Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) 20 September 1988

In Case 190/87 REFERENCE to the Court under Article 177 of the EEC Treaty by the Bundesverwaltungsgericht (Federal Administrative Court) 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. A. Schockweiler, Judges, Advocate General: M. Darmon Registrar: D. Louterman, Administrator

after considering the observations submitted on behalf of the Oberkreisdirektor des Kreises Borken, defendant and appellant in the main proceedings, by Curt Lutz Lässig, Rechtsanwalt, in the written proceedings, by the Vertreter des öffentlichen Interesses beim Oberverwaltungsgericht für das Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, appellant in the main proceedings, in the written procedure, on behalf of Handelsonderneming Moormann BV, plaintiff and respondent in the main proceedings, by Volker Schiller, Rechtsanwalt, on behalf of the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany by Martin Seidel in the written procedure and by Dietmar Knopp, Rechtsanwalt, Cologne, at the hearing, on behalf of the Government of the Kingdom of Spain by F. Javier Conde de Saro in the written procedure and Rosario Silva de Lapuerta at the hearing, on behalf of the Commission of the European Communities by Jörn Sack,

having regard to the Report for the Hearing and further to the hearing on 21 April 1988,

after hearing the Opinion of the Advocate General delivered at the sitting on 14 June 1988,

gives the following

Judgment

The first question

The second question

The third question

The fourth and fifth questions

The sixth question

Costs

1 Language of the Case: German.