Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) 19 April 1994

In Case C-331/92, REFERENCE to the Court under Article 177 of the EEC Treaty by the Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Canarias (Spain) for a preliminary ruling in the proceedings pending before that court between

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: C. O. Lenz, Registrar: J.-G. Giraud,

after considering the written observations submitted on behalf of: Comunidad Autónoma de Canarias, by Manuel Aznar Vallejo, Letrado del Servicio Jurídico de la Administración de la Comunidad Autónoma de Canarias, of the Bar of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Ayuntamiento de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, by Francisco López Díaz, Procurador de los Tribunales, and Claudio Piernavieja Domínguez, of the Bar of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, the Kingdom of Spain, by Alberto José Navarro González, Director General for Coordination in Matters involving Community Law and Institutions, and Miguel Bravo-Ferrer Delgado, Abogado del Estado, acting as Agents, the Commission of the European Communities, initially by Rafael Pellicer, a member of its Legal Service, acting as Agent, and subsequently by Hendrik van Lier, Legal Adviser, and María Blanca Rodríguez Galindo, a member 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 December 1993,

gives the following

Judgment

Admissibility

Substance

Question 1

Question 2

Costs

1 Language of the case: Spanish.