Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) 10 May 1990

In Case C-163/89 REFERENCE to the Court under Article 177 of the EEC Treaty by the cour du travail (Fifth Chamber) de Liège (Labour Court, Liège), Belgium, for a preliminary ruling in the proceedings pending before that court between

THE COURT (First Chamber) composed of: R. Joliet, Judge, acting as President of Chamber, G. C. Rodriguez Iglesias and F. Grévisse, Judges, Advocate General: C. O. Lenz Registrar: J.-G. Giraud

after considering the observations submitted on behalf of the Office national de l'emploi, the appellant in the main proceedings, by Georges Lewalle, of the Liège Bar, Antonio Di Conti, the respondent in the main proceedings, by René Jamar, Agent within the meaning of Article 728 of the Belgian code judiciaire, the Commission of the European Communities, by Dimitrios Gouloussis, Legal Adviser, acting as Agent,

having regard to the Report for the Hearing,

after hearing the oral observations of Mr Di Conti, represented by M. Baiwir, Agent within the meaning of Article 728 of the Belgian code judiciaire, the Office national de l'emploi and the Commission, represented by Jean-Claude Séché, Legal Adviser, acting as Agent, at the hearing on 8 February 1990,

after hearing the opinion of the Advocate General delivered at the sitting on 7 March 1990,

gives the following

Judgment

Costs

1 Language of the case: French.