Parties
In Case 164/88
REFERENCE to the Court under Article 177 of the EEC Treaty by the Tribunal de grande instance ( Regional Court ), Paris, 31st Criminal Chamber, of a question for a preliminary ruling in the proceedings pending before that court between
Ministère public ( Public Prosecutor )
and
( 1 ) J-P . M . Rispal,
( 2 ) G . M . R . Vairon,
( 3 ) J . N . A . Cresson,
( 4 ) R . Bizot,
( 5 ) Sodetair SA, a company incorporated under French law, whose registered office is in Paris,
( 6 ) Fret et transit aérien SA, a company incorporated under French law, whose registered office is at Orly,
( 7 ) Frecom SA, a company incorporated under French law, whose registered office is in Paris,
on the tariff classification of goods known as "magic cubes" or "magicubes ".
THE COURT ( First Chamber )
composed of : R . Joliet, President of Chamber, Sir Gordon Slynn and G . C . Rodríguez Iglesias, Judges,
( the grounds of the judgment are not reproduced )
in answer to the question referred to it by the Tribunal de Grande Instance, Paris, 31st Criminal Chamber, by judgment of 15 January 1988, hereby rules :
Operative part
In March, April and May 1981, heading 97.03 of the Common Customs Tariff was to be interpreted as including goods known as "magic cubes ".