Judgment_paragraph 20 · Criminal proceedings against Georgius van der Burg (C-278/99)

20Under Article 1(1) of Directive 83/189, for the purposes of the directive a ‘technical specification’ is ‘a specification contained in a document which lays down the characteristics required of a product’. Technical specifications for the purposes of Directive 83/189 must thus refer to the product as such (see Case C-314/98 Snellers Auto's v Algemeen Directeur van de Dienst Wegverkeer [2000] ECR I-8633, paragraph 38). However, legislation such as Article C.11.1(1) of the Decree, which merely prohibits a marketing method, does not lay down the characteristics required of a product.

Criminal proceedings against Georgius van der Burg (C-278/99)

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