Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) 14 July 1994

In Case C-186/93, REFERENCE to the Court under Article 177 of the EEC Treaty by the Corte d'Appello di Roma (First Civil Division) for a preliminary ruling in the proceedings pending before that court between

THE COURT (Fifth Chamber), composed of: J. C. Moitinho de Almeida, President of the Chamber, R. Joliét, G. C. Rodríguez Iglesias (Rapporteur) F. Grévisse and M. Zuleeg, Judges, Advocate General: W. Van Gerven, Registrar: H. von Holstein, Deputy Registrar,

after considering the written observations submitted on behalf of: Unione Nazionale tra le Associazioni di Produttori de Olive (Unaprol), by Paolo Mercuri, Giuseppe Castelli Avolio and Andrea Guarino, of the Rome Bar, the Italian Government, by Professor Luigi Ferrari Bravo, Head of the Department for Legal Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, acting as Agent, assisted by Oscar Fiumara, Avvocato dello Stato, the Commission of the European Communities, by Eugenio de March, Legal Adviser, acting as Agent, assisted by Alexandre Carnelutti, of the Paris Bar,

having regard to the Report for the Hearing,

after hearing oral argument from Unaprol, the Italian Government and the Commission at the hearing on 21 April 1994,

after hearing the Opinion of the Advocate General at the sitting on 18 May 1994,

gives the following

Judgment

Costs

1 Language of the case: Italian.