Criminal proceedings against Bernard Keck and Daniel Mithouard (C-267/91, C-268/91)

Judgment of 24 Nov 1993

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15It is established by the case-law beginning with ‘Cassis de Dijon’ (Case 120/78 Rewe-Zentral v Bundesmonopolverwaltung für Branntwein [1979] ECR 649) that, in the absence of harmonization of legislation, obstacles to free movement of goods which are the consequence of applying, to goods coming from other Member States where they are lawfully manufactured and marketed, rules that lay down requirements to be met by such goods (such as those relating to designation, form, size, weight, composition, presentation, labelling, packaging) constitute measures of equivalent effect prohibited by Article 30. This is so even if those rules apply without distinction to all products unless their application can be justified by a public-interest objective taking precedence over the free movement of goods.

Criminal proceedings against Bernard Keck and Daniel Mithouard (C-267/91, C-268/91)

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