Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 30 January 2019

Planta Tabak-Manufaktur Dr. Manfred Obermann GmbH & Co. KG v Land Berlin

Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Berlin

Reference for a preliminary ruling — Approximation of laws — Validity of Directive 2014/40/EU — Manufacture, presentation and sale of tobacco products — Regulation of ‘ingredients’ — Prohibition of flavoured tobacco products

Case C-220/17


Top of the page Documents in the Case
Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
08/03/2019 Planta Tabak
Judgment
ECLI:EU:C:2019:76
30/01/2019 Planta Tabak
Judgment (Summary)
ECLI:EU:C:2019:76
30/01/2019 Planta Tabak
Application (OJ)
07/07/2017 Planta Tabak
Opinion
ECLI:EU:C:2018:530
04/07/2018 Planta Tabak
Top of the page Legal analysis of the decision or of the case

Reports of Cases

published in the electronic Reports of Cases (Court Reports - general)

Subject-matter

Information not available

Systematic classification scheme

1.
1 The legal order of the European Union
  1.01 Sources of EU law
    1.01.02 General principles of law
      1.01.02.04 Legal certainty
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.16 Technical standards and regulations
      4.11.16.02 Importation and marketing
1 The legal order of the European Union
  1.01 Sources of EU law
    1.01.02 General principles of law
      1.01.02.01 Principle of equality and non-discrimination
1 The legal order of the European Union
  1.01 Sources of EU law
    1.01.02 General principles of law
      1.01.02.06 Principle of proportionality
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.16 Technical standards and regulations
      4.11.16.02 Importation and marketing
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.02 Free movement of goods
    4.02.02 Prohibition of quantitative restrictions and measures having equivalent effect
      4.02.02.02 Measures having equivalent effect
        4.02.02.02.05 Rules concerning the production, denomination and marketing of products
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.16 Technical standards and regulations
      4.11.16.02 Importation and marketing
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.16 Technical standards and regulations
      4.11.16.02 Importation and marketing
1 The legal order of the European Union
  1.01 Sources of EU law
    1.01.02 General principles of law
      1.01.02.06 Principle of proportionality
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.02 Free movement of goods
    4.02.02 Prohibition of quantitative restrictions and measures having equivalent effect
      4.02.02.02 Measures having equivalent effect
        4.02.02.02.05 Rules concerning the production, denomination and marketing of products
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.16 Technical standards and regulations
      4.11.16.02 Importation and marketing
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.16 Technical standards and regulations
      4.11.16.02 Importation and marketing
1 The legal order of the European Union
  1.04 Fundamental rights
    1.04.03 The fundamental rights
      1.04.03.17 Right to property
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.16 Technical standards and regulations
      4.11.16.02 Importation and marketing


Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

Opinion


Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 27/04/2017

Date of the Opinion

  • 04/07/2018

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

30/01/2019


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Judgment: OJ C 112 from 25.03.2019, p.3

Application: OJ C 239 from 24.07.2017, p.25

Name of the parties

Planta Tabak

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Péraldi Leneuf, Fabienne: Directive, Europe 2019 Mars Comm. nº 3 p.21-22 (FR)
  2. Crowley, Moria: Continued challenge to the tobacco products directive : C-220/17, Planta Tabak (2019, not yet reported), European Journal of Risk Regulation 2019 nº 2 p. 428-431 (EN)



Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Verwaltungsgericht Berlin - Germany

Subject-matter

  • Freedom of establishment
  • Free movement of goods
  • - Quantitative restrictions
  • Freedom to provide services
  • Approximation of laws

Provisions of national law referred to

Tabakerzeugnisverordnung, §§ 1 bis 7 Tabakerzeugnisgesetz (TabakerzG), § 5, Absatz 1, § 6, Absatz 1 und 2, § 18, Absatz 2, Sätze 1 und 2

Provisions of international law referred to

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Procedure and result

  • Reference for a preliminary ruling

Formation of the Court

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Judge-Rapporteur

Rodin

Advocate General

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Language(s) of the Case

  • German

Language(s) of the Opinion

    Information not available