Spørgsmålene var blevet rejst under en retssag mellem Etablissement A. Mondiet, Frankrig, og Société Armement Islais, ligeledes Frankrig, vedrørende betalingen af 200 drivgarn til tunfiskeri, som sidstnævnte virksomhed havde bestilt hos førstnævnte i august 1991.
Those questions were raised in proceedings between Etablissements Armand Mondi et, whose seat was in France, and Armement Islais, likewise established in France, with regard to the payment of 200 driftnets for tuna fishing which the latter company had ordered from the first in August 1991.