Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) 27 June 1990

In Case C-118/89 REFERENCE to the Court under Article 177 of the EEC Treaty by the Verwaltungsgericht (Administrative Court) Frankfurt am Main (Federal Republic of Germany) for a preliminary ruling in the proceedings pending before that court between

THE COURT (Sixth Chamber) composed of: C. N. Kakouris, President of Chamber, F. A. Schockweiler, G. F. Mancini, T. F. O'Higgins and M. Diez de Velasco, Judges, Advocate General: M. Darmon Registrar: D. Louterman, Principal Administrator

after considering the written observations submitted on behalf of Firma Otto Lingenfelser, by Eugen Hezel and Rolf Hezel, Rechtsanwälte, Bühl (Baden); the Bundesamt für Ernährung und Forstwirtschaft, by Ursula Holzhauser, Rechtsreferentin, acting as Agent; the Commission, by Dierk Booss, Legal Adviser, acting as Agent,

having regard to the Report for the Hearing,

after hearing the oral observations of Firma Otto Lingenfelser, represented by Frank Montag, Rechtsanwalt, Cologne; of the Bundesamt für Ernährung und Forstwirtschaft, represented by Hannelore Lausch, Adviser to the Government; and of the Commission, at the hearing on 8 February 1990,

after hearing the Opinion of the Advocate General delivered at the sitting on 27 March 1990,

gives the following

Judgment

Costs

1 Language of the case: German.