Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) 13 October 1993

In Case C-124/92, REFERENCE to the Court under Article 177 of the EEC Treaty by the Queen's Bench Division (Commercial Court) of the Supreme Court of England and Wales for a preliminary ruling in the proceedings pending before that court between

THE COURT (Sixth Chamber), composed of: G. E Mancini, President of the Chamber, M. Diez de Velasco, C. N. Kakouris, F. A. Schockweiler and P. J. G. Kapteyn, Judges, Advocate General: C. Gulmann, Registrar: L. Hewlett, Administrator,

after considering the written observations submitted on behalf of: An Bord Bainne Cooperative Ltd and Compagnie Inter-Agra SA, by D. Vaughan QC, and D. Anderson, Barrister, the United Kingdom, by J. E. Collins, Assistant Treasury Solicitor, acting as Agent, assisted by A. Macnab, Barrister, the Italian Government, by Professor Luigi Ferrari Bravo, Head of the Department for Legal Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, acting as Agent, assisted by P. G. Ferri, Avvocato dello Stato, the Commission of the European Communities, by H. G. Crossland and C. Docksey, of its Legal Service, acting as Agents, having regard to the Report for the Hearing,

after hearing the oral observations of An Bord Bainne Cooperative Ltd and Compagnie Inter-Agra SA, the United Kingdom, represented by C. Vajda, Barrister, assisted by J. E. Collins, and the Commission, at the hearing on 29 April 1993,

after hearing the Opinion of the Advocate General at the sitting on 10 June 1993,

gives the following

Judgment

Question 1

Costs

1 Language of the case: English.