Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) 9 November 1989

In Case 386/87 REFERENCE to the Court under Article 177 of the EEC Treaty by the tribunal d'instance (District Court), Paris, (first arrondissement), for a preliminary ruling in the proceedings pending before that court between

THE COURT (Fourth Chamber) composed of: C. N. Kakouris, President of Chamber, T. Koopmans and M. Díez de Velasco, Judges, Advocate General: F. G. Jacobs Registrar: H. A. Rühl, Principal Administrator

after considering the observations submitted on behalf of the plaintiff in the main proceedings by E. Didier and J. Letang, of the Paris Bar, the Government of the French Republic, by E. Belliard and G. de Bergues, acting as Agents, the Commission of the European Communities, by P. Hetsch, a member of its Legal Department, acting as Agent,

having regard to the Report for the Hearing and further to the hearing on 29 June 1989,

after hearing the Opinion of the Advocate General delivered at the sitting on 26 September 1989,

gives the following

Judgment

First question

The other questions

Costs

1 Language of the case: French.