Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) 28 September 1994

In Case C-144/93, REFERENCE to the Court under Article 1 77 of the EEC Treaty by the Bundesverwaltungsgericht 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. Joliet and G. C. Rodríguez Iglesias, Judges, Advocate General: W. Van Gerven, Registrar: H. von Holstein, Deputy Registrar,

after considering the written observations submitted on behalf of: Pfanni Werke Otto Eckart KG, by Klaus Alfred Schroeter, Rechtsanwalt, Hamburg, the Landesanwaltschaft Bayern, by Walter Rzepka, Generallandesanwalt at the Landesanwaltschaft Bayern, the Commission of the European Communities, by Hendrik van Lier, Legal Adviser, and Angela Bardenhewer, of its Legal Service, acting as Agents,

having regard to the Report for the Hearing,

after hearing the oral observations of Pfanni Werke Otto Eckart KG, represented by Klaus Alfred Schroeter and Walter Zwipf, Rechtsanwalt, Munich, the Landesanwaltschaft Bayern, represented by Jochen Mehler, Oberlandesanwalt, and the Commission at the hearing on 19 May 1994,

after hearing the Opinion of the Advocate General at the sitting on 16 June 1994,

gives the following

Judgment

Costs

1 Language of the case: German.