Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) 7 July 1994

In Case C-146/93, REFERENCE to the Court under Article 177 of the EEC Treaty by the Chambre Sociale of the Cour de Cassation, France, for a preliminary ruling in the proceedings pending before that court between

THE COURT (First Chamber), composed of: D. A. O. Edward, President of the Chamber, R. Joliét and G. C. Rodriguez Iglesias (Rapporteur), Judges, Advocate General: C. O. Lenz, Registrar: R. Grass,

after considering the written observations submitted on behalf of: Mr McLachlan, by SCP Waquet, Farge, Hazan, Avocats admitted to practise before the Conseil d'État and Cour de Cassation, the French Government, by E. Belliard, Directeur Adjoint in the Legal Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and C. Chavance, Secrétaire for Foreign Affairs in that Ministry, acting as Agents, the German Government, by E. Röder, Ministerialrat in the Federal Ministry of the Economy, and C.-D. Quassowski, Regierungsdirektor in that Ministry, acting as Agents, the Commission of the European Communities, by M. Patakia, of its Legal Service, acting as Agent,

having regard to the report of the Judge-Rapporteur,

after hearing the Opinion of the Advocate General at the sitting on 24 March 1994,

gives the following

Judgment

Costs

1 Language of the case: French.