Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) 5 May 1994

In Case C-421/92, REFERENCE to the Court under Article 177 of the EEC Treaty by the Arbeitsgericht Regensburg, Landshut (Federal Republic of Germany), for a preliminary ruling in the proceedings pending before that court between

composed of: G. F. Mancini, President of the Chamber, C. N. Kakouris, F. A. Schockweiler, P. J. G. Kapteyn (Rapporteur) and J. L. Murray, Judges, Advocate General: G. Tesauro, Registrar: H. A. Rühi, Principal Administrator,

after considering the written observations submitted on behalf of: the Arbeiterwohlfahrt, Bezirksverband Ndb./Opf. eV, by B. Branekow, of the Regensburg Bar, the United Kingdom, by J. E. Collins, Treasury Solicitor, acting as Agent, the Commission of the European Communities, by K. Banks, of its Legal Service, assisted by C.-M. Happe, a German official seconded to the Commission under the exchange scheme for officials of the Member States, acting as Agents,

having regard to the Report for the Hearing,

after hearing the oral observations of the German Government, represented by E. Röder, Ministerialrat in the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs, acting as Agent, the Italian Government, represented by D. del Gaizo, Avvocato dello Stato, the United Kingdom, represented by E. Sharpston, Barrister, and the Commission of the European Communities, represented by K. Banks, of its Legal Service, assisted by C.-M. Happe, a German official seconded to the Commission under the exchange scheme for officials of the Member States, acting as Agents, at the hearing on 9 December 1993,

after hearing the Opinion of the Advocate General at the sitting on 27 January 1994,

gives the following

Judgment

Paragraph 8 — Overtime, nighttime work and Sunday work

Costs

1 Language of the case: German.