Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) 10 November 1992

In Case C-156/91, REFERENCE to the Court under Article 177 of the EEC Treaty by the Verwaltungsgericht Schleswig Holstein for a preliminary ruling in the proceedings pending before that court between

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

after considering the written observations submitted on behalf of: Hansa Fleisch Ernst Mundt GmbH&Co. KG, by Ingeborg Adrian-Mundt, Rechtsanwalt, Schleswig, Landrat des Kreises Schleswig-Flensburg, by Ulrich Seyffert, of its Legal Office, the German Government, by Ernst Röder, Ministerialrat, Ministry of the Economy, and Joachim Karl, Regierungsdirektor in the same ministry, acting as Agents, the Commission of the European Communities, by Ulrich Wölker, of its Legal Service, acting as Agent,

having regard to the Report for the Hearing,

after hearing the oral observations of Hansa Fleisch Ernst Mundt GmbH&Co. KG, the German Government and the Commission of the European Communities at the hearing on 25 June 1992,

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

gives the following

Judgment

The first and second questions

The third question

Costs

1 Language of the case: German.