Judgment of the Court 20 October 1993

In Case C-297/92, REFERENCE to the Court under Article 1 77 of the EEC Treaty from the Corte Suprema di Cassazione (Italy) 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 and D. A. O. Edward (Presidents of Chambers), R. Joliét, F. A. Schockweiler, F. Grévisse, M. Zuleeg and J. L. Murray, Judges, Advocate General: F. G. Jacobs, Registrar: J.-G. Giraud,

after considering the written observations submitted on behalf of: the appellant in the main proceedings, by Carlo De Angelis, of the Rome Bar, the Commission of the European Communities, represented by Dimitrios Gouloussis, Legal Adviser, and Antonio Aresu, of its Legal Service, acting as Agents,

having regard to the report of the Judge-Rapporteur,

after hearing the Opinion of the Advocate General at the sitting on 9 June 1993,

gives the following

Judgment

Costs

1 Language of the case: Italian.