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Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 24 March 2022

Somogy Megyei Kormányhivatal v Upfield Hungary Kft.

Request for a preliminary ruling from the Kúria

Reference for a preliminary ruling – Consumer protection – Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 – Provision of food information to consumers – Labelling – Mandatory particulars – List of ingredients – Specific name of those ingredients – Addition of a vitamin to a food – Obligation to indicate the specific name of that vitamin – No obligation to indicate the vitamin formulation used

Case C-533/20

Documents in the Case

Document

Date

Name of the parties

Subject-matter

Curia

EUR-Lex

Autres Liens

Judgment (OJ)

29/04/2022

Upfield Hungary

Agriculture and Fisheries
- Foodstuffs

Judgment
ECLI:EU:C:2022:211

24/03/2022

Upfield Hungary

Agriculture and Fisheries
- Foodstuffs

Application (OJ)

08/01/2021

Upfield Hungary

Agriculture and Fisheries
- Foodstuffs

Request for a preliminary ruling

21/10/2020

Upfield Hungary

Agriculture and Fisheries
- Foodstuffs

Opinion
ECLI:EU:C:2021:1027

16/12/2021

Upfield Hungary

Agriculture and Fisheries
- Foodstuffs

Legal analysis of the decision or of the case

Reports of Cases

not yet published (Court Reports - general)

Subject-matter

Information not available

Systematic classification scheme

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

Regulation 1925/2006 -A03P1 : paragraphs 12, 41
Regulation 1925/2006 -A07P3 : paragraphs 13, 42
Regulation 1925/2006 -N1 : paragraphs 14, 41
Regulation 1925/2006 -N2 : paragraphs 15, 19, 20, 41, 42, 49
Regulation 1169/2011 : paragraphs 1, 18 - 20, 24, 31, 40 - 42, 48
Regulation 1169/2011 -A01P1 : paragraphs 3, 45
Regulation 1169/2011 -A02P2LF : paragraphs 4, 25
Regulation 1169/2011 -A02P2LN : paragraphs 4, 38
Regulation 1169/2011 -A02P2LO : paragraphs 4, 38
Regulation 1169/2011 -A02P2LS : paragraphs 4, 26
Regulation 1169/2011 -A03P1 : paragraphs 5, 45
Regulation 1169/2011 -A07P2 : paragraphs 6, 46
Regulation 1169/2011 -A09P1 : paragraph 7
Regulation 1169/2011 -A09P1LB : paragraphs 27, 33, 44
Regulation 1169/2011 -A09P1LL : paragraphs 10, 27, 30, 33, 39, 43
Regulation 1169/2011 -A17 : paragraph 34
Regulation 1169/2011 -A17P1 : paragraphs 8, 35, 36
Regulation 1169/2011 -A18 : paragraphs 33, 44
Regulation 1169/2011 -A18P1 : paragraphs 9, 28
Regulation 1169/2011 -A18P2 : paragraphs 9, 21 - 23, 29, 34, 36, 50
Regulation 1169/2011 -A30 : paragraphs 30, 33, 43
Regulation 1169/2011 -A30P1 : paragraphs 10, 29
Regulation 1169/2011 -A30P2LF : paragraph 39
Regulation 1169/2011 -N13 : paragraph 43
Regulation 1169/2011 -N13PARTAPT1 : paragraphs 11, 39, 41
Court of Justice - Judgment C -210/96 -N31 : paragraph 47
Court of Justice - Judgment C -17/03 -N41 : paragraph 37
Court of Justice - Judgment C -446/07 -N61 : paragraph 47
Court of Justice - Judgment C -471/18 -N81 : paragraph 37
Court of Justice - Judgment C -881/19 -N43 : paragraph 45
Court of Justice - Judgment C -881/19 -N44 : paragraph 45
Court of Justice - Opinion C -533/20 : paragraphs 31, 39, 42

