Judgment of the Court 11 May 1989

In Case 25/88 REFERENCE to the Court under Article 177 of the EEC Treaty by the tribunal de grande instance de Bobigny for a preliminary ruling in the criminal proceedings pending before that court against

THE COURT composed of: O. Due, President, R. Joliet, T. F. O'Higgins and F. Grévisse (Presidents of Chambers), Sir Gordon Slynn, G. F. Mancini, F. A. Schockweiler, J. C. Moitinho de Almeida and G. C. Rodríguez Iglesias, Judges, Advocate General: W. Van Gerven Registrar: H. A. Rühi, Principal Administrator

after considering the observations submitted on behalf of Esther Renée Bouchara, defendant in the main proceedings, and the parties civilly liable, by J. P. Sulzer, of the Paris Bar, the French Republic, in the written procedure, by E. Belliard, Deputy Director at the Directorate of Legal Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, acting as Agent, assisted by M. Giacomini, Secretary for Foreign Affairs in the Directorate of Legal Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, acting as Deputy Agent, and in the oral procedure, by M. Giacomini, acting as Agent, assisted by Mr Tibilan, an official of the Ministry of Finance (Anti-Fraud Department) and Mr Dobking, an official of the Ministry of Justice, the Commission of the European Communities, by R. Wainwright, Legal Adviser, acting as Agent,

having regard to the Report for the Hearing and further to the hearing on 22 November 1988,

after hearing the Opinion of the Advocate General delivered at the sitting on 15 December 1988,

gives the following

Judgment

Costs

1 Language of the case: French.