Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) 3 March 1994

In Case C-316/93, REFERENCE to the Court under Article 177 of the EEC Treaty by the Tribunal de Commerce, Huy (Belgium), for a preliminary ruling in the proceedings pending before that court between

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

after considering the written observations submitted on behalf of: N. Vaneetveld, by J.-L. Dessy, of the Huy Bar, Le Foyer SA, by L. Simont, of the Brussels Bar and O. W. Brouwer, of the Amsterdam Bar, the French Government, by H. Renie, Principal Assistant Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and C. de Salins, Adviser at that Ministry, acting as Agents, the Commission of the European Communities, by T. Cusack, 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 27 January 1994,

gives the following

Judgment

Costs

1 Language of the case: French.