Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) 27 January 1994

In Case C-189/92, REFERENCE to the Court under Article 177 of the EEC Treaty by the Cour d'Appel (Court of Appeal), Rennes (France), for a preliminary ruling in the proceedings pending before that court between

THE COURT (Third Chamber), composed of: J.C. Moitinho de Almeida, President of the Chamber, F. Grévisse and M. Zuleeg (Judge-Rapporteur), Judges, Advocate General: G. Tesauro, Registrar: J.-G. Giraud,

after considering the written observations submitted on behalf of: Bernard Le Nan, by Christine Hilaire, of the Paris Bar, Cooperative Laitière de Ploudaniel, by Jean-Pierre Cuiec, of the Brest Bar, the French Government, by Philippe Pouzoulet, Sous-Directeur, Direction des Affaires Juridiques, Ministère des Affaires Etrangères, and Jean-Louis Falconi, Secrétaire des Affaires Etrangères in that ministry, acting as Agents, the Commission of the European Communities, by Gerard Rozet, Legal Adviser, acting as Agent,

having regard to the report of the Judge-Rapporteur,

after hearing the Opinion of the Advocate General at the sitting on 26 May 1993,

gives the following

Judgment

The first question

The second question

Costs

1 Language of the case: French.