Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) 25 May 1993

In Case C-321/91, REFERENCE to the Court under Article 177 of the EEC Treaty by the High Court of Justice of England and Wales, Queen's Bench Division, 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, P. J. G. Kapteyn and D. A. O. Edward, Judges, Advocate General: C. Gulmann, Registrar: L. Hewlett, Administrator,

after considering the written observations submitted on behalf of: Tara Meat Packers Ltd, by Michael Tugendhat QC, and Richard Spearman, Barrister, the United Kingdom, by S. Lucinda Hudson, of the Treasury Solicitor's Department, acting as Agent, Ireland, by Louis J. Dockery, Chief State Solicitor, acting as Agent, assisted by Patrick Geraghty, SC, Angela O'Reilly and James Hamilton, Barristers, the Commission of the European Communities, by Christopher Docksey, of its Legal Service, acting as Agent,

having regard to the Report for the Hearing,

after hearing the oral observations of Tara Meat Packers Ltd, represented by Michael Tugendhat QC, Richard Spearman, Barrister, and Jeremy Thomas, Solicitor, the United Kingdom, represented by Lucinda Hudson, acting as Agent, assisted by David Anderson, Barrister, Ireland, and the Commission, represented by Christopher Docksey and Hans Gerald Crossland, of its Legal Service, acting as Agents, at the hearing on 19 November 1992,

after hearing the Opinion of the Advocate General at the sitting on 19 January 1993,

gives the following

Judgment

Costs

1 Language of the case: English.