Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) 7 July 1994

In Case C-420/92, REFERENCE to the Court under Article 177 of the EEC Treaty by the Social Security Commissioner, London, for a preliminary ruling in the proceedings pending before that court between

THE COURT (Fifth Chamber), composed of: J. C. Moitinho de Almeida (Rapporteur), President of the Chamber, R. Joliét, G. C. Rodríguez Iglesias, F. Grévisse and M. Zuleeg, Judges, Advocate General: C. O. Lenz, Registrar: L. Hewlett, Administrator,

after considering the written observations submitted on behalf of: the claimant in the main proceedings, by Richard Drabble, Barrister, the United Kingdom, by John E. Collins, Assistant Treasury Solicitor, acting as Agent, assisted by Eleanor Sharpston, Barrister, the Commission of the European Communities, by Nicholas Khan, of its Legal Service, acting as Agent,

having regard to the Report for the Hearing,

after hearing the oral observations made on behalf of the claimant in the main proceedings, the United Kingdom, represented by Lucinda Hudson, of the Treasury Solicitor's Department, acting as Agent, and by Eleanor Sharpston, and the Commission, at the hearing on 10 February 1994,

after hearing the Opinion of the Advocate General at the sitting on 14 April 1994,

gives the following

Judgment

Costs

1 Language of the case: English.