Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) 21 November 1991

In Case C-27/91, REFERENCE to the Court under Article 177 of the EEC Treaty by the Cour d'Appel (Court of Appeal), Chambéry (France), for a preliminary ruling in the proceedings pending before that court between

THE COURT (Second Chamber), composed of: F. A. Schockweiler, President of the Chamber, G. F. Mancini and J. L. Murray, Judges, Advocate General: C. O. Lenz, Registrar: H. A. Rühi, Principal Administrator,

after considering the written observations submitted on behalf of: URSSAF, the applicant in the main proceedings, by its Director, Christian Gendey, the Commission of the European Communities, by Maria Patakia, a member of its Legal Service, and Théofile Margellos, a Greek official seconded to the Legal Service under the scheme for exchanges with national officials, acting as Agents,

having regard to the Report for the Hearing,

after hearing the oral observations of the Commission at the hearing on 24 October 1991,

after hearing the Opinion of the Advocate-General at that hearing,

gives the following

Judgment

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1 Language of [he case: French.