JUDGMENT OF THE COURT (Second Chamber) 19 November 1992

In Case C-226/91, REFERENCE to the Court under Article 177 of the EEC Treaty by the Raad van Beroep (Social Security Court), Amsterdam, 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: G. Tesauro, Registrar: L. Hewlett, Administrator,

after considering the written observations submitted on behalf of: J. Molenbroek, by L. Andringa, of the Amsterdam Bar; the Bestuur van de Sociale Verzekeringsbank, by E. H. Pijnacker, of the Amsterdam Bar, and G. R. J. de Groot, of the Hague Bar; the Netherlands Government, by T. P. Hofstee, acting Secretary General at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, acting as Agent; the Commission of the European Communities, by K. Banks and B. M. P. Smulders, of its Legal Service, acting as Agents,

having regard to the Report for the Hearing,

after hearing the oral observations of J. Molenbroek, represented by M. Steinmetz, of the Amsterdam Bar, the Bestuur van de Sociale Verzekeringsbank, the Netherlands Government, represented by J. W. de Zwaan, Deputy Legal Adviser at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Commission of the European Communities at the hearing on 9 July 1992,

after hearing the Opinion of the Advocate General at the sitting on 17 September 1992,

gives the following

Judgment

Costs

1 Language of the case: Dutch.