Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) 11 June 1987

In Case 406/85 REFERENCE to the Court under Article 177 of the EEC Treaty by the tribunal de grande instance (Regional Court), Charleville-Mézières, for a preliminary ruling in the criminal proceedings brought before that court by the

THE COURT (Sixth Chamber), composed of: C. Kakouris, President of Chamber, T. Koopmans, O. Due, K. Bahlmann and G. C. Rodríguez Iglesias, Judges, Advocate General: J. L. da Cruz Vilaça Registrar: P. Heim

after considering the observations submitted on behalf of the government of the French Republic, in the written proceedings, by Régis de Gouttes, acting as Agent, and Ronny Abraham, Deputy Agent, and, at the hearing, by Ronny Abraham, the Commission of the European Communities, by its Legal Adviser, Maurice Guerrin, assisted at the hearing by Patrick Deboyser, in his capacity as an expert,

having regard to the Report for the Hearing and further to the hearing on 25 November 1986,

after hearing the Opinion of the Advocate General delivered at the sitting on 17 March 1987,

gives the following

Judgment

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1 Language of the Case: French.