Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) 9 August 1994

In Case C-406/93, REFERENCE to the Court under Article 177 of the EEC Treaty by the Tribunal du Travail, Neufchâteau (Belgium), 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, C. N. Kakouris (Rapporteur), F. A. Schockweiler and P. J. G. Kapteyn, Judges, Advocate General: F. G. Jacobs, Registrar: H. von Holstein, Deputy Registrar,

after considering the written observations submitted on behalf of: Mr Reichling, by J. Olivier, of the Neufchâteau Bar, INAMI, by Y. Magerotte, of the Neufchâteau Bar, the Commission of the European Communities, by M. Wolfcarius, of its Legal Service, acting as Agent, and T. Margellos, of the Athens Bar,

having regard to the Report for the Hearing,

after hearing the Opinion of the Advocate General at the sitting on 9 June 1994,

gives the following

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1 Language of the case: French.