Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) 10 November 1993

In Case C-39/92, REFERENCE to the Court under Article 177 of the EEC Treaty by the Tribunal Cível da Comarca, Lisbon, for a preliminary ruling in the proceedings pending before that court between

THE COURT (First Chamber), composed of: D. A. O. Edward, President of the Chamber, R. Joliét and G. C. Rodriguez Iglesias, Judges, Advocate General: C. O. Lenz, Registrar: L. Hewlett, Administrator,

after considering the written observations submitted on behalf of: Petróleos de Portugal — Petrogal SA, by Adriano Figueiredo, of the Lisbon Bar, the Portuguese Government, by Luis Inez Fernandes, Director of the Legal Affairs Department of the General Directorate for the European Communities, and Luís Augusto Máximo dos Santos, Assistant in the Lisbon Law Faculty, acting as Agents, the Greek Government, by Nikolaos Mavrikas, Assistant Legal Adviser in the State Council for Legal Affairs, and Panagiotis Athanassoulis, Legal Agent of the State Council for Legal Affairs, acting as Agents, the Commission of the European Communities, by Ana Maria Alves Vieira and Francisco Enrique Gonzalez Diaz, of its Legal Service, acting as Agents, and Helena Varandas, a Portuguese official seconded to the Legal Service, acting as Agents,

having regard to the Report for the Hearing,

after hearing the oral observations of Petróleos de Portugal — Petrogal SA, represented by Fernando Cunha de Sá, of the Lisbon Bar; Correia, Simões & Companhia, Limitada, and Correia, Sousa & Crisóstomo, Limitada, represented by Victor de Menezes Falcão, of the Lisbon Bar; the Greek Government, and the Commission of the European Communities at the hearing on 24 June 1993,

after hearing the Opinion of the Advocate General delivered at the sitting on 8 July 1993,

gives the following

Judgment

Costs

1 Language of the case: Portuguese.