Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) 17 November 1993

In Case C-285/92, REFERENCE to the Court under Article 177 of the EC Treaty by the Arrondissementsrechtbank (District Court), Leeuwarden (Netherlands), for a preliminary ruling in the criminal proceedings before that court against

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: W. Van Gerven, Registrar: H. A. Rühi, Principal Administrator,

after considering the written observations submitted on behalf of: Coöperatieve Zuivelindustrie Twee Provinciën WA, by H. J. Bronkhurst, of the Hague Bar, and E. H. Pijnackcr Hordijk, of the Amsterdam Bar, the Netherlands Government, By A. Bos, Legal Adviser in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, acting as Agent, the Commission of the European Communities, by T. van Rijn, of its Legal Service, acting as Agent,

having regard to the Report for the Hearing,

after hearing the oral observations of Coöperatieve Zuivelindustrie Twee Provinciën WA, the Netherlands Government, represented by J. W. de Zwaan, Assistant Legal Adviser in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Commission of the European Communities at the hearing on 8 July 1993,

after hearing the Opinion of the Advocate General at the sitting on 15 July 1993,

gives the following

Judgment

Costs

1 Language of the case. Dutch.