Judgment of the Court 27 September 1988

In Case 235/87 REFERENCE to the Court under Article 177 of the EEC Treaty by the Conseil d'État (State Council) of the Kingdom of Belgium for a preliminary ruling in the proceedings pending before that court between

THE COURT composed of: Lord Mackenzie Stuart, President, G. Bosco, O. Due and G. C. Rodríguez Iglesias (Presidents of Chambers), T. Koopmans, C. N. Kakouris, R. Joliét, T. F. O'Higgins and F. A. Schockweiler, Judges, Advocate General: Sir Gordon Slynn Registrar: H. A. Rühi, Administrator

after considering the observations submitted on behalf of Annunziata Matteucci, the plaintiff in the main proceedings, by D. Rossini, Director of the service social pour travailleurs italiens, Brussels, Commissariat géneral aux relations internationales of the Communauté française of Belgium, the defendant in the main proceedings, by Paul-Henry Delvaux, of the Brussels Bar, in the written proceedings, and by G. Tassin, of the Brussels Bar, in the oral proceedings, the Government of the French Republic, by Régis de Gouttes and Claude Chavance, acting as Agents, the Government of the Italian Republic, by Luigi Ferrari Bravo, acting as Agent, assisted by Pier Giorgio Ferri, avvocato dello Stato, the Commission of the European Communities, by Julian Currall and Georgios Kremlis, Legal Advisers, acting as Agents,

having regard to the Report for the Hearing and further to the hearing on 17 May 1988,

after hearing the Opinion of the Advocate General delivered at the sitting on 14 July 1988,

gives the following

Judgment

Costs

1 Language of the Case: French.