Judgment of the Court 3 July 1985

In Case 243/83 REFERENCE to the Court under Article 177 of the EEC Treaty by the Tribunal de commerce [Commercial Court], Brussels, for a preliminary ruling in the action before that court between

THE COURT composed of: Lord Mackenzie Stuart, President, G. Bosco, O. Due and C. Kakouris (Presidents of Chambers), P. Pescatore, T. Koopmans, U. Everling, K. Bahlmann and Y. Galmot, Judges, Advocate General: Sir Gordon Slynn Registrar: H. A. Rühl, Principal Administrator

after considering the observations submitted on behalf of: the plaintiff in the main proceedings by T. Delahaye, of the Brussels Bar, the defendant in the main proceedings by M. Waelbroeck and M. van der Haegen, both of the Brussels Bar, the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany by M. Seidel, acting as Agent, the Commission of the European Communities by B. van der Esch, acting as Agent, assisted by N. Coutrelis,

after hearing the Opinion of the Advocate General delivered at the sitting on 13 February 1985,

gives the following

JUDGMENT

Decision

(a) The practice of the publishers

(b) The operations of the distribution agency

(c) The selective distribution system

(d) The appplication of the distribution system in practice

(e) The fixed prices

Costs

1 Language of the Case: French.