Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) 18 March 1993

In Case C-50/92, REFERENCE to the Court under Article 177 of the EEC Treaty by the Verwaltungsgericht Frankfurt am Main (Federal Republic of Germany) 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: C. O. Lenz, Registrar: L. Hewlett, Administrator,

after considering the written observations submitted on behalf of: Molkerei-Zentrale Süd GmbH&Co. KG, by Barbara Festge, Rechtsanwältin Hamburg; the Commission of the European Communities, by Dierk Booss, Legal Adviser, acting as Agent, assisted by Walter G. Grupp, of the Brussels Bar,

having regard to the Report for the Hearing,

after hearing the oral observations of Molkerei-Zentrale Süd GmbH&Co. KG and the Commission at the hearing on 10 December 1992,

after hearing the Opinion of the Advocate General at the sitting on 9 February 1993,

gives the following

Judgment

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1 Language of the case: German.