Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) 12 November 1992

In Joined Cases C-134/91 and C-135/91, REFERENCE to the Court under Article 177 of the EEC Treaty by the Efeteio, Athinas (Court of Appeal, Athens), 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, G. F. Mancini, F. A. Schockweiler, M. Diez de Velasco and P. J. G. Kapteyn, Judges, Advocate General: G. Tesauro, Registrar: L. Hewlett, Administrator,

after considering the written observations submitted on behalf of: Kerafina — Keramische und Finanz Holding AG and Vioktimatiki AEVE, by G. I. Anastasopoulos and I. Anastasopoulou, of the Athens Bar; Organismos Oikonomikis Anasygkrotissis Epicheirisseon AE, by L. Georgakopoulos, of the Athens Bar; the Greek Government, by Nikolaos Mavrikas, Assistant Legal Adviser in the State Legal Service, acting as Agent; the Commission of the European Communities, by Antonio Caeiro, Legal Adviser, and Maria Patakia, of its Legal Service, acting as Agents,

having regard to the Report for the Hearing,

after hearing oral argument at the hearing on 25 June 1992 from Organismos Oikonomikis Anasygkrotissis Epicheirisseon AE, represented by L. Georgakopoulos and V. Karagiannis, of the Athens Bar; the Greek Government, represented by F. Georgakopoulos, of the Athens Bar; and the Commission, represented by D. Gouloussis, Legal Adviser, acting as Agents,

after hearing the Opinion of the Advocate General at the sitting on 22 September 1992,

gives the following

Judgment

The first two questions

The third question

Costs

1 Language of the case: Greek.