Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) 2 December 1990

In Case C-241/89, REFERENCE to the Court under Article 177 of the EEC Treaty by the Tribunal de grande instance de Paris (Regional Court, Paris) for a preliminary ruling in the proceedings pending before that court between

THE COURT (Sixth Chamber), composed of: G. F. Mancini, President of Chamber, T. F. O'Higgins, M. Diez de Velasco, C. N. Kakouris and P. J. G. Kapteyn, Judges, Advocate General: G. Tesauro Registrar: D. Louterman, Principal Administrator,

after considering the written observations submitted on behalf of SARPP, by D. Menard and F. Marion-Menard, of the Nantes Bar, Pierre Fabre Industrie, by J.-Y. Dupeux, of the Paris Bar, Bayer France, by M.-O. Vaissie, of the Paris Bar, Famar France, by J.-B. Barennes, of the Paris Bar, the Groupement d'achat Édouard Leclerc, by G. Parleani, of the Paris Bar, the Chambre syndicale des raffineurs et conditionneurs de sucre de France, by F. Mollet Vieville, bâtonnier, and by R. Collin and M.-C. Mitchell, both of the Paris Bar, the French Government, by E. Belliard, Deputy Director of Legal Affairs, acting as Agent, and M. Giacomini, Secretary for Foreign Affairs, acting as Deputy Agent, the Commission of the European Communities, by R. Wainwright, Legal Adviser, and H. Lehman, a French civil servant on secondment to the Commission's Legal Department, acting as Agents,

having regard to the Report for the Hearing,

after hearing the oral observations presented by Famar France, represented by C. Momege, avocat, the Groupement d'achat Édouard Leclerc, the Chambre syndicale des raffineurs et conditionneurs de sucre de France, the French Government and the Commission of the European Communities at the hearing on 27 June 1990,

after hearing the Opinion of the Advocate General delivered at the sitting on 2 October 1990,

gives the following

Judgment

The applicable Community provisions

The aspects of the rules at issue relating to labelling

The aspects of the rules at issue relating to advertising

Costs

1 Language of the case: French.