Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) 12 November 1992

In Case C-73/89, REFERENCE to the Court under Article 1 77 of the EEC Treaty by the Tribunal de Grande Instance, Toulon, for a preliminary ruling in the proceedings pending before that court between

THE COURT (Sixth Chamber), composed of: C. N. Kakouris, President of the Chamber, J. L. Murray, G. F. Mancini, F. A. Schockweiler and M. Diez de Velasco, Judges, Advocate General: F. C. Jacobs, Registrar: D. Triantafyllou, Administrator,

after considering the written observations submitted on behalf of: the Bureau Central Français des Assurances and the Fonds de Garantie Automobile by Lise Funck-Brentano, of the Paris Bar, the Nederlands Bureau der Motorrijtuigverzekeraars, by Jean Dechezleprêtre, of the Paris Bar; HUK-Verband, by Fritz Ranke, Rechtsanwalt, Munich; HUK-Coburg, by Charles Turk, of the Luxembourg Bar, the German Government, by Martin Seidel, Ministerialrat in the Federal Ministry of the Economy, and Horst Teske, Ministerialrat in the Federal Ministry of Justice, acting as Agents; the French Government, by Edwige Belliard, Sous-Directeur des Affaires Juridiques, in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and by Sylvie Grassi, Secrétaire des Affaires Etrangères, acting as Agents; the United Kingdom, by J. A. Gensmantel, for the Treasury Solicitor, acting as Agent; the Commission, by Jean Amphoux, Legal Adviser, acting as Agent,

having regard to the Report for the Hearing,

after hearing the oral observations of the Bureau Central Français des Assurances and the Fonds de Garantie Automobile, the Nederlands Bureau der Motorrijtuigverzekeraars, the HUK-Verband, the HUK-Coburg, the German Government, and the French Government, represented by Jean-Louis Falconi, Secrétaire des Affaires Etrangères, acting as Agents, at the hearing on 12 March 1992,

after hearing the Opinion of the Advocate General at the sitting on 20 May 1992,

gives the following

Judgment

The Community legislation

The question submitted by the national court

Costs

1 Language of lhe case: French.