Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) 11 July 1985

In Case 299/83 REFERENCE to the Court under Article 177 of the EEC Treaty by the Tribunal de Grande Instance [Regional Court], Nantes, for a preliminary ruling in the case pending before that court between

THE COURT (Third Chamber) composed of: C. Kakouris, President of Chamber, U. Everling and Y. Galmot, Judges, Advocate General: C. O. Lenz Registrar: J. A. Pompe, Deputy Registrar,

after considering the observations submitted on behalf of Saint Herblain distribution SA and Paris distribution SA, by Yves Menard, of the Nantes Bar, Association des Centres distributeurs Édouard Leclerc, by Philippe Jousset, of the Laval Bar, the French Government (represented by the Secretary General of the Interministerial Committee for Questions of European Economic Cooperation), by Jean-Paul Costes, in the written procedure, and S. C. de Margerie, in the oral procedure, the Commission of the European Communities, by D. Jacob and N. Coutrelis,

after hearing the Opinion of the Advocate General delivered at the sitting on 4 July 1985,

gives the following

JUDGMENT

Decision

Costs

1 Language of the Case: French.