Free Movement of Goods II Articles 34–36 TFEU
By using these EU law Free Movement of Goods II (Articles 34–36 TFEU) notes, you will understand the prohibitions in Articles 34 and 35 TFEU and their importance in furthering the freedom of movement of goods. You will appreciate the difference between quantitative restrictions and measures having equivalent effect MEQRs. The notes identify distinctly applicable measures having equivalent effect and be able distinguish these from indistinctly applicable measures having equivalent effect. The notes describe the two fundamental principles set out in the CJ’s decision in Cassis. Further the notes describe the circumstances in which selling arrangements for products will escape the prohibition in Article 34 TFEU and lastly the derogations set out in Article 36 TFEU.
Cases
Article 34 TFEU: restrictions on imports
R v Henn and Darby (Case 34/79) [1979] ECR 3795
Procureur du Roi v Dassonville (Case 8/74) [1974] ECR 837
Distinctly applicable MEQRs
Commission v Ireland (‘Buy Irish’) (Case 249/81) [1982] ECR 4005
Evans Medical & Macfarlan Smith (Case 2324/93) 1995 ECR I-563
Indistinctly applicable MEQRs
Commission v UK (origin-marking) (Case 207/83) 1985 ECR 1201
Walter Rau v De Smedt (Case 261/81) 1982 ECR 3961
Toolex Alpha (Case C-473/98) 2000 ECR I-5681
Defences: mandatory requirement for indistinctly applicable MEQRs
Cassis de Dijon case (Case 120/78) [1979] ECR 649
Walter Rau Lebensmittelwerke v De Smedt PVBA (1983) Case 261/81
Article 35 TFEU: restrictions on exports
R v Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, ex p Hedley Lomas (Ireland) Ltd (Case C-5/94) [1996] ECR I-2553
Bouhelier (Case 53/76) 1977 ECR 197
P.B. Groenveld BV v Produktschap voor Vee en Vlees (Case 15/79) [1979] ECR 3409
Defences: Article 36 TFEU derogations
Commission v Ireland (‘Irish Souvenirs’) (Case 113/80) [1981] ECR 1625
R v Henn and Darby (Case 34/79) [1979] ECR 3795
R v Thompson “old coins case” (Case 7/78) [1979] ECR 2247
Selling arrangements
Criminal Proceedings Against Keck and Mithouard (Cases C-367 & C-268/91) [1993] ECR I-6097
Quietlynn Limited and Brian James Richards v Southend Borough Council (Case C-23/89) 1990.
Recent selling arrangement cases
Fachverband der Buch und Medienwirtschaft v LIBRO Handelsgesellschaft mbH (Case C-531/07) [2009] ECR I-3717.
Konsumentombudsmannen v De Agostini (Svenska) Förlag AB (Cases C-34 to 36/95) [1997] ECR I-3843.
Konsumentombudsmannen v Gourmet International Products Aktiebolag (Case C-405/98) [2001] ECR I-1795.
By using these EU law Free Movement of Goods II (Articles 34–36 TFEU) notes, you will understand the prohibitions in Articles 34 and 35 TFEU and their importance in furthering the freedom of movement of goods. You will appreciate the difference between quantitative restrictions and measures having equivalent effect MEQRs. The notes identify distinctly applicable measures having equivalent effect and be able distinguish these from indistinctly applicable measures having equivalent effect. The notes describe the two fundamental principles set out in the CJ’s decision in Cassis. Further the notes describe the circumstances in which selling arrangements for products will escape the prohibition in Article 34 TFEU and lastly the derogations set out in Article 36 TFEU.
