Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) 16 December 1992

In Case C-17/91, REFERENCE to the Court under Article 177 of the EEC Treaty by the Rechtbank van Eerste Aanleg (Court of First Instance), Turnhout, Belgium, for a preliminary ruling in the proceedings pending before that court between

THE COURT (Sixth Chamber), composed of: C. N. Kakouris, President of the Chamber, J. L. Murray, G. E Mancini, F. A. Schockweiler and M. Diez de Velasco, Judges, Advocate General: G. Tesauro, Registrar: D. Triantafyllou, Administrator,

after considering the written observations submitted on behalf of: the undertakings Georges Lornoy en Zonen, Jos Theys, Van Lommel et Staf Lornoy en Zonen, by L. Schuermans, of the Turnhout Bar, and J. de Lat, of the Her entals Bar, the Commission of the European Communities, by R. Fischer, Legal Adviser, acting as Agent,

having regard to the Report for the Hearing,

after hearing the oral observations of Georges Lornoy en Zonen NV, Jos Theys NV, Van Lommel PVBA and Staf Lornoy en Zonen NV, represented by J. Keustermans and L. Schuermans, Avocats, and the Belgian State, represented by A. Vastersavendts, Avocat, at the hearing on 4 June 1992,

after hearing the Opinion of the Advocate General at the sitting on 25 June 1992,

gives the following

Judgment

Articles 12 and 13, 30 et seq. and 95 of the EEC Treaty

Articles 12, 13 and 95 of the Treaty

Article 30 et seq.

Article 92 et seq. of the Treaty

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1 Language of the case: Dutch.