Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) 31 March 1993

In Joined Cases C-184/91 and C-221/91, REFERENCE to the Court under Article 177 of the EEC Treaty by the Amtsgericht Emden, Federal Republic of Germany, 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: C. Gulmann, Registrar: L. Hewlett, Administrator,

after considering the written observations submitted on behalf of: the German Government, by E. Röder, Ministerialrat at the Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs, and C.-D. Quassowski, Regierungsrat at the said Ministry, acting as Agents, the Netherlands Government, by B. R. Bot, Secretary-General at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, acting as Agent, the Commission of the European Communities, by R. Wagenbaur, Principal Legal Adviser, acting as Agent, assisted by B. Rapp-Jung, of the Brussels Bar,

having regard to the Report for the Hearing,

after hearing the oral observations of the German Government, the Netherlands Government and the Commission at the hearing on 15 October 1992,

after hearing the Opinion of the Advocate General at the sitting on 9 December 1992,

gives the following

Judgment

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1 Language of the case: German.