Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) 22 September 1994

In Case C-301/93, REFERENCE to the Court under Article 177 of the EEC Treaty by the Tribunal du Travail, Mons, for a preliminary ruling in the proceedings pending before that court between

THE COURT (Second Chamber), composed of: G. E Mancini, President of the Chamber, E E. Schockweiler and J. L. Murray (Rapporteur), Judges, Advocate General: F. G. Jacobs, Registrar: R. Grass,

after considering the written observations submitted on behalf of: Lio Bettaccini, by Daniele Rossini, trade-union representative, the Italian Government, by Professor Luigi Ferrari Bravo, Head of the Diplomatic Contentious Affairs Department in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, acting as Agent, assisted by Pier Giorgio Ferri, Avvocato dello Stato, the Commission of the European Communities, by Maria Patakia, of the Legal Service, acting as Agent,

having regard to the report of the Judge-Rapporteur,

after hearing the Opinion of the Advocate General at the sitting on 14 April 1994,

gives the following

Judgment

Costs

1 Language of the case: French.