Rewe-Zentral AG v Bundesmonopolverwaltung für Branntwein
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Rewe-Zentral v Bundesmonopolverwaltung für Branntwein (1979) Case C-120/78, popularly known as Cassis de Dijon after its subject matter, is an EU law decision of the European Court of Justice. The Court held that a regulation applying to both imported and to domestic goods (an "indistinctly applicable measure") that produces an effect equivalent to a quantitative import restriction is an unlawful restriction on the free movement of goods. The case is a seminal judicial interpretation of article 34 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. In the same ruling, the Court established the so-called rule of reason, allowing non-discriminatory restrictive measures to be justified on grounds other than those listed in article 36 TFEU.[1]
Cassis de Dijon | |
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Submitted 22 May 1978 Decided 20 February 1979 | |
Full case name | Rewe-Zentral AG v Bundesmonopolverwaltung für Branntwein |
Case | C-120/78 |
CelexID | 61978CJ0120 |
ECLI | ECLI:EU:C:1979:42 |
Language of proceedings | German |
Court composition | |
Judge-Rapporteur Pierre Pescatore | |
President Hans Kutscher | |
Judges
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Advocate General Francesco Capotorti | |
Legislation affecting | |
Art 34 TFEU | |
Keywords | |
Quantitative restriction on trade, Measures of equivalent effect |