32As regards those products in respect of which Member States are still authorised to admit nominal volumes which differ from those mentioned in Annex III, column I, to the directive, the German Government begins by referring to the judgment in Case 130/80 Kelderman [1981] ECR 527, in which the Court held that national legislation establishing a delimitation between various formats and weights of bread intended to prevent consumers from being misled as to the actual quantity of bread being offered to them was not justified on grounds of consumer protection inasmuch as suitable information for consumers could be provided by appropriate labelling, with the result that that legislation was contrary to Article 30 of the Treaty. The German Government goes on to point out that Community law includes provisions on the indication of the quantities of foodstuffs and on combating misleading presentation of prepackaged containers. Finally, it stresses that market transparency will be taken even further following transposition, by 18 March 2000 at the latest, of Directive 98/6/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 1998 on consumer protection in the indication of the prices of products offered to consumers (OJ 1998 L 80, p. 27). In the German Government's submission, restrictions on the free movement of goods resulting from Directive 75/106 can no longer, once Directive 98/6 has been transposed, be justified in general on grounds of consumer protection.
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