Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 4 September 2019

Zentrale zur Bekämpfung unlauteren Wettbewerbs Frankfurt am Main eV v Prime Champ Deutschland Pilzkulturen GmbH

Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof

Reference for a preliminary ruling — Common organisation of the markets in agricultural products — Fruit and vegetables — Marketing rules — Concept of ‘country of origin’ — Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 — Article 113a(1) — Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 — Article 76(1) — Definitions relating to the non-preferential origin of goods — Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 — Article 23(1) and (2)(b) — Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 — Article 60(1) — Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446 — Article 31(b) — Stages of production carried out in another Member State — Labelling of foodstuffs — Prohibition on labelling which could mislead the consumer — Directive 2000/13/EC — Article 2(1)(a)(i) — Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 — Article 7(1)(a) — Article 1(4) — Article 2(3) — Explanatory elements

Case C-686/17


Top of the page Documents in the Case
Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
25/10/2019 Zentrale zur Bekämpfung unlauteren Wettbewerbs Frankfurt am Main
Agriculture and Fisheries
  • Agriculture and Fisheries
  • Free movement of goods
  • - Customs union
  • - Common Customs Tariff
  • Internal market - Principles
  • Consumer protection
  • Approximation of laws
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Judgment
ECLI:EU:C:2019:659		 04/09/2019 Zentrale zur Bekämpfung unlauteren Wettbewerbs Frankfurt am Main
Agriculture and Fisheries
  • Agriculture and Fisheries
  • Free movement of goods
  • - Customs union
  • - Common Customs Tariff
  • Internal market - Principles
  • Consumer protection
  • Approximation of laws
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Application (OJ)
02/03/2018 Zentrale zur Bekämpfung unlauteren Wettbewerbs Frankfurt am Main
Agriculture and Fisheries
  • Agriculture and Fisheries
  • Free movement of goods
  • - Customs union
  • - Common Customs Tariff
  • Internal market - Principles
  • Consumer protection
  • Approximation of laws
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Opinion
ECLI:EU:C:2019:291		 04/04/2019 Zentrale zur Bekämpfung unlauteren Wettbewerbs Frankfurt am Main
Agriculture and Fisheries
  • Agriculture and Fisheries
  • Free movement of goods
  • - Customs union
  • - Common Customs Tariff
  • Internal market - Principles
  • Consumer protection
  • Approximation of laws
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
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Reports of Cases

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

Subject-matter

Information not available

Systematic classification scheme

1.
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.02 Free movement of goods
    4.02.04 Customs union
      4.02.04.04 Origin of goods
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.03 Agriculture and fisheries
    4.03.03 Common organisation of the markets
      4.03.03.05 Fruit and vegetables
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.02 Free movement of goods
    4.02.04 Customs union
      4.02.04.04 Origin of goods
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.03 Agriculture and fisheries
    4.03.03 Common organisation of the markets
      4.03.03.05 Fruit and vegetables
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.18 Food safety
      4.11.18.03 Foods and food supplements
        4.11.18.03.07 Labelling and marketing
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.03 Agriculture and fisheries
    4.03.03 Common organisation of the markets
      4.03.03.05 Fruit and vegetables
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.18 Food safety
      4.11.18.03 Foods and food supplements
        4.11.18.03.07 Labelling 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

  • 07/12/2017

Date of the Opinion

  • 04/04/2019

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

04/09/2019


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Judgment: OJ C 383 from 11.11.2019, p.12

Application: OJ C 104 from 19.03.2018, p.14

Name of the parties

Zentrale zur Bekämpfung unlauteren Wettbewerbs Frankfurt am Main

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Killmann, Bernd-Roland: Wettbewerbsrecht: Kein Inverkehrbringen von Kulturchampignons mit der Angabe "Ursprung: Deutschland", Europäische Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsrecht 2019 p.870-876 (NL)
  2. Eggers, Christofer: Gerichtshof der Europäischen Union - "Kulturchampignons", Zeitschrift für das gesamte Lebensmittelrecht 2019 p.784-805 (DE)
  3. Gadbin, Daniel: Pas de droit à l'information du consommateur sur le caractère transfrontalier d'une production de légumes frais, Revue de droit rural 2020 nº 479 p.49-50 (FR)



Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Bundesgerichtshof - Germany

Subject-matter

  • Agriculture and Fisheries
  • Free movement of goods
  • - Customs union
  • - Common Customs Tariff
  • Internal market - Principles
  • Consumer protection
  • Approximation of laws

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

première chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Rosas

Advocate General

Saugmandsgaard Øe

Language(s) of the Case

  • German

Language(s) of the Opinion

  • French