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Corsica Ferries France v Direction générale des douanes françaises (C-49/89)
Judgment
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Corsica Ferries France v Direction générale des douanes françaises (C-49/89)

Judgment of 13 Dec 1989law://eu/cjeu/1989/c-49-89/para_8@2026-11-11

8As the Court has decided on various occasions, the articles of the EEC Treaty concerning the free movement of goods, persons, services and capital are fundamental Community provisions and any restriction, even minor, of that freedom is prohibited.

Source: EUR-Lex, © European Union, 1998-2026. Reuse authorised under Decision 2011/833/EU.

Key facts

Court: Court of Justice · Second Chamber
Case: C-49/89 · ECLI:EU:C:1989:649
Decided: 13 Dec 1989
Procedure: Preliminary reference
Applicant: Corsica Ferries (France)
Defendant: Direction générale des douanes françaises
Rapporteur: Schockweiler
Advocate General: C. O. Lenz
Bench: 2 judges
G. F. Mancini, T. F. O'Higgins
Language: French
Official: CURIA · EUR-Lex 61989CJ0049

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Freedom to provide services Transport

History · 1 version

13 Dec 1989Reading

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Interprets 2: Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (consolidated 2016)5 provisions; Council Regulation (EEC) No 4055/86 of 22 December 1986 applying the principle of freedom to provide services to maritime transport between Member States and between Member States and third countries
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Cites 5: Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (consolidated 2016)7 provisions; Ministère public and Ministre des Finances du royaume de Belgique v Yves Ledoux (127/86); Lambregts Transportbedrijf PVBA v Belgian State (4/88); Criminal proceedings against Lucas Asjes and others, Andrew Gray and others, Andrew Gray and others, Jacques Maillot and others and Léo Ludwig and others (209/84, 210/84, 211/84, 212/84, 213/84); Council Regulation (EEC) No 4055/86 of 22 December 1986 applying the principle of freedom to provide services to maritime transport between Member States and between Member States and third countries