Following the ECJ's second ruling, the case returned once more to the High Court which, on 18 November 1992, requested a third ruling from ECJ concerning the conditions under which a member state may incur liability for damage caused to individuals by breaches of Community law attributable to that state. At around the same time the German Federal Court had asked for a ruling on a similar question in the case of "Brasserie du Pêcheur v Bundesrepublik Deutschland" and so the two cases (C46/93 and C48/93) were joined.