Judgment of the Court 13 July 1989

In Joined Cases 93/88 and 94/88 REFERENCE to the Court under the first and third paragraphs of Article 177 of the EEC Treaty by the Hoge Raad der Nederlanden (Supreme Court of the Netherlands) for a preliminary ruling in the proceedings pending before that court between

THE COURT composed of: O. Due, President, T. Koopmans and R. Joliét, Presidents of Chambers, Sir Gordon Slynn, G. F. Mancini, C. N. Kakouris, F. A. Schockweiler, G. C. Rodríguez Iglesias and M. Diez de Velasco, Judges, Advocat General: J. Mischo Registrar: D. Louterman, Principal Administrator

after considering the observations submitted on behalf of Wisselink and Abemij, the plaintiffs in the main proceedings, represented by D. G. van Vliet, of the Amsterdam Bar, the Netherlands Government, represented by E. F. Jacobs, of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the United Kingdom, represented by J. A. Gensmantel, of the Treasury Solicitor's Department, the Commission of the European Communities, represented by H. Étienne, Principal Legal Adviser, and by B. J. Drijber, a member of the Commission's Legal Department, acting as Agents,

having regard to the Report for the Hearing and further to the hearing on 12 April 1989,

after hearing the Opinion of the Advocate General delivered at the sitting on 27 April 1989,

gives the following

Judgment

The first question

The second question

Costs

1 Language of the rase: Dutch.