Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 27 June 1989.#REWE-Handelsgesellschaft Nord mbH v Überwachungsstelle für Milcherzeugnisse und Handelsklassen.#Reference for a preliminary ruling: Bundesverwaltungsgericht - Germany.#Agriculture - Water content of frozen poultry - Conditions under which checks are conducted.#Case 88/88.

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In Case 88/88

REFERENCE to the Court under Article 177 of the EEC Treaty by the Bundesverwaltungsgericht ( Federal Administrative Court ) for a preliminary ruling in the proceedings pending before that court between

REWE-Handelsgesellschaft Nord mbH

and

UEberwachungsstelle fuer Milcherzeugnisse und Handelsklassen ( Supervisory Bureau for Dairy Products and Goods Classification )

on the interpretation of the second indent of the second subparagraph of Article 3(2 ) of Council Regulation No 2967/76 of 23 November 1976 laying down common standards for the water content of frozen and deep-frozen chickens, hens and cocks ( Official Journal 1976, L 339, p . 1 ),

THE COURT ( Second Chamber )

composed of : T . F . O' Higgins, President of the Chamber, G . F . Mancini and F . A . Schockweiler, Judges,

( the grounds of the judgment are not reproduced )

in answer to the question referred to it by the Bundesverwaltungsgericht, by order of 10 December 1987, hereby rules :

Operative part

The second indent of the second subparagraph of Article 3(2 ) of Regulation No 2967/76 does not prohibit national rules under which any batch of goods from which a sample has been taken must be withheld from the market until the inspection procedure has been completed . Nevertheless, such a suspension of marketing may not exceed the time needed for an effective inspection .