Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) 25 June 1992

In Case C-147/91, REFERENCE to the Court under Article 177 of the EEC Treaty by the Juzgado de lo Penal No 4, Alicante (Spain), for a preliminary ruling in the criminal proceedings pending before that court against

THE COURT (Second Chamber), composed of: F. A. Schockweiler, President of the Chamber, G. E Mancini and J. L. Murray, Judges, Advocate General: F. G. Jacobs, Registrar: H. A. Rühi, Principal Administrator,

after considering the written observations submitted on behalf of: the Colegio Oficial de Agentes de la Propiedad Inmobiliaria (Official Association of Estate Agents), by Jorge Jordana de Pozas Fuentes, of the Madrid Bar, the Ministerio Fiscal, by Ricardo Cabedo, Fiscal Jefe de Alicante, acting as Agent, Michele Ferrer Laderer, by José Manuel Gómez Robles, of the Malaga Bar (Spain), the Government of the French Republic, by Philippe Pouzoulet, Deputy Director in the Legal Affairs Directorate of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, acting as Agent, and by Hélène Duchène, Secretary for Foreign Affairs at the same ministry, acting as deputy Agent, the Government of the Kingdom of Spain, by Alberto José Navarro Gonzalez, Director-General for Legal and Institutional Coordination with the Communities in the office of the Secretary of State for the European Communities, and by Gloria Calvo Diaz, Abogado del Estado, of the Legal Department responsible for cases pending before the Court of Justice, acting as Agents, the Commission of the European Communities, by Étienne Lasnet, Legal Adviser, and Daniel Calleja, of its Legal Service, acting as Agents,

having regard to the Report for the Hearing,

after hearing the oral observations of the Colegio Oficial de Agentes de la Propiedad Inmobiliaria, Michele Ferrer Laderer, the Spanish Government and the Commission at the hearing on 7 May 1992,

after hearing the Opinion of the Advocate General at the sitting on 4 June 1992,

gives the following

Judgment

Costs

1 Language of the case: Spanish.