Judgment of the Court 26 April 1994

In Case C-228/92, REFERENCE to the Court under Article 177 of the EEC Treaty by the Finanzgericht Düsseldorf (Germany) for a preliminary ruling in the proceedings pending before that court between

THE COURT, composed of: O. Due, President, G. F. Mancini, J. C. Moitinho de Almeida, M. Diez de Velasco, D. A. O. Edward (Presidents of Chambers), C. N. Kakouris, R. Joliét, F. A. Schockweiler, G. C. Rodríguez Iglesias, F. Grévisse, M. Zuleeg, P. J. G. Kapteyn and J. L. Murray (Rapporteur), Judges, Advocate General: M. Darmon, Registrar: D. Louterman-Hubeau, Principal Administrator,

after considering the written observations submitted on behalf of: Roquette Frères, by Heinrich Günther, Rechtsanwalt, Mannheim, the Commission of the European Communities, by Ulrich Wölker, a member of its Legal Service, acting as Agent,

having regard to the Report for the Hearing,

after hearing the oral observations of Roquette Frères, represented by Hein Weil, Avocat, Paris, and Heinrich Günther, Rechtsanwalt, Mannheim, and the Commission at the hearing on 16 June 1993,

after hearing the Opinion of the Advocate General at the sitting on 27 October 1993,

gives the following

Judgment

Validity of Regulation No 2719/75

The temporal effect of a declaration of invalidity in a preliminary ruling

Costs

1 Language of the case: German.