Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) 16 December 1992

In Case C-206/91, REFERENCE to the Court under Article 177 of the EEC Treaty by the Tribunal des Affaires de Sécurité Sociale, Bobigny, for a preliminary ruling in the proceedings pending before that court between

THE COURT (Second Chamber), composed of: J. L. Murray, President of the Chamber, G. F. Mancini and F. A. Schockweiler, Judges, Advocate General: W. Van Gerven, Registrar: L. Hewlett, Administrator,

after considering the written observations submitted on behalf of: Ettien Koua Poirrez, by himself; the French Government, by Philippe Pouzoulet, Assistant Director in the Legal Affairs Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, acting as Agent, and Claude Chavance, Principal Attache in the Central Administration of that Ministry, acting as Deputy Agent; the German Government, by Ernst Röder, Regierungsdirektor in the Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs, and Claus-Dieter Quassowski, of the same Ministry, acting as Agents; the United Kingdom, by S. Lucinda Hudson, of the Treasury Solicitor's Department, and Christopher Vajda, Barrister, acting as Agents; the Commission of the European Communities, by Dimitrios Gouloussis, Legal Adviser, acting as Agent,

having regard to the Report for the Hearing,

after hearing the oral observations of the French Government, the United Kingdom and the Commission, at the hearing on 1 October 1992,

after hearing the Opinion of the Advocate General at the sitting on 22 October 1992,

gives the following

Judgment

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1 Language of the case: French.