Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber), 11 July 1985

In Case 105/84 REFERENCE to the Court under Article 177 of the EEC Treaty by the Vestre Landsret [Western Division of the Danish High Court] for a preliminary ruling in the proceedings pending before that court between

THE COURT (Fifth Chamber) composed of: Lord Mackenzie Stuart, President, O. Due (President of Chamber), U. Everling, Y. Galmot and R. Joliet, Judges, Advocate General: Sir Gordon Slynn Registrar: H. A. Rühl, Principal Administrator

after considering the observations submitted on behalf of: Foreningen af Arbejdsledere i Danmark, by L. Svenning Andersen, Danmols Inventar A/S, in liquidation, by Mr Søgaard-Christensen, the Commission of the European Communities, by H. P. Hartvig and J. F. Buhl, after hearing the Opinion of the Advocate General delivered at the sitting on 30 April 1985,

gives the following

JUDGMENT

Decision

The applicability of Directive No 77/187 where an undertaking suspends payment of its debts

The first question

The second question

Costs

1 Language of the Case: Danish.

2 Translator's note: It will be noted that the English-language version of Directive No 77/87 uses a different word (employee) from that used in the Treaty (worker). In other language versions the same word is used in both texts.