Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal de Première Instance de Bruxelles by judgment of that court of 7 December 2005 in Crown Prosecutor — Parties claiming damages: L'Union des Dentistes et Stomatologistes de Belgique U.P:R. and Jean Totolidis v Ioannis Doulamis

(Case C-446/05)

(2006/C 48/30)

Language of the case: French

Reference has been made to the Court of Justice of the European Communities by judgment of the Tribunal de Première Instance de Bruxelles (Court of First Instance Brussels) of 7 December 2005, received at the Court Registry on 14 December 2005, for a preliminary ruling in the proceedings between the Crown Prosecutor — Parties claiming damages: L'Union des Dentistes et Stomatologistes de Belgique U.P.R. (The Belgian Association of Dentists and Stomatologists) and Jean Totolidis and Ioannis Doulamis on the following question:

Must Article 81 EC, read in conjunction with Article 3(1)(g) EC and the second paragraph of Article 10 EC, be interpreted as precluding a national law — in the present case the Law of 15 April 1958 on advertising in dental care matters — which prohibits (any person or) dental care providers, in the context of professional services or a dental surgery, from engaging in advertising of any kind, whether directly or indirectly, in the dental care sector?