Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) 30 May 1989

In Case 33/88 REFERENCE to the Court under Article 177 of the EEC Treaty by the Pretura unificata di Venezia (Magistrate's Court, Venice) for a preliminary ruling in the proceedings pending before that court between

THE COURT (Fifth Chamber) composed of R. Joliét, President of Chamber, Sir Gordon Slynn, J. C. Moitinho de Almeida, G. C. Rodríguez Iglesias and M. Zuleeg, Judges, Advocate General: C. O. Lenz Registrar: D. Louterman, Principal Administrator

after considering the observations submitted on behalf of Pilar Allué and Carmel Mary Coonan, the plaintiffs in the main proceedings, by Professor Fausto Capelli, of the Milan Bar, and Maria Virgilio, of the Bologna Bar, the Italian Government, at the hearing by Professor Luigi Ferrari Bravo, Head of the Servizio del Contenzioso Diplomatico at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, acting as Agent, assisted by Pier Giorgio Ferri, avvocato dello Stato, the Commission of the European Communities, by Enrico Traversa, a member of its Legal Department, acting as Agent,

having regard to the Report for the Hearing and further to the hearing on 14 December 1988,

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

gives the following

Judgment

The first question

The second question

Costs

1 Language of the case: Italian.