Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) 11 January 1990

In Case C-220/88 REFERENCE to the Court for a preliminary ruling under the Protocol of 3 June 1971 on the interpretation by the Court of Justice of the Convention of 27 September 1968 on jurisdiction and the enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters by the French Cour de cassation in the proceedings pending before that court between

THE COURT (Sixth Chamber) composed of: C. N. Kakouris and F. A. Schockweiler (Presidents of Chambers), T. Koopmans, G. F. Mancini and M. Diez de Velasco, Judges, Advocate General: M. Darmon Registrar: H. A. Rühl, Principal Administrator

after considering the observations submitted on behalf of Dumez France and Tracoba, the plaintiffs in the main proceedings, by Jean-Denys Barbey, of the Paris Bar, Hessische Landesbank, defendant in the main proceedings, by Michel Wolfer, of the Paris Bar, Salvatorplatz-Grundstücksgesellschaft mbH & Co. oHG Saarland, defendant in the main proceedings, by Richard Neuer, of the Paris Bar, the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany, by Dr Christof Böhmer, Ministerialrat im Bundesministerium der Justiz, in the written procedure only, the Government of the French Republic, by Edwige Belliard, sous-directeur, direction des affaires juridiques, ministère des Affaires étrangères, assisted by Claude Chavance, attaché principal d'administration centrale, direction des affaires juridiques, in the same Ministry, in the written procedure only, the United Kingdom, by J. A. Gensmantel, Treasury Solicitor's Department, Queen Anne's Chambers, assisted by M. C. L. Carpenter of the Lord Chancellor's Department, in the written procedure only, the Commission of the European Communities by Georgios Kremlis, a member of its Legal Department, assisted by Giorgio Cherubini, an Italian official working in the Commission under the scheme for exchanges with national officials,

having regard to the Report for the Hearing and further to the hearing on 14 June 1989,

after hearing the Opinion of the Advocate General delivered at the sitting on 23 November 1989,

gives the following

Judgment

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1 Language of the case: French.