Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) 2 June 1994

In Joined Cases C-69/93 and C-258/93, REFERENCES to the Court under Article 177 of the EEC Treaty by the Pretura Circondariale di Roma, Sezione Distaccata di Castelnuovo di Porto (Italy) 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, M. Diez de Velasco (Rapporteur), C. N. Kakouris, F. A. Schockweiler and P. J. G. Kapteyn, Judges, Advocate General: W. Van Gerven, Registrar: L. Hewlett, Administrator,

after considering the written observations submitted on behalf of: the plaintiffs in the main proceedings, by Franco Di Maria, Gianfranco Maestosi and Federico Tedeschini, of the Rome Bar, the Greek Government, by Vassileios Kontolaimos, a member of the State Legal Service, and Christina Sitara, a representative of the State Legal Service in judicial proceedings, acting as Agents, the United Kingdom, by S. L. Hudson of the Treasury Solicitor's Department, acting as Agent, and N. Paines, Barrister, the Commission of the European Communities, by A. Aresu, of the Legal Service, acting as Agent,

having regard to the Report for the Hearing,

after hearing the oral observations of the plaintiffs in the main proceedings, the Greek Government, the United Kingdom and the Commission, at the hearing on 24 February 1994,

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

gives the following

Judgment

Question 1

Question 2

Costs

1 Language of the case: Italian.