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C-267-91 Keck v Mithouard
Joined Cases C-267/91 and C-268/91 Keck v Mithouard [1993] Facts: Mr Keck and Mr Mithouard were being prosecuted for reselling alcohol products, in an unaltered state, at prices lower than their actual purchase price. In connection with these criminal proceedings, the Tribunal de Grande Instance, Strasbourg, referred for a preliminary ruling whether the prohibition of…
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C-28-30-62 Da Costa
Joined Cases 28, 29 and 30/62 Da Costa [1963] Facts: Three companies, Da Costa, Jacob Meijer and N. V. Rhenus, appealed the import duties applied for importing goods from Germany urging, by and large, that these were not compatible with Article 12 of the EEC Treaty. In connection with these proceedings, the Dutch administrative court…
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C-283-81 CILFIT v Ministry of Health
Case 283/81 CILFIT v Ministry of Health [1982] Facts: CILFIT, a wool importer, contested the amount it had paid by way of fixed health inspection levy. After exhausting all appealing procedures, the case reached the Court of Cassation, where the Ministry of Health argued that, in accordance to the facts, the factual circumstances of the…
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C-286/14 Parliament and Council v Commission (Connecting Europe)
Chapter: 09. Executive Powers: Competence and Procedures
Reports of Cases JUDGMENT OF THE COURT (Fifth Chamber) 17 March 2016 * (Action for annulment — Article 290 TFEU — Concepts of ‘amending’ and ‘supplementing’ — Regulation (EU) No 1316/2013 — Article 21(3) — Scope of the power conferred on the European Commission — Need to adopt a separate legislative act — Delegated Regulation…
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C-293/12 Digital Rights Ireland
Chapter: 12. Limiting Powers: EU Fundamental Rights
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C-302-00 Commission v France – Dark and Light Tobacco
Case C-302/00 Commission v France (Dark Tobacco) [2002] Facts: The Commission brought an action under Article 226 EC for a declaration that by imposing a minimum reference price on all cigarettes and different tax rates on dark and light tobacco cigarettes the French Republic had failed to fulfil its obligations under the relevant Council Directives…
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C-309-89 Codorniu v Council
Case C-309/89 Codorniu v Council [1994] Facts: A Regulation reserved the use of the term “crémant” and its translations for certain wines manufactured only in France and Luxembourg. Codorniu, a Spanish manufacturer of wines under the trade mark “Gran Cremant de Codorniu”, sought a declaration that the relevant Article of this Regulation was void pursuant…
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C-314-85 Foto-Frost
Case 314/85 Foto-Frost [1987] Facts: Foto-Frost, a German importer of photographic goods, imported into Germany prismatic binoculars originating from Denmark and the United Kingdom. The competent customs offices initially allowed the goods to enter free of duty, but following a check considered that the customs duty was due under the German customs legislation. However, it…
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C-326/12 van Caster
Reports of Cases JUDGMENT OF THE COURT (First Chamber) 9 October 2014 * (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Free movement of capital — Article 63 TFEU — Taxation of income from investment funds — Investment fund’s obligations to communicate and publish certain information — Flat-rate taxation of income from investment funds which do not comply…
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C-333/13 Dano
Reports of Cases JUDGMENT OF THE COURT (Grand Chamber) 11 November 2014 * (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Free movement of persons — Citizenship of the Union — Equal treatment — Economically inactive nationals of a Member State residing in the territory of another Member State — Exclusion of those persons from special non-contributory cash…