Operative part

Interprets : Regulation 1169/2011 -A18P2

Opinion

Directive 79/112 : point 46
Directive 2000/13 -A06P4LA : points 30, 31
Directive 2000/36 -A03 : point 46
Directive 2002/46 : points 62, 65
Directive 2002/46 -A02LA : points 33, 79
Directive 2002/46 -A04 : point 33
Directive 2002/46 -A06P3LA : point 67
Directive 2002/46 -N1 : point 33
Directive 2002/46 -N2 : point 63
Regulation 1925/2006 : points 1, 13, 19 - 21, 39, 44, 51, 55, 56, 58, 61, 65, 67, 86
Regulation 1925/2006 -A01 : point 45
Regulation 1925/2006 -A01P1 : point 69
Regulation 1925/2006 -A03P1 : point 14
Regulation 1925/2006 -A03P2 : point 33
Regulation 1925/2006 -A07 : point 45
Regulation 1925/2006 -A07P2 : point 15
Regulation 1925/2006 -A07P3 : points 15, 60
Regulation 1925/2006 -N1 : points 16, 40, 47
Regulation 1925/2006 -N2 : points 17, 25, 38, 40, 41, 44, 47, 50, 59, 73, 87
Regulation 1169/2011 : points 1, 3, 19, 21, 29, 32, 39, 40, 46, 47, 52, 56, 58, 59, 61, 63 - 65, 68, 71, 75, 83, 85, 86
Regulation 1169/2011 -A01P1 : points 69, 70
Regulation 1169/2011 -A01P3 : points 45, 66
Regulation 1169/2011 -A02P2LF : points 4, 26 - 28, 31, 34, 37, 55, 57
Regulation 1169/2011 -A02P2LH : point 4
Regulation 1169/2011 -A02P2LN : points 4, 42, 43, 46
Regulation 1169/2011 -A02P2LO : points 4, 42, 48
Regulation 1169/2011 -A02P2LS : points 4, 28, 34, 55
Regulation 1169/2011 -A03P1 : points 5, 69
Regulation 1169/2011 -A03P2 : points 5, 84
Regulation 1169/2011 -A03P4 : points 5, 84
Regulation 1169/2011 -A04P2 : points 6, 76, 82
Regulation 1169/2011 -A06 : point 66
Regulation 1169/2011 -A07P1 : points 7, 81
Regulation 1169/2011 -A07P1LC : point 35
Regulation 1169/2011 -A07P2 : point 7
Regulation 1169/2011 -A09P1 : points 8, 53
Regulation 1169/2011 -A09P1LL : point 11
Regulation 1169/2011 -A17P1 : points 9, 41, 42
Regulation 1169/2011 -A18P1 : points 10, 31, 53
Regulation 1169/2011 -A18P2 : points 10, 20, 22, 23, 25 - 27, 38, 41, 42, 51, 52, 62, 66, 67, 79, 87
Regulation 1169/2011 -A30P1 : points 11, 15, 54, 60
Regulation 1169/2011 -A30P2 : points 11, 54
Regulation 1169/2011 -A50 : point 60
Regulation 1169/2011 -C3 : point 69
Regulation 1169/2011 -C4 : point 69
Regulation 1169/2011 -C9 : point 56
Regulation 1169/2011 -C11 : point 56
Regulation 1169/2011 -C19 : point 82
Regulation 1169/2011 -C26 : point 74
Regulation 1169/2011 -C28 : point 76
Regulation 1169/2011 -C36 : point 53
Regulation 1169/2011 -C37 : point 73
Regulation 1169/2011 -N2 : point 77
Regulation 1169/2011 -N6 : point 41
Regulation 1169/2011 -N6A17 : point 10
Regulation 1169/2011 -N7PARTC : point 57
Regulation 1169/2011 -N13PARTAPT1 : point 28
Regulation 1169/2011 -N13PT1 : point 12
Decision 2014/154 : point 63
Regulation 414/2015 : point 63
Regulation 2470/2017 : point 63
Court of Justice - Judgment C -283/81 -N20 : point 52
Court of Justice - Judgment C -210/96 -N31 : point 71
Court of Justice - Judgment C -446/07 -N61 : point 71
Court of Justice - Judgment C -442/09 -N74 : point 30
Court of Justice - Opinion C -592/14 -N37 : point 56
Court of Justice - Judgment C -316/15 -N27 : point 39
Court of Justice - Judgment C -363/18 -N52 : point 69
Court of Justice - Judgment C -363/18 -N53 : point 69
Court of Justice - Opinion C -881/19 -N51 : point 46
Court of Justice - Opinion C -881/19 -N52 : point 46
Court of Justice - Opinion C -881/19 -N54 : point 46

Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

21/10/2020

Date of the Opinion

16/12/2021

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

24/03/2022

References

Publication in the Official Journal

Information not available

Name of the parties

Upfield Hungary

Notes on Academic Writings

Rigaux, Anne: Protection des consommateurs - Denrées alimentaires, Europe 2022, n° 5 Mai, comm. 171 (FR)
Roffael, Esther: Keine spezielle Bezeichnung von Vitaminen im Zutatenverzeichnis notwendig : wenn die Begriffe nicht richtig sind, so stimmen die Worte nicht : C-533/20, Anmerkung, Lebensmittel & Recht 2022 p.197-202 (DE)
Schoene, Volker: Vitamine im Zutatenverzeichnis : zugleich Besprechung von EuGH „Upfield Hungary“ : Rs. C-533/20, Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht 2022 p. 702-704 (DE)

Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Kúria - Hungary

Subject-matter

Agriculture and Fisheries
- Foodstuffs
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

septième chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Passer

Advocate General

Medina

Language(s) of the Case

Hungarian

Language(s) of the Opinion

English