Cases
Article 34 TFEU: restrictions on imports
R v Henn and Darby (Case 34/79) [1979] ECR 3795
Procureur du Roi v Dassonville (Case 8/74) [1974] ECR 837
Distinctly applicable MEQRs
Commission v Ireland (‘Buy Irish’) (Case 249/81) [1982] ECR 4005
Evans Medical & Macfarlan Smith (Case 2324/93) 1995 ECR I-563
Indistinctly applicable MEQRs
Commission v UK (origin-marking) (Case 207/83) 1985 ECR 1201
Walter Rau v De Smedt (Case 261/81) 1982 ECR 3961
Toolex Alpha (Case C-473/98) 2000 ECR I-5681
Defences: mandatory requirement for indistinctly applicable MEQRs
Cassis de Dijon case (Case 120/78) [1979] ECR 649
Walter Rau Lebensmittelwerke v De Smedt PVBA (1983) Case 261/81
Article 35 TFEU: restrictions on exports
R v Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, ex p Hedley Lomas (Ireland) Ltd (Case C-5/94) [1996] ECR I-2553
Bouhelier (Case 53/76) 1977 ECR 197
P.B. Groenveld BV v Produktschap voor Vee en Vlees (Case 15/79) [1979] ECR 3409
Defences: Article 36 TFEU derogations
Commission v Ireland (‘Irish Souvenirs’) (Case 113/80) [1981] ECR 1625
R v Henn and Darby (Case 34/79) [1979] ECR 3795
R v Thompson “old coins case” (Case 7/78) [1979] ECR 2247
Selling arrangements
Criminal Proceedings Against Keck and Mithouard (Cases C-367 & C-268/91) [1993] ECR I-6097
Quietlynn Limited and Brian James Richards v Southend Borough Council (Case C-23/89) 1990.
Recent selling arrangement cases
Fachverband der Buch und Medienwirtschaft v LIBRO Handelsgesellschaft mbH (Case C-531/07) [2009] ECR I-3717.
Konsumentombudsmannen v De Agostini (Svenska) Förlag AB (Cases C-34 to 36/95) [1997] ECR I-3843.
Konsumentombudsmannen v Gourmet International Products Aktiebolag (Case C-405/98) [2001] ECR I-1795.
By using these EU law Free Movement of Goods II (Articles 34–36 TFEU) notes, you will understand the prohibitions in Articles 34 and 35 TFEU and their importance in furthering the freedom of movement of goods. You will appreciate the difference between quantitative restrictions and measures having equivalent effect MEQRs. The notes identify distinctly applicable measures having equivalent effect and be able distinguish these from indistinctly applicable measures having equivalent effect. The notes describe the two fundamental principles set out in the CJ’s decision in Cassis. Further the notes describe the circumstances in which selling arrangements for products will escape the prohibition in Article 34 TFEU and lastly the derogations set out in Article 36 TFEU.
Cases
Article 34 TFEU: restrictions on imports
R v Henn and Darby (Case 34/79) [1979] ECR 3795
Procureur du Roi v Dassonville (Case 8/74) [1974] ECR 837
Distinctly applicable MEQRs
Commission v Ireland (‘Buy Irish’) (Case 249/81) [1982] ECR 4005
Evans Medical & Macfarlan Smith (Case 2324/93) 1995 ECR I-563
Indistinctly applicable MEQRs
Commission v UK (origin-marking) (Case 207/83) 1985 ECR 1201
Walter Rau v De Smedt (Case 261/81) 1982 ECR 3961
Toolex Alpha (Case C-473/98) 2000 ECR I-5681
Defences: mandatory requirement for indistinctly applicable MEQRs
Cassis de Dijon case (Case 120/78) [1979] ECR 649
Walter Rau Lebensmittelwerke v De Smedt PVBA (1983) Case 261/81
Article 35 TFEU: restrictions on exports
R v Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, ex p Hedley Lomas (Ireland) Ltd (Case C-5/94) [1996] ECR I-2553
Bouhelier (Case 53/76) 1977 ECR 197
P.B. Groenveld BV v Produktschap voor Vee en Vlees (Case 15/79) [1979] ECR 3409
Defences: Article 36 TFEU derogations
Commission v Ireland (‘Irish Souvenirs’) (Case 113/80) [1981] ECR 1625
R v Henn and Darby (Case 34/79) [1979] ECR 3795
R v Thompson “old coins case” (Case 7/78) [1979] ECR 2247
Selling arrangements
Criminal Proceedings Against Keck and Mithouard (Cases C-367 & C-268/91) [1993] ECR I-6097
Quietlynn Limited and Brian James Richards v Southend Borough Council (Case C-23/89) 1990.
Recent selling arrangement cases
Fachverband der Buch und Medienwirtschaft v LIBRO Handelsgesellschaft mbH (Case C-531/07) [2009] ECR I-3717.
Konsumentombudsmannen v De Agostini (Svenska) Förlag AB (Cases C-34 to 36/95) [1997] ECR I-3843.
Konsumentombudsmannen v Gourmet International Products Aktiebolag (Case C-405/98) [2001] ECR I-1795.