Judgment of the Court 19 March 1991

In Case C-249/88,

THE COURT, composed of: O. Due, President, G. F. Mancini, T. F. O'Higgins, J. C. Moitinho de Almeida, G. C. Rodríguez Iglesias and M. Diez de Velasco (Presidents of Chambers), Sir Gordon Slynn, C. N. Kakouris, R. Joliét, F. A. Schockweiler, F. Grévisse, M. Zuleeg and P. J. G. Kapteyn, Judges, Advocate General: G. Tesauro, Registrar: J. A. Pompe, Deputy Registrar,

having regard to the Report for the Hearing,

after hearing oral argument on behalf of the parties at the hearing on 4 December 1990 at which the Commission was represented by Hervé Lehman, a national official seconded to the Commission, acting as Agent, and the Kingdom of Belgium by Robert Hoebaer,

after hearing the Opinion of the Advocate General at the sitting on 30 January 1991,

gives the following

Judgment

The fixing of the maximum prices of pharmaceutical products

The criteria listed in the Royal Decree of 11 December 1975

The level of prices resulting from the application of the Belgian legislation

Reasoning of the ministerial pricing decisions

Approval of pharmaceutical products for reimbursement by social security

The system of programme contracts in the pharmaceutical products sector

Costs

1 Language of the case: French.