Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 8 November 1979.

P.B. Groenveld BV v Produktschap voor Vee en Vlees.

Reference for a preliminary ruling: College van Beroep voor het Bedrijfsleven - Netherlands.

Horsemeat.

Case 15/79.


Top of the page Documents in the Case
Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment
ECLI:EU:C:1979:253
08/11/1979 Groenveld
Judgment (Summary)
ECLI:EU:C:1979:253
08/11/1979 Groenveld
Abstract
ECLI:EU:C:1979:253
08/11/1979 Groenveld
Opinion
ECLI:EU:C:1979:218
27/09/1979 Groenveld
Top of the page Legal analysis of the decision or of the case

Reports of Cases

1979 03409

Greek 1979:II/00649

Subject-matter

Information not available

Systematic classification scheme

1.
B European Community (EEC/EC)
  B-02 Free movement of goods
    B-02.02 Prohibition of quantitative restrictions and measures having equivalent effect in trade between Member States
      B-02.02.02 Measures having equivalent effect
        B-02.02.02.01 Definition
B European Community (EEC/EC)
  B-02 Free movement of goods
    B-02.02 Prohibition of quantitative restrictions and measures having equivalent effect in trade between Member States
      B-02.02.02 Measures having equivalent effect
        B-02.02.02.05 Rules concerning the production, denomination and marketing of products


Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

Opinion


Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 02/02/1979

Date of the Opinion

  • 27/09/1979

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

08/11/1979


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Application: OJ C 62 from 07.03.1979, p.7

Judgment: OJ C 306 from 06.12.1979, p.7

Name of the parties

Groenveld

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Alexander, Willy: Common Market Law Review 1980 p.283-285 (EN)
  2. Barents, R.: S.E.W. ; Sociaal-economische wetgeving 1980 p.188-189 (NL)
  3. Wyatt, Derrick: Non-Discriminatory Production Restraints Compatible with Article 34, European Law Review 1980 p.484-485 (EN)
  4. VerLoren van Themaat, P.: S.E.W. ; Sociaal-economische wetgeving 1980 p.142-143 (NL)
  5. Kovar, Robert: Journal du droit international 1981 p.111-115 (FR)
  6. Barents, R.: Annotaties Hof van Justitie EG (Ed. W.E.J. Tjeenk Willink - Zwolle) 1995 p.445-446 (NL)
  7. Gormley, Laurence W.: Restrictions on Exports and Consumer Protection, Landmark cases of EU consumer law: in honour of Jules Stuyck (Ed. Intersentia - Cambridge) 2013 p.283-290 (EN)



Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

College van Beroep voor het bedrijfsleven - Netherlands

Subject-matter

  • Free movement of goods
  • - Quantitative restrictions
  • - Measures having equivalent effect
  • Agriculture and Fisheries

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

Information not available

Judge-Rapporteur

Mackenzie Stuart

Advocate General

Capotorti

Language(s) of the Case

  • Dutch

Language(s) of the Opinion

  • Italian