1.A quantitative restriction on imports prohibited by Article 30 of the Treaty— In the first place the disputed provision prohibits the use of the Bocksbeutel bottle for wines imported from other Member States or for German wines produced in various regions.— Secondly, although the disputed provision does not absolutely prohibit the importation of wine from other Member States, it none the less prohibits the marketing of such wines in the Federal Republic of Germany when they are presented for sale in bottles resembling the “Bocksbeutel”, that is to say, in a form in which those wines are marketed in the country in which they are produced and in countries to which they are exported.— Thirdly, the Government of the Italian Republic refers to the case-law of the Court in which it has been held that national measures which impose a certain form of presentation for the marketing of a product fall within the scope of Article 30 of the Treaty (judgment of 19 February 1981 in Case 130/80, Criminal Proceedings against Fabriek voor Hoogwaardige Voedingsprodukten Kelderman BV, [1981] ECR 527; judgment of 10 November 1982 in Case 261/81, Walter Rau Lebensmittelwerk, [1982] ECR 3961).
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