Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) 7 October 1985

In Case 163/84 REFERENCE to the Court under Article 177 of the EEC Treaty by the Bundesfinanzhof [Federal Finance Court] for a preliminary ruling in the proceedings pending before that court between

THE COURT (Second Chamber) composed of: O. Due, President of Chamber, P. Pescatore and K. Bahlmann, Judges, Advocate General: M. Darmon Registrar: H. A. Rühl, Principal Administrator

after considering the observations submitted on behalf of: Telefunken Fernseh und Rundfunk GmbH, the plaintiff in the main proceedings, by B. Bott, Rechtsanwalt, Karben, the Government of the French Republic, by J. C. Antonetti, of the General Secretariat of the Interdepartmental Committee for Questions of European Economic Cooperation, acting as Agent, the Italian Government, by J. M. Braguglia, of the Avvocatura dello Stato, acting as Agent, the Commission of the European Communities, by Ch. Bail, a member of its Legal Department, acting as Agent,

after hearing the Opinion of the Advocate General delivered at the sitting on 26 September 1985,

gives the following

JUDGMENT

Decision

The relevant provisions

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1 Language of the Case: German.