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Groupe Lactalis v Premier ministre and Others (C-485/18)
Consideration of the questions referred
The second question
44

Groupe Lactalis v Premier ministre and Others (C-485/18)

Judgment of 1 Oct 2020law://eu/cjeu/2018/c-485-18/para_44@2026-11-11

44Such an objective requires, as the Court has previously held, that the information relating to food is correct, neutral and objective (see, to that effect, judgment of 22 September 2016, Breitsamer und Ulrich, C‑113/15, EU:C:2016:718, paragraph 69).

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

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Court: Court of Justice · Third Chamber
Case: C-485/18 · ECLI:EU:C:2020:763
Decided: 1 Oct 2020
Procedure: Preliminary reference · referred by the Conseil d’État (Council of State, France)
Applicant: Groupe Lactalis
Defendants: Premier ministre; Garde des Sceaux, ministre de la Justice; Ministre de l’Agriculture et de l’Alimentation; Ministre de l’Économie et des Finances
Rapporteur: J. Malenovský
Advocate General: G. Hogan
Bench: 5 judges
A. Prechal, L.S. Rossi, J. Malenovský, F. Biltgen, N. Wahl
Language: French
Official: CURIA · EUR-Lex 62018CJ0485

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Interprets 1: Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2011 on the provision of food information to consumers, amending Regulations (EC) No 1924/2006 and (EC) No 1925/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council, and repealing Commission Directive 87/250/EEC, Council Directive 90/496/EEC, Commission Directive 1999/10/EC, Directive 2000/13/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, Commission Directives 2002/67/EC and 2008/5/EC and Commission Regulation (EC) No 608/2004 Text with EEA relevance
Cited by 4: Lidl Italia Srl v Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato (AGCM) (C-301/25); Protéines France and Others v Ministre de l'Économie, des Finances et de la Souveraineté industrielle et numérique (C-438/23); Tesco Stores ČR a.s. v Ministerstvo zemědělství (C-881/19)2 provisions; Bundesverband der Verbraucherzentralen und Verbraucherverbände - Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband e.V. v Dr. August Oetker Nahrungsmittel KG (C-388/20)
Cites 4: Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2011 on the provision of food information to consumers, amending Regulations (EC) No 1924/2006 and (EC) No 1925/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council, and repealing Commission Directive 87/250/EEC, Council Directive 90/496/EEC, Commission Directive 1999/10/EC, Directive 2000/13/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, Commission Directives 2002/67/EC and 2008/5/EC and Commission Regulation (EC) No 608/2004 Text with EEA relevance; Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff; Breitsamer und Ulrich GmbH & Co. KG v Landeshauptstadt München (C-113/15)2 provisions; Organisation juive européenne and Vignoble Psagot Ltd v Ministre de l'Économie et des Finances (C-363/18)