On 28 March, the Court gave a preliminary ruling '4' on the compatibil­ity with Directive 76/207/EEC of German national legislation whereby posts in the public service for which the male and female applicants are equally qualified are to be filled by women where the latter are under-represented in the category concerned and where this is necessary because of the binding nature of the tar­gets set under a plan for the advancement of women.
Το Δικαστήριο, με απόφαση της 28ης Μαρτίου(5), αποφάνθηκε για την ερμηνεία της οδηγίας 76/207/ΕΟΚ στο πλαίσιο της γερμανικής εθνικής νομο-