Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) 9 June 1994

In Case C-153/93, REFERENCE to the Court under Article 177 of the EEC Treaty by the Landgericht Duisberg (Federal Republic of Germany) for a preliminary ruling in the proceedings pending before that court between

THE COURT (Sixth Chamber), composed of: G. F. Mancini, President of the Chamber, M. Diez de Velasco, C. N. Kakouris, F. A. Schockweiler (Rapporteur) and P. J. G. Kapteyn, Judges, Advocate General: M. Darmon, Registrar: R. Grass,

after considering the written observations submitted on behalf of: the German Government, by E. Röder, Ministerialrat, and C.-D. Quassowski, Regierungsdirektor in the Federal Ministry of the Economy, acting as Agents, the United Kingdom, by S. L. Hudson, of the Treasury Solicitor's Department, acting as Agent, assisted by N. Paines, Barrister, the Commission of the European Communities, by M. B. Langeheine, of its Legal Service, acting as Agent,

having regard to the Report for the Hearing,

after hearing the Opinion of the Advocate General at the sitting on 19 April 1994,

gives the following

Judgment

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1 Language of the case: German.