Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) 3 March 1994

In Joined Cases C-332/92, C-333/92 and C-335/92, REFERENCES to the Court under Article 177 of the EEC Treaty by the Conciliatura di Vercelli and the Pretura Circondariale di Vercelli (Italy) for a preliminary ruling in the proceedings pending before those courts between

THE COURT (Sixth Chamber), composed of: G. E Mancini, President of the Chamber, M. Diez de Velasco, C. N. Kakouris (Rapporteur), F. A. Schockweiler and P. J. G. Kapteyn, Judges, Advocate General: M. Darmon, Registrar: H. von Holstein, Deputy Registrar,

after considering the written observations submitted on behalf of: Eurico Italia Sri, Viazzo Sri and F&P SpA, by Fausto Capelli and Dario Casalini, of the Milan and Vercelli Bar, the Ente Nazionale Risi (National Rice Authority, hereinafter called the Rice Authority), by Alberto Santa Maria, of the Milan Bar, Nico Schaeffer, of the Luxembourg Bar, and Giuseppe Pizzonia, of the Reggio di Calabria Bar, the Italian Government, by Professor Luigi Ferrari Bravo, Head of the Diplomatic Contentious Legal Affairs Department in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, acting as Agent, assisted by Ivo M. Braguglia, Avvocato dello Stato, the Commission of the European Communities, by Eugenio de March, Legal Adviser, acting as Agent,

having regard to the Report for the Hearing,

after hearing the orał observations of Eurico Italia Sri, Viazzo Sri and F&P SpA, the Rice Authority, the Italian Government and the Commission at the hearing on 23 September 1993,

after hearing the Opinion of the Advocate General at the sitting on 17 November 1993,

gives the following

Judgment

Admissibility

Substance

Question 1, common to the three cases

Question 2, Case C-332/92

Question 2, Cases C-333/92 and C-335/92

Costs

1 Language of the case: Italian.