Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) 19 May 1994

In Case C-11/93, REFERENCE to the Court under Article 177 of the EEC Treaty by the Finanzgericht München (Federal Republic of Germany) for a preliminary ruling in the proceedings pending before that court between

THE COURT (First Chamber), composed of: D. A. O. Edward (Rapporteur), President of the Chamber, R. Joliét and G. C. Rodriguez Iglesias, Judges, Advocate General: F. G. Jacobs, Registrar: R. Grass,

after considering the written observations submitted on behalf of: Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG, by Irene Glück-Otte and Volker Rohde, acting with power of attorney to represent Siemens AG, the Commission of the European Communities, by Angela Bardenhewer and Francisco Fialho, of its Legal Service, assisted by Hans Jürgen Rabe, of the Brussels and Hamburg Bars, acting as Agents,

having regard to the Report of the Judge-Rapporteur,

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

gives the following

Judgment

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1 Language of the case: German.