Judgment of the Court 16 July 1992

In Joined Cases C-63/91 and C-64/91, REFERENCE to the Court under Article 177 of the EEC Treaty by the Court of Appeal of England and Wales for a preliminary ruling in the proceedings pending before that court between

THE COURT, composed of: O. Due, President, R. Joliét and F. A. Schockweiler (Presidents of Chambers), G. F. Mancini, C. N. Kakouris, G. C. Rodríguez Iglesias, M. Diez de Velasco, J. L. Murray and D. A. O. Edward, Judges, Advocate General: W. Van Gerven, Registrar: D. Triantafyllou, Administrator,

after considering the written observations submitted on behalf of: Sonia Jackson and Patricia Cresswell, by Penny Wood, Solicitor, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, by J. E. Collins, of the Treasury Solicitor's Department, acting as Agent, the Commission of the European Communities, by Karen Banks, of its Legal Service, acting as Agent,

having regard to the Report for the Hearing,

after hearing the oral observations of Ms Jackson and Ms Cresswell, represented by Richard Drabble, Barrister-at-law; the United Kingdom, represented by Richard Plender, QC, and David Pannick, Barrister-at-law, acting as Agents; and the Commission at the hearing on 13 March 1992,

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

gives the following

Judgment

Directive 79/7

Directive 76/207

Costs

1 Language of the case: English.