Judgment of the Court of 17 December 1970.

Internationale Handelsgesellschaft mbH v Einfuhr- und Vorratsstelle für Getreide und Futtermittel.

Reference for a preliminary ruling: Verwaltungsgericht Frankfurt am Main - Germany.

Case 11-70.


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Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (Summary)
ECLI:EU:C:1970:114
17/12/1970 Internationale Handelsgesellschaft mbH v Einfuhr- und Vorratsstelle für Getreide und Futtermittel
Judgment
ECLI:EU:C:1970:114
17/12/1970 Internationale Handelsgesellschaft mbH v Einfuhr- und Vorratsstelle für Getreide und Futtermittel
Opinion
ECLI:EU:C:1970:100
02/12/1970 Internationale Handelsgesellschaft mbH v Einfuhr- und Vorratsstelle für Getreide und Futtermittel
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Reports of Cases

1970 01125

Danish 1970/00235 Greek 1969-1971/00581 Portuguese 1969-1970/00625 Spanish 1970/00241 Swedish I/00503 Finnish I/00501

Subject-matter

Information not available

Systematic classification scheme

1.
A The Community legal order
  A-01 Sources of Community law
    A-01.02 General principles of law
      A-01.02.01 Fundamental rights
        A-01.02.01.00 General
A The Community legal order
  A-03 Community law and national law
    A-03.00 General
A The Community legal order
  A-01 Sources of Community law
    A-01.02 General principles of law
      A-01.02.01 Fundamental rights
        A-01.02.01.00 General
B European Community (EEC/EC)
  B-03 Agriculture
    B-03.03 Common organization of the markets: principles and mechanisms
      B-03.03.07 Import and export licences and advance-fixing certificates
B European Community (EEC/EC)
  B-03 Agriculture
    B-03.03 Common organization of the markets: principles and mechanisms
      B-03.03.07 Import and export licences and advance-fixing certificates
B European Community (EEC/EC)
  B-03 Agriculture
    B-03.03 Common organization of the markets: principles and mechanisms
      B-03.03.07 Import and export licences and advance-fixing certificates


Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

Opinion


Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 26/03/1970

Date of the Opinion

  • 02/12/1970

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

17/12/1970


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Application: OJ C 49 from 25.04.1970, p.7

Judgment: OJ C 9 from 02.02.1971, p.4

Name of the parties

Internationale Handelsgesellschaft mbH v Einfuhr- und Vorratsstelle für Getreide und Futtermittel

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Rittstieg, Helmut: Außenwirtschaftsdienst des Betriebs-Beraters / Recht der Internationalen Wirtschaft 1971 p.183-185 (DE)
  2. Oppenheimer, Andrew: The Relationship between European Community Law and National Law: The Cases 1994 p.460-461 (EN)
  3. Булюи, Жан ; Шевалие, Роже-Мишел: Основни права на човека, Най-важни решения на Cьда на Eвропейските общности (Ed. Институт по Европейско право - Sofia) 2007 р.52-55 (BG)
  4. Klingenbrunner, Alexander ; Raptis, Julia Lemonia: Die Justiziabilität der Grundrechte-Charta nach dem Reformvertrag von Lissabon, Journal für Rechtspolitik - JRP 2008 p.139-146 (DE)
  5. Cunha Rodrigues, José Narciso: The Incorporation of Fundamental Rights in the Community Legal Order, The past and future of EU law: the classics of EU law revisited on the 50th anniversary of the Rome Treaty (Hart Publishing, Oxford) 2010, p. 89-97 (EN)
  6. Tridimas, Takis: Primacy, Fundamental Rights and the Search for Legitimacy, The past and future of EU law: the classics of EU law revisited on the 50th anniversary of the Rome Treaty (Hart Publishing, Oxford) 2010, p. 98-105 (EN)
  7. Kumm, Mattias: Internationale Handelsgesellschaft, Nold and the New Human Rights Paradigm, The past and future of EU law: the classics of EU law revisited on the 50th anniversary of the Rome Treaty (Hart Publishing, Oxford) 2010, p. 106-118 (EN)
  8. Bryde, Brun-Otto: The ECJ’s Fundamental Rights Jurisprudence— a Milestone in Transnational Constitutionalism, The past and future of EU law: the classics of EU law revisited on the 50th anniversary of the Rome Treaty (Hart Publishing, Oxford) 2010, p. 119-130 (EN)
  9. Davies, Bill: Internationale Handelsgesellschaft and the Miscalculation at the Inception of the ECJ's Human Rights Jurisprudence, EU law stories: contextual and critical histories of European jurisprudence (Ed. Cambridge University Press) 2017, p. 157-177 (EN)
  10. Andriantsimbazovina, Joël: 21. Droits fondamentaux - Sources ­ Principes généraux du droit - Charte des droits fondamentaux - Standard de protection. CJCE, 17 déc. 1970, n° 11/70, Internationale Handelsgesellschaft mbH c/ Einfuhr-und Vorratsstelle für Getreide und Futtermittel, Les grands arrêts de la Cour de justice de l'Union européenne. Droit constitutionnel et institutionnel de l'Union européenne (Dalloz, 2e édition) 2023, p. 330-340 (FR)



Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Verwaltungsgericht Frankfurt am Main - Germany

Subject-matter

  • Agriculture
  • - Common organisation of the markets

Provisions of national law referred to

Grundgesetz (GG)

Provisions of international law referred to

Information not available

Procedure and result

  • Reference for a preliminary ruling

Formation of the Court

Cour plénière (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Pescatore

Advocate General

Dutheillet de Lamothe

Language(s) of the Case

  • German

Language(s) of the Opinion

  • French