Judgment of the Court 16 November 1993

In Joined Cases C-20/93 and C-21/93, REFERENCES to the Court under Article 177 of the EEC Treaty by the Tribunal de Commerce, Brussels, for a preliminary ruling in the proceedings pending before that court between

THE COURT, composed of: O. Due, President, J. C. Moitinho de Almeida and M. Diez de Velasco, Presidents of Chamber, C. N. Kakouris, G. C. Rodriguez Iglesias, M. Zuleeg and P. J. G. Kapteyn, Judges, Advocate General: W. Van Gerven, Registrar: D. Louterman-Houbeau, Principal Administrator,

after considering the written observations submitted on behalf of: Deutscher Kraftverkehr Ernst Grimmke GmbH&Co KG (DKV), by A. Verriest, of the Brussels Bar, SA Générale de Banque, by J. P. Buyle, of the Brussels Bar, BV Mobil Oil, by J. P. Walravens, of the Brussels Bar, SA AG de 1824, by P. Van Ommeslaghe, admitted to the Cour de Cassation, Belgium, the Belgian Government, represented by P. Lavalleye, Director General of the Legal Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, acting as Agent, the Commission of the European Communities, represented by V. Di Bucci, of its Legal Service, acting as Agent,

having regard to the Report for the Hearing,

after hearing the oral observations of SA Generale de Banque, represented by Ch. Steyaert, of the Brussels and Paris Bars, BV Mobil Oil, SA AG de 1824, represented by P. Van Ommeslaghe and Ch. Cauwe, of the Ghent Bar, and the Commission, at the hearing on 21 September 1993,

after hearing the Opinion of the Advocate General at the sitting on 20 October 1993,

gives the following

Judgment

Costs

1 Language of the case: French.