Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) 7 March 1990

In Case C-69/88 REFERENCE to the Court under Article 177 of the EEC Treaty by the Arrondissementsrechtbank, Maastricht (Netherlands), for a preliminary ruling in the proceedings pending before that court between

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

after considering the observations submitted on behalf of the Netherlands Government, by E. F. Jacobs, Secretary-General at the Netherlands Ministry for Foreign Affairs, the Commission of the European Communities, by René Barents, a member of its Legal Department, acting as Agent,

having regard to the Report for the Hearing,

after hearing the oral submissions made at the hearing on 7 November 1989 by the plaintiff in the main proceedings, represented by J. E. F. F. M. Duynstee the Netherlands Government, represented by M. A. Fierstra, acting as Agent, and the Commission of the European Communities,

after hearing the Opinion of the Advocate General delivered at the sitting on 12 December 1989,

gives the following

Judgment

First question

Second question

Costs

1 Language of the case: Dutch.