Judgment of the Court 20 April 1994

In Case C-58/93, REFERENCE to the Court under Article 177 of the EEC Treaty by the Tribunal du Travail (Labour Court), Brussels, for a preliminary ruling in the proceedings pending before that court between

THE COURT, composed of: O. Due, President, G. F. Mancini, J. C. Moitinho de Almeida and M. Diez de Velasco (Presidents of Chambers), F. A. Schockweiler (Rapporteur), F Grévisse, M. Zuleeg, P. J. G. Kapteyn and J. L. Murray, Judges, Advocate General: G. Tesauro, Registrar: H. von Holstein, Deputy Registrar,

after considering the written observations submitted on behalf of: Z. Yousfi, by R. O. Dalcq, of the Brussels Bar, the Belgian Government, by J. Devadder, Director of Administration at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, acting as Agent, the German Government, by E. Röder, Ministerialrat at the Federal Ministry for the Economy, and C-D. Quassowski, Regierungsdirektor at the same ministry, acting as Agents, the French Government, by E. Belliard, Deputy Director in the Directorate of Legal Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and C. Chavance, principal in the central administration of the same ministry, acting as Agents, the Commission of the European Communities, by M. Patakia and P. Hetch, members of the Legal Service, acting as Agents,

having regard to the Report for the Hearing,

after hearing the oral observations of Z. Yousfi, represented by B. Gribomont, of the Brussels Bar, of the Belgian Government, represented by J-J. Masquelin, of the Brussels Bar, and J. Devadder, of the German and French Governments and the Commission, represented by M. Wolfcarius, member of the Legal Service, acting as Agent, at the hearing on 26 January 1994,

after hearing the Opinion of the Advocate General at the sitting on 23 February 1994,

gives the following

Judgment

The direct effect of Article 41(1) of the Cooperation Agreement

The scope of Article 41(1) of the Agreement

Costs

1 Language of the case: French.