Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) 9 June 1994

In Case C-394/92, REFERENCE to the Court under Article 177 of the EEC Treaty by the Politierechtbank te Hasselt (Belgium) for a preliminary ruling in the criminal proceedings pending before that court against

THE COURT (Sixth Chamber), composed of: G. E 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. Rühi, Principal Administrator,

after considering the written observations submitted on behalf of: the Belgium Government, by J. Devadder, Director of Administration 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 Thomas van Rijn and Vittorio Di Bucci, of its Legal Service, acting as Agents,

having regard to the Report for the Hearing,

after hearing the oral observations of the United Kingdom, represented by D. Bethlehem, Barrister, and of the Commission 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

(1) Period of work

(2) Day

(3) End of the working period

The first and third questions

The second question

Costs

1 Language of the case: Dutch.

2 Translator's note: The term used here is working period. In the other provisions cited the term period of work is used.