Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) 8 October 1992

In Case C-143/91, REFERENCE to the Court under Article 177 of the EEC Treaty by the Arrondissementsrechtbank, Breda, Netherlands, for a preliminary ruling in the criminal proceedings before that court against

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

after considering the written observations submitted on behalf of: L. van der Tas, by L. J. L. Heukels, Advokaat, the Government of the Kingdom of Spain, by Alberto José Navarro González, Director General for Community Legal and Institutional Coordination, and Antonio Hierro Hernández-Mora, Abogado del Estado, acting as Agents, the Government of the Italian Republic, by Luigi Ferrari Bravo, Head of the Legal Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, acting as Agent, assisted by Francesco Guicciardi, Avvocato dello Stato, the Government of the Netherlands, by B. R. Bot, Secretaris-Generaal, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, acting as Agent, the Commission of the European Communities, by Th. van Rijn, of its Legal Service, acting as Agent,

having regard to the Report for the Hearing,

after hearing the oral observations of L. van der Tas, the Government of the Kingdom of Spain, the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, represented by J. W. de Zwann, and the Commission at the hearing on 7 May 1992,

after hearing the Opinion of the Advocate General at the sitting on 11 June 1992,

gives the following

Judgment

Costs

1 Language of the case: Dutch.