Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) 23 October 1986

In Case 355/85 REFERENCE to the Court under Article 177 of the EEC Treaty by the tribunal d'instance [District Court], Bressuire, for a preliminary ruling in the criminal proceedings pending before that court brought by

THE COURT (Third Chamber) composed of: Y. Galmot, President of Chamber, U. Everling and J. C. Moitinho de Almeida, Judges, Advocate General: Sir Gordon Slynn Registrar: K. Riechenberg, acting as Administrator

after considering the observations submitted on behalf of

Michel Cognet, by G. Blanchard and P. Jousset, avocats, at the oral proceedings,

the Commission of the European Communities, by D. Jacob, a member of its Legal Department, during both the written and the oral proceedings,

having regard to the Report for the Hearing and further to the hearing on 26 June 1986,

after hearing the Opinion of the Advocate General delivered at the sitting on the same day,

gives the following

JUDGMENT

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1 Language of the Case: French.