Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) 17 June 1989

In Case 24/88 REFERENCE to the Court under Article 177 of the EEC Treaty by the tribunal du travail (Labour Tribunal), Dinant, Belgium, for a preliminary ruling in the proceedings pending before that court between

THE COURT (Second Chamber) composed of: T. F. O'Higgins, President of Chamber, G. F. Mancini and F. A. Schockweiler, Judges, Advocate General: G. Tesauro Registrar: D. Louterman, Principal Administrator

after considering the observations submitted on behalf of: the Office national d'allocations familiales pour travailleurs salariés, the plaintiff in the main proceedings, represented by L. Demine, of the Charleroi Bar, the Belgian Government, represented by J.-L. Dehaene, Minister for Social Affairs and Institutional Reforms, the French Government, represented by E. Belliard and Claude Chavance, acting as Agent, the Netherlands Government, represented by E. F. Jacobs, Secretary-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, acting as Agent, the Commission of the European Communities, represented by its Legal Adviser, D. Gouloussis, acting as Agent,

having regard to the Report for the Hearing and further to the hearing on 14 February 1989,

after hearing the Opinion of the Advocate General delivered at the sitting on 14 March 1989,

gives the following

Judgment

Costs

1 Language of the case: French.