Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) 1 April 1993

In Joined Cases C-31/91 to C-44/91, FOURTEEN REFERENCES to the Court under Article 177 of the EEC Treaty by the Corte Suprema di Cassazione for a preliminary ruling in proceedings pending before that court between

THE COURT (First Chamber), composed of: G. C. Rodríguez Iglesias, President of the Chamber, R. Joliet and D. A. O. Edward, Judges, Advocate General: M. Darmon, Registrar: H. A. Rühl, Principal Administrator,

after considering the written observations submitted on behalf of: SpA Alois Lageder, Srl Divit, Ditta Josef Nidermayr, SpA Schenk, Ditta Josef Brigl, Srl W. Walch, SpA Castello Rametz, Srl Cooperative Cavit, Cantina Vini J. Hofstätter Sas, Ditta Alton Lindner, Sne H. Mumelter e C, SpA Girelli, Sne Josef Stimpfl and Azienda Vinicola Liberio Todesca by S. Giammarco, of the Trento Bar, and G. Cavasola, of the Rome Bar, the Italian Government by Professor L. Ferrari Bravo, Head of Contentious Diplomatic Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and I. M. Braguglia, Avvocato dello Stato, acting as Agents, the Commission of the European Communities by its Legal Adviser, E. De March, acting as Agent, assisted by G. Marchesini, lawyer at the Corte Suprema di Cassazione,

having regard to the Report for the Hearing,

after hearing the oral observations of the Italian Government and the Commission at the hearing on 4 June 1992,

after hearing the Opinion of the Advocate General at the sitting on 15 September 1992,

gives the following

Judgment

The first question

The second question

The third question

Costs

1 Language of the case: Italian.