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Emesa Sugar (Free Zone) NV v Aruba (C-17/98)
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Emesa Sugar (Free Zone) NV v Aruba (C-17/98)

Judgment of 8 Feb 2000law://eu/cjeu/1998/c-17-98/para_13@2026-11-12

13Article 102 of the same decision provided:‘The Community shall not apply to imports of products originating in the OCT any quantitative restrictions or measures having equivalent effect.’

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

Key facts

Court: Court of Justice · Full Court
Case: C-17/98 · ECLI:EU:C:2000:70
Decided: 8 Feb 2000
Procedure: Preliminary reference
Upheld as valid: Decision 1997/803
Applicant: Emesa Sugar (Free Zone) NV
Defendant: Aruba
Rapporteur: M. Wathelet
Advocate General: D. Ruiz-Jarabo Colomer
Bench: 8 judges
J.C. Moitinho de Almeida, D.A.O. Edward (Presidents of Chambers), P.J.G. Kapteyn, J.- P. Puissochet, G. Hirsch, P. Jann, H. Ragnemalm, M. Wathelet
Language: Dutch
Official: CURIA · EUR-Lex 61998CJ0017

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Association of the Overseas Countries and Territories Common organisation of the markets

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8 Feb 2000Reading

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Interprets 1: 97/803/EC: Council Decision of 24 November 1997 amending at mid-term, Decision 91/482/EEC on the association of the overseas countries and territories with the European Economic Community
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Cites 9: Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (consolidated 2016)17 provisions; Federal Republic of Germany v Council of the European Union (C-280/93); Antillean Rice Mills NV, European Rice Brokers AVV and Guyana Investments AVV v Commission of the European Communities (C-390/95 P); Antonio Pontillo v Donatab Srl (C-372/96); Commission (Opinion 1/94); Zuckerfabrik Süderdithmarschen AG v Hauptzollamt Itzehoe and Zuckerfabrik Soest GmbH v Hauptzollamt Paderborn (C-143/88, C-92/89); Commission (Opinion 1/78); United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland v Council of the European Union (C-150/94); 91/482/EEC: Council Decision of 25 July 1991 on the association of the overseas countries and territories with the European Economic Community