Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) 25 July 1991

In Case C-75/90, REFERENCE to the Court under Article 177 of the EEC Treaty by the Tribunal Correctionnel (Criminal Court), Carcassonne (France), for a preliminary ruling in the criminal proceedings pending before that court against

THE COURT (First Chamber), composed of: G. C. Rodriguez Iglesias, President of the Chamber, Sir Gordon Slynn and R. Joliét, Judges, Advocate General: W. Van Gerven, Registrar: D. Louterman, Principal Administrator,

after considering the written observations submitted on behalf of: the French Government, by Philippe Pouzoulet, Deputy Director in the Legal Affairs Directorate of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, acting as Agent, and by Géraud de Bergues, Principal Deputy Secretary in that ministry, acting as Deputy Agent, the Commission, by Patrick Hetsch, a member of the Legal Service, acting as Agent,

having regard to the Report for the Hearing,

after hearing the oral observations of Roger Guitard, represented by Jean-Claude Fourgoux, of the Paris Bar, the French Government and the Commission at the hearing on 12 December 1990,

after hearing the Opinion of the Advocate General at the sitting on 15 January 1991,

gives the following

Judgment

Costs

1 Language of the case: French.