Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) 18 April 1989

In Case 128/88 REFERENCE to the Court under Article 177 of the EEC Treaty by the tribunal du travail (Labour Court), Brussels, for a preliminary ruling in the proceedings pending before that court between

THE COURT (Third Chamber) composed of: F. Grévisse, President of the Third Chamber, J. C. Moitinho de Almeida and M. Zuleeg, Judges, Advocate General: F. G. Jacobs Registrar: J. A. Pompe, Deputy Registrar

after considering the observations submitted on behalf of the Institut national d'assurances social pour travailleurs indépendants, by Ludo Paeme, General Manager, the Commission, by Dimitrios Gouloussis, a member of its Legal Department, acting as Agent,

having regard to the Report for the Hearing and further to the hearing on 24 January 1989,

after hearing the Opinion of the Advocate General delivered at the sitting on 2 February 1989,

gives the following

Judgment

The first two questions

Third question

Costs

1 Language of the case: French.