Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) 4 May 1988

In Case 30/87 Reference to the Court under Article 177 of the EEC Treaty by the French Cour de Cassation, Paris, for a preliminary ruling in the proceedings pending before that court between

THE COURT (Sixth Chamber) composed of: O. Due, President of Chamber, T. Koopmans, K. Bahlmann, C. Kakouris and T. F. O'Higgins, Judges, Advocate General: J. L. Cruz Vilaça Registrar: H. A. Rühi, Principal Administrator

after considering the observations submitted on behalf of Mrs Bodson, the appellant in the main proceedings, by J. Rouvière, of the Paris Bar, in the written procedure, and by R. Brunois, of the Paris Bar, in the oral procedure, Pompes funèbres des régions libérées SA, the respondent in the main proceedings, by J.-L. Devolve, of the Paris Bar, the Government of the French Republic, by G. Guillaume and C. Chavance, acting as Agents, the Commission of the European Communities, by its Legal Adviser, L. Antunes, acting as Agent, and N. Coutrelis, of the Paris Bar,

having regard to the Report for the Hearing and further to the hearing on 9 December 1987,

after hearing the Opinion of the Advocate General delivered at the sitting on 11 February 1988,

gives the following

Judgment

First question

Second, third and fourth questions

Costs

1 Language of the Case: French.