Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) 10 October 1991

In Joined Cases C-161/90 and C-162/90, REFERENCE to the Court under Article 177 of the EEC Treaty by the Pretura di Lecce for a preliminary ruling in the proceedings pending before that court between

THE COURT (Sixth Chamber), composed of: G. F. Mancini, acting as President of the Chamber, M. Diez de Velasco and C. N. Kakouris, Judges, Advocate General: M. Darmon, Registrar: V. Di Bucci, Administrator,

after considering the written observations submitted on behalf of: C. Petruzzi and A. Longo, by Emilio Cappelli, of the Rome Bar, the Italian Government, by Oscar Fiumara, Avvocato dello Stato, acting as Agent, the Greek Government, by E.-M. Mamouna, a lawyer in the Department for Contentious Community Matters at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and M. Tsotsanis, a lawyer at the Ministry of Agriculture, acting as Agents; the Commission of the European Communities, by G. Campogrande, a member of its Legal Service, acting as Agent;

having regard to the Report for the Hearing,

after hearing the oral observations of C. Petruzzi and A. Longo, represented by Paolo de Caterini of the Rome Bar, the Italian Government, the Greek Government and the Commission of the European Communities, represented by Eugenio de March, a member of its Legal Service, acting as Agent, at the hearing on 30 April 1991,

after hearing the Opinion of the Advocate General at the sitting on 18 June 1991,

gives the following

Judgment

Question 1

Second question

Question 3

Costs

1 Language of the case: Italian.