Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) 2 June 1994

In Case C-313/92, REFERENCE to the Court under Article 177 of the EEC Treaty by the Arrondissementsrechtbank, Amsterdam (Netherlands), for a preliminary ruling in the criminal proceedings pending before that court against

THE COURT (Sixth Chamber), composed of: G. F. Mancini, President of the Chamber, M. Diez de Velasco (Rapporteur), C. N. Kakouris, F. A. Schockweiler and P. J. G. Kapteyn, Judges, Advocate General: G. Tesauro, Registrar: H. A. Rühl, Principal Administrator,

after considering the written observations submitted on behalf of: the Officier van Justitie, J. A. van Zwieteren, in person, the Netherlands Government, by A. Bos, Legal Adviser at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, acting as Agent, the United Kingdom, by S. Lucinda Hudson, of the Treasury Solicitor's Department, acting as Agent, the Commission of the European Communities, by T. van Rijn and V. Di Bucci, of the Legal Service, acting as Agents,

having regard to the Report for the Hearing,

after hearing the oral observations of Van Swieten BV, represented by J. B. Vallenduuk, Legal Adviser, acting as Agent, the Netherlands Government, represented by T. Heukels, Assistant Legal Adviser at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, acting as Agent, the United Kingdom, represented by S. Lucinda Hudson and by D. Bethlehem, Barrister, and the Commission of the European Communities at the hearing on 2 December 1993,

after hearing the Opinion of the Advocate General at the sitting on 20 January 1994,

gives the following

Judgment

Question 1

Question 2

Costs

1 Language of the case: Dutch.