Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) 17 June 1993

In Case C-88/92, REFERENCE to the Court under Article 177 of the EC Treaty by the Hoge Raad der Nederlanden 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: M. Darmon, Registrar: H. A. Rühi, Principal Administrator,

after considering the written observations submitted on behalf of: X, by J. J. M. Hertoghs, of the Breda Bar, the Netherlands Government, by T. Heukels, Assistant Legal Adviser in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, acting as Agent, the Commission of the European Communities, by D. Gilmour, Legal Adviser, and B. Smulders, of its Legal Service, acting as Agents,

having regard to the Report for the Hearing,

after hearing the oral observations of X, the Netherlands Government and the Commission at the hearing on 21 January 1993,

after hearing the Opinion of the Advocate General at the sitting on 31 March 1993,

gives the following

Judgment

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1 Language of the case: Dutch.