Reports of Cases

2007 I-09811

Subject-matter

Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Infringement of Articles 28 and 30 EC – National administrative practice classifying a garlic preparation in capsule form as a medicinal product – Concept of medicinal product under Community rules

Systematic classification scheme

Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 28 : paragraphs 1, 35, 79 - 81, 97
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 30 : paragraphs 1, 82 - 97
• Regulation 230/93 : paragraph 34
• Directive 2001/83 : paragraphs 36, 38, 39, 41, 43, 44, 55, 62, 65, 70, 71, 78
• Directive 2001/83 -A01PT2 : paragraphs 3, 35, 63, 97
• Directive 2001/83 -A01PT2L1 : paragraphs 40 - 78
• Directive 2001/83 -A01PT2L2 : paragraphs 40, 59, 68, 77
• Directive 2001/83 -A02 : paragraphs 4, 34, 63
• Directive 2001/83 -A06P1 : paragraphs 5, 34
• Directive 2001/83 -A08 : paragraph 89
• Directive 2001/83 -C2 : paragraph 2
• Directive 2001/83 -C3 : paragraph 2
• Directive 2001/83 -C4 : paragraph 2
• Directive 2001/83 -C5 : paragraph 2
• Directive 2002/46 -A02 : paragraph 84
• Directive 2002/46 -A02LA : paragraphs 6, 53
• Directive 2002/46 -A02LB : paragraph 7
• Directive 2002/46 -A11 : paragraph 8
• Directive 2002/46 -A11P2 : paragraph 84
• Regulation 178/2002 -A02 : paragraphs 9, 84
• Regulation 178/2002 -A14P7 : paragraph 10
• Regulation 178/2002 -A14P8 : paragraph 10
• Regulation 178/2002 -A14P9 : paragraphs 10, 84
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -8/74 : paragraph 80
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -174/82 : paragraphs 86 - 88
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -227/82 : paragraphs 43, 44, 46, 47, 52, 86 - 88
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -369/88 : paragraphs 52, 63
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -60/89 : paragraphs 44, 46, 47, 63
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -112/89 : paragraph 60
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -219/91 : paragraphs 38, 63
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -17/93 : paragraph 95
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -102/96 : paragraph 83
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -24/00 : paragraphs 87, 88, 91
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -150/00 : paragraphs 35, 36, 80
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -192/01 : paragraphs 87, 88, 91
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -211/03 : paragraphs 37, 41, 55, 59, 63, 69
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -158/04 : paragraph 86

Operative part

• Reference : EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 28
• Reference : EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 30

Opinion

• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 28 : points 1, 3, 35, 72, 73, 83
  
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 30 : points 1, 4, 35, 39, 74 - 79, 83
  
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 94 : point 36
  
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 95 : point 36
  
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 226 : point 47
  
• Directive 65/65 : point 41
  
• Regulation 258/97 : point 43
  
• Directive 2001/83 : points 1, 37 - 68
  
• Directive 2001/83 -A01PT2 : points 6, 38 - 68, 83
  
• Directive 2001/83 -A01PT2L1 : points 46, 53
  
• Directive 2001/83 -A01PT2L2 : points 55, 58
  
• Directive 2001/83 -A06P1 : point 7
  
• Directive 2001/83 -A08 : point 75
  
• Directive 2001/83 -C2 : point 5
  
• Directive 2001/83 -C3 : point 5
  
• Directive 2001/83 -C4 : point 5
  
• Directive 2001/83 -C5 : point 5
  
• Directive 2002/46 : point 43
  
• Directive 2002/46 -A02LA : points 2, 8, 69, 70
  
• Directive 2002/46 -A02LB : point 69
  
• Directive 2002/46 -A06P3LB : point 52
  
• Directive 2002/46 -C8 : point 70
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -8/74 : point 72
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -5/77 : point 74
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -120/78 : point 72
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -97/81 : point 47
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -227/82 : points 48, 49, 51, 54, 56, 66
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -21/84 : point 39
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -72/84 : point 74
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -178/84 : point 66
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -290/87 : point 47
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -323/87 : point 47
  
• Court of Justice - Opinion C -369/88 : point 58
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -369/88 : point 44
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -60/89 : points 44, 49, 56
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -112/89 : points 44, 48, 54 - 56
  
• Court of Justice - Opinion C -290/90 : point 47
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -290/90 : points 47, 56, 65, 66, 74
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -219/91 : point 44
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -83/92 : point 37
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -17/93 : point 79
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -185/96 : point 39
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -187/96 : point 39
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -120/97 : point 46
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -387/99 : points 44, 56, 65, 75
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -24/00 : point 47
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -150/00 : point 65
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -192/01 : point 74
  
• Court of Justice - Opinion C -211/03 : points 38, 42, 58
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -211/03 : point 39
  

Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

• 19/08/2005

Date of the Opinion

• 21/06/2007

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

15/11/2007

References

Publication in the Official Journal

Application: OJ C 257 from 15.10.2005, p.5

Judgment: OJ C 8 from 12.01.2008, p.3

Name of the parties

Commission v Germany

Notes on Academic Writings

1. Prete, Filomena: Classificazione "per funzioni" degli integratori alimentari, Giurisprudenza italiana 2007 p.2664-2665
2. Defares, K.J. ; Langer, J.: Levensmiddel of geneesmiddel: een lastig onderscheid?, Nederlands tijdschrift voor Europees recht 2007 p.221-225
3. Saccomanno, Patrizia: Libera circolazione dei prodotti medicinali e tutela della salute: il bilanciamento degli interessi nel quadro del diritto comunitario, Il Diritto dell'Agricoltura 2007 p.100-131
4. Bernard, Elsa: Relation entre denrée alimentaire et médicament, Europe 2008 Janvier Comm. nº 11 p.18-19
5. Eggers, Christofer: Der pharmakologischen Wirkung einen Schritt näher gekommen, Zeitschrift für das gesamte Lebensmittelrecht 2008 p.66-70
6. González Vaqué, Luis: La sentencia "Comisión/Alemania" de 15 de noviembre de 2007: el TJCE precisa los límites entre las deficiones de alimento y medicamento, Gaceta Jurídica de la C.E. y de la Competencia - Boletín 2008 nº 2 p.25-36
7. Peigné, Jérôme: Produits de santé, Revue de droit sanitaire et social 2008 p.177-179
8. Célestin, Frédérique: Une application stricte de la définition des médicaments: l'exemple des gélules d'ail pulvérisé, Gazette du Palais 2008 nº 282-283 Act. p.51-55
9. Anthimos, A.: Armenopoulos 2008 p.1437-1438
10. González Vaqué, Luis: L'arrêt "Commission/Allemagne" du 15 novembre 2007: la Cour précise les contours des définitions de "denrée alimentaire" et de "médicament", Revue du droit de l'Union européenne 2008 nº 2 p.325-342
11. Zolla, Federica: Per il diritto comunitario l'aglio liofilizzato in forma di capsule non è un medicinale, Rivista di diritto agrario 2008 II p.39-43
12. Capelli, Fausto: L'aglio è un alimento o un farmaco?, Diritto comunitario e degli scambi internazionali 2010 p.41-56

Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Information not available

Subject-matter

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

Provisions of national law referred to

Information not available

Provisions of international law referred to

Information not available

Procedure and result

• Action for a declaration of failure to fulfil obligations : application granted
  

Formation of the Court

première chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Borg Barthet

Advocate General

Trstenjak

Language(s) of the Case

• German
  

Language(s) of the Opinion

• German