Court of Justice 29 March 2006, C-356/04 (Lidl Belgium GmbH & Co. KG v Etablissementen Franz Colruyt NV.)

Opinion of the Advocate-General Opinion of the Advocate-General I – Introduction 1. By decision of 29 July 2004, the Rechtbank van Koophandel te Brussel (Brussels Commercial Court, hereinafter ‘Rechtbank van Koophandel’) referred five questions to this Court for a preliminary ruling under Article 234 EC on the interpretation of Article 3a(1)(a), (b) and (c) of Council Directive 84/450/EEC of 10