Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) 16 December 1992

In Joined Cases C-144/91 and C-145/91, REFERENCE to the Court under Article 177 of the EEC Treaty by the Rechtbank van Eerste Aanleg (Court of First Instance), Brussels, 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, J. L. Murray, G. F. Mancini, F. A. Schockweiler and M. Diez de Velasco, Judges, Advocate General: G. Tesauro, Registrar: D. Triantafyllou, Administrator,

after considering the written observations submitted on behalf of: Demoor Gilbert en Zonen NV, Janssens en Zonen NV, Slachthuis BVBA and Westvlees NV, by M. Denys, of the Brussels Bar, the Italian Government, by I. Braguglia, Avvocato dello Stato, acting as Agent, the Commission of the European Communities, by R. Fischer, Legal Adviser, acting as Agent,

having regard to the Report for the Hearing,

after hearing the oral observations of Demoor Gilbert en Zonen NV, Janssens en Zonen NV, Slachthuis BVBA and Westvlees NV, and the Belgian State, represented by A. Vastersavendts, Avocat, the Italian Government, the German Government, represented by E. Röder, Ministerialrat in the Ministry for Federal Economic Affairs, and the Commission of the European Communities at the hearing on 4 June 1992,

after hearing the Opinion of the Advocate General at the sitting on 25 June 1992,

gives the following

Judgment

Articles 12 et seq. and 95 of the Treaty

Article 92 et seq. of the Treaty

Costs

1 Language of the case: Dutch.