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C-359-92 Germany v Council
Case C-359/92 Germany v Council [1994] Facts: Council Directive 92/59/EEC on general product safety empowered the Commission to require Member States to take specific temporary measures in cases where a product placed on the market put in jeopardy the health and safety of consumers in a number of Member States, whose measures adopted or planned…
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C-36-74 Walrave
Case C-36/74 Walrave [1974] Facts: Mr Walrave and Mr Koch, Dutch nationals who offered their services for remuneration to act as pacemakers on motorcycles in cycle races with so-called stayers, brought an action against the provision in the rules for world championships of the Union Cycliste Internationale according to which from the year 1973 the…
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C-36-74 Walrave
Case C-36/74 Walrave [1974] Facts: Mr Walrave and Mr Koch, Dutch nationals who offered their services for remuneration to act as pacemakers on motorcycles in cycle races with so-called stayers, brought an action against the provision in the rules for world championships of the Union Cycliste Internationale according to which from the year 1973 the…
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C-368-95 Familiapress v Bauer
Case C-368/95 Familiapress v Bauer [1997] Facts: Familiapress, an Austrian newspaper publisher, brought proceedings against Bauer, a German newspaper publisher, for an order that the latter should cease to sell in Austria publications offering readers the chance to take part in games for prizes, practice in breach of the Austrian Law of Unfair Competition. In…
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C-368-95 Familiapress v Bauer
Case C-368/95 Familiapress v Bauer [1997] Facts: Familiapress, an Austrian newspaper publisher, brought proceedings against Bauer, a German newspaper publisher, for an order that the latter should cease to sell in Austria publications offering readers the chance to take part in games for prizes, practice in breach of the Austrian Law of Unfair Competition. In…
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C-377-98 Netherlands v Parliament and Council
Case C-377/98 Netherlands v Parliament and Council [2001] Facts: The Netherlands brought an action for annulment of a Directive on the legal protection of biotechnological inventions. Held: The Netherlands put forwards six pleas. The first plea was that Article 100a of the Treaty was the incorrect legal basis to adopt the Directive. Firstly, because the…
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C-377-98 Netherlands v Parliament and Council
Case C-377/98 Netherlands v Parliament and Council [2001] Facts: The Netherlands brought an action for annulment of a Directive on the legal protection of biotechnological inventions. Held: The Netherlands put forwards six pleas. The first plea was that Article 100a of the Treaty was the incorrect legal basis to adopt the Directive. Firstly, because the…
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C-392 and 422-04 i-21 Germany _ Arcor 2006
Joined cases C-392/04 and C-422/04 i-21 Germany and Arcor AG [2006] Facts: A Directive provided that fees imposed as part of authorisations procedures shall be proportionate to the administrative costs incurred in their issue. Arcor and i-21 paid fees for telecommunications licenses based on the anticipated administrative costs of the regulatory authority over a period…
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C-4-73 Nold
Chapter: 12. Limiting Powers: EU Fundamental Rights
Case C-4/73 Nold [1974] Facts: The Commission authorised the merger of most of the mining companies of the Ruhr into a single company, laying down new minimum quantities for dealers to directly purchase from the producer which Nold, a German limited partnership, did not meet. Nold applied for annulment of the Commission’s decision, claiming it…
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C-403-98 Azienda Agricola v Sardegna 2001
Case C-403/98 Azienda Agricola v Sardegna [2001] Facts: Azienda Agricola’s application to be entered in the Register of Farmers Practising Farming as their Main Occupation was rejected by Organismo Comprensiorale della Sardegna. In connection with these proceedings, the Tribunale Civile e Penale di Cagliari referred for a preliminary ruling whether a national court may apply…
