Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) 6 June 1990

In Case C-342/88 REFERENCE to the Court under Article 177 of the EEC Treaty by the Arbeidshof Gent (Labour Court, Ghent), Belgium, for a preliminary ruling in the proceedings pending before that court between

THE COURT (First Chamber) composed of: Sir Gordon Slynn, President of Chamber, R. Joliét and G. C. Rodriguez Iglesias, Judges, Advocate General: G. Tesauro Registrar: D. Louterman, Principal Administrator

after considering the observations submitted on behalf of Rijksdienst voor Pensioenen, by R. Masyn, General Manager, the Commission of the European Communities, by B.-J. Drijber and Sean van Raepenbusch, members of its Legal Department, acting as Agents,

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

after hearing the opinion of the Advocate General delivered at the sitting on 6 February 1990,

gives the following

Judgment

Costs

1 Language of the case: Dutch.