Efter at have forenet de to sager besluttede tribunal d’instance du XIearrondisse-ment de Paris at udsætte sagen og at forelægge Domstolen følgende præjudicielle spørgsmål:
It is in those circumstances that the Tribunal d’instance du XIe arrondissement de Paris, having joined the two actions, decided to stay proceedings and refer the fol- lowing questions to the Court of Justice for a preliminary ruling: