. Rodriguez Iglesias, Judges, Advocate General: F. G. Jacobs Registrar: B. Pastor, Administrator

after considering the observations submitted on behalf of Trouw & Co. BV, the plaintiff in the main proceedings, by L. H. van Lennep and E. H. Pijnacker Hordijk, of the Bar at the Hague, whose Chambers are in Brussels, at the hearing, the Hoofdproduktschap voor Akkerbouwprodukten, the défendant in the main proceedings, by A. W. F. Helmstrijd, during the written procedure, the Commission of the European Communities, by R. C. Fischer, Legal Adviser,

having regard to the Report for the Hearing and further to the hearing on 9 November 1988,

after hearing the Opinion of the Advocate General delivered at the sitting on 30 November 1988,

gives the following

Judgment

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1 Language of the case: Dutch.