Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) 30 May 1991

In Joined Cases C-19/90 and C-20/90, REFERENCE to the Court under Article 177 of the EEC Treaty by the Symvoulio Epikrateias (Council of State) in the proceedings pending before that court between

THE COURT (Sixth Chamber), composed of: G. F. Mancini, President of the Chamber, T. F. O'Higgins, C. N. Kakouris, F. A. Schockweiler and P. J. G. Kapteyn, Judges, Advocate General: G. Tesauro Registrar: H. A. Rühi, Principal Administrator

After considering the written observations submitted on behalf of: Marina Karella and Nikolaos Karellas, by Konstantinos Adamantopoulos, of the Athens Bar, and Philip Bentley, Barrister of Lincoln's Inn; the Greek Government, by Panagiotis Milonopoulos, Lawyer, Legal Adviser of the Second Class in the Department for Community Legal Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Konstantinos Stavropoulos, Lawyer, also a member of that department, and Nikos Fragkakis, Lawyer, acting as Agents; the Commission of the European Communities, by Antonio Caeiro, Legal Adviser, and Maria Patakia, a member of its Legal Service, acting as Agents;

having regard to the Report for the Hearing,

after hearing oral argument at the hearing on 12 December 1990 from Marina Karelia and Nikolaos Kardias; Organismos Anasygkrotiseos Epicheiriseon AE, represented by Leonidas Georgakopoulos and Andreas Tsouderos, of the Athens Bar; the Greek Government; and the Commission,

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

gives the following

Judgment

The direct effect of Article 25(1) of the Second Directive

The scope of Article 25(1) of the Second Directive

Costs

1 Language of the case: Greek.