Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) 3 March 1994

In Case C-16/93, REFERENCE to the Court under Article 177 of the EEC Treaty by the Gerechtshof, Leeuwarden (Netherlands), for a preliminary ruling in the proceedings pending before that court between

THE COURT (Sixth Chamber), composed of: G. E Mancini, President of the Chamber, C. N. Kakouris, F. A. Schockweiler (Rapporteur), P. J. G. Kapteyn and J. L. Murray, Judges, Advocate General: C. O. Lenz, Registrar: J.-G. Giraud,

after considering the written observations submitted on behalf of: the German Government, by E. Röder, Ministerialrat, Federal Ministry of the Economy, and C.-D. Quassowski, Regierungsdirektor in that Ministry, acting as Agents, the Netherlands Government, by A. Bos, Legal Adviser, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, acting as Agent, the Commission of the European Communities, by B. J. Drijber, a member of its Legal Service, acting as Agent,

having regard to the report of the Judge-Rapporteur,

after hearing the Opinion of the Advocate General at the sitting on 20 January 1994,

gives the following

Judgment

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1 Language of the case: Dutch.