Reports of Cases

2004 I-11893

Subject-matter

Reference for a preliminary ruling – High Court of Justice of England and Wales, Queen's Bench Division (Administrative Court) – Interpretation of Articles 28 to 30 EC – Compatibility of a national provision prohibiting the supply of any tobacco-based product for 'oral use' – Validity of Article 8 of Directive 2001/37/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 June 2001 on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States concerning the manufacture, presentation and sale of tobacco products (OJ 2001 L 194, p. 26) – Prohibition on the placing on the market of tobacco for oral use – Continuation of the sale of 'snus' in Sweden pursuant to Article 151(1) of the 1994 Act of Accession (Annex XV, Chapter X, Miscellaneous)

Systematic classification scheme

Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

• EC Treaty (Maastricht), Article 129 -P4T1 : paragraph 76
• Treaty of Accession 1994 : paragraph 40
• Treaty of Accession 1994 - Act, Article 151 : paragraphs 67, 68
• Treaty of Accession 1994 - Act, Annex XV -CH10LB : paragraph 62
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 28 : paragraphs 1, 59 - 61, 80, 86
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 29 : paragraphs 1, 59 - 61, 80, 86
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 30 : paragraphs 1, 60
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 95 : paragraphs 27, 30, 31, 35, 41 - 44, 77
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 95 -P1 : paragraphs 28, 76
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 95 -P3 : paragraphs 32, 33, 46, 54, 56, 58
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 133 : paragraphs 27, 43, 44
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 152 -P1L1 : paragraph 32
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 253 : paragraphs 63, 68, 69
• Directive 89/622 : paragraph 65
• Directive 89/622 -A08BIS : paragraphs 36, 40, 49, 71
• Court of Justice - Rules of Procedure (1991) -A61 : paragraph 25
• Directive 92/41 : paragraph 55
• Directive 92/41 -C11 : paragraph 65
• Directive 92/41 -C13 : paragraph 65
• Directive 92/41 -C14 : paragraph 65
• Directive 92/41 -C15 : paragraph 65
• Directive 92/41 -C16 : paragraph 65
• Directive 92/41 -C17 : paragraph 65
• Directive 2001/37 : paragraphs 51, 53
• Directive 2001/37 -A02 : paragraph 71
• Directive 2001/37 -A08 : paragraphs 1, 26, 27, 35, 36, 40, 42, 43, 45, 54, 61, 66 - 69, 71, 73, 74, 78, 79, 84 - 86
• Directive 2001/37 -C28 : paragraph 68
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -52/81 : paragraph 73
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -15/83 : paragraph 59
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -137/85 : paragraph 47
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -165/87 : paragraph 44
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -265/87 : paragraph 72
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -331/88 : paragraph 75
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -37/92 : paragraph 81
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -339/92 : paragraph 47
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -350/92 : paragraph 30
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -359/92 : paragraph 34
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -51/93 : paragraph 59
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -280/93 : paragraphs 72, 73, 76
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -84/94 : paragraph 48
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -122/94 : paragraph 63
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -233/94 : paragraph 48
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -114/96 : paragraph 59
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -157/96 : paragraph 48
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -110/97 : paragraph 75
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -293/97 : paragraph 72
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -17/98 : paragraph 24
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -376/98 : paragraph 29
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -377/98 : paragraph 30
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -100/99 : paragraph 64
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -309/99 : paragraph 25
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -324/99 : paragraph 81
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -210/00 : paragraph 47
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -470/00 : paragraph 25
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -304/01 : paragraph 70
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -491/01 : paragraphs 29 - 32, 38, 39, 43, 44, 48, 76
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -37/02 : paragraph 72
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -184/02 : paragraphs 44, 64

Operative part

• Interprets : EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 28
• Interprets : EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 29
• Validates : Directive 2001/37 -A08
• Interprets : Directive 2001/37 -A08

Opinion

Information not available

Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

• 15/05/2003

Date of the Opinion

• 07/09/2004

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

14/12/2004

References

Publication in the Official Journal

Application: OJ C 171 from 19.07.2003, p.14

Judgment: OJ C 45 from 19.02.2005, p.7

Name of the parties

Swedish Match

Notes on Academic Writings

1. De Mey, D.: Rapprochement des législations. Arrêts "Swedish Match et autres" et "Arnold André", Revue du droit de l'Union européenne 2004 nº 4 p.834-838 (FR)
2. Mortelmans, K.J.M.: Het Europese verbod om tabaksproducten voor oraal gebruik in de handel te brengen en de speciale positie van de Zweedse snus, Ars aequi 2005 p.167-172 (NL)
3. Herr, Gunther: Grenzen der Rechtsangleichung nach Art. 95 EG, Europäische Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsrecht 2005 p.171-173 (DE)
4. Flury, Andrea: Die Vermarktung von Tabakwaren: Ist Kauen nicht cool?, European Law Reporter 2005 p.112-113 (DE)
5. Mok, M.R.: Nederlandse jurisprudentie ; Uitspraken in burgerlijke en strafzaken 2005 nº 378 (NL)
6. Flury, Andrea: Zeitschrift für das gesamte Lebensmittelrecht 2005 p.398-403 (DE)
7. Streinz, Rudolf: Gespaltene Tabakregelungen - kein Problem für den Binnenmarkt?, Zeitschrift für das gesamte Lebensmittelrecht 2005 p.427-434 (DE)
8. Simon, Denys: Directives, Europe 2005 Février Comm. nº 34 p.10 (FR)

Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

High Court of Justice (England & Wales), Queen's Bench Division - United Kingdom

Subject-matter

• Approximation of laws
  
• Consumer protection
  
• External relations
  
• - Commercial policy
  
• Free movement of goods
  
• - Quantitative restrictions
  
• - Measures having equivalent effect
  
• Provisions governing the institutions
  
• - Acts of the institutions
  

Provisions of national law referred to

Information not available

Provisions of international law referred to

Information not available

Procedure and result

• Reference for a preliminary ruling
  

Formation of the Court

grande chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Cunha Rodrigues

Advocate General

Geelhoed

Language(s) of the Case

• English
  

Language(s) of the Opinion

Information not available