Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) 27 June 1989

In Joined Cases 48, 106 and 107/88 REFERENCES to the Court for a preliminary ruling under Article 177 of the EEC Treaty

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

after considering the observations submitted on behalf of: the Sociale Verzekeringsbank, the defendant in the main proceedings, by B. H. ter Kuile, Advocaat, The Hague, and E. H. Pijnacker Hordijk, Advocaat, Brussels, the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands by E. F. Jacobs, Secretary-General at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and of Northern Ireland by Richard Plender QC, the Commission of the European Communities, by René Barents and Julian Currall, members of its Legal Department,

having regard to the Report for the Hearing, supplemented following the hearing on 20 April 1989,

after hearing the opinion of the Advocate General delivered at the sitting on 30 May 1989,

gives the following

Judgment

In Case 48/88

In Case 106/88

In Case 107/88

Costs

1 Language of the case: Dutch.