Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) 17 November 1993

In Case C-134/92, REFERENCE to the Court under Article 177 of the EEC Treaty by the Landgericht Braunschweig for a preliminary ruling in the proceedings pending before that court between

THE COURT (Sixth Chamber), composed of: G. F. Mancini, President of the Chamber, M. Diez de Velasco, C. N. Kakouris, F. A. Schockweiler 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: Burkhard Mörlins, by B. Tammen, Rechtsanwalt, Braunschweig, the German Government, by E. Roder, Ministerialrat in the Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs, and C. D. Quassowski, Regierungsdirektor in that ministry, acting as Agents, the Commission of the European Communities, by U. Wölker, of its Legal Service, acting as Agent, assisted by R. Winkler, of the Brussels Bar,

having regard to the Report for the Hearing,

after hearing the oral observations of Zuckerfabrik Königslutter-Twülpstedt AG, represented by B. Huck, Rechtsanwalt, Braunschweig, and the Commission at the hearing on 27 May 1993,

after hearing the Opinion of the Advocate General at the sitting on 16 September 1993,

gives the following

Judgment

Costs

1 Language of the case: German.