Opinion of the Advocate General — ECLI:EU:C:2002:28
Date: 2002-01-17
Based on: Treaty establishing the European Economic Community (1957)
Subject matter: Quotas - third countries;External relations;Commercial policy
Procedure: Reference for a preliminary ruling
Origin: Italy

SUMMARY — CASE C-296/00
Summary of the Judgment
Common commercial policy — Regulation by the Community institutions — Regu­
lations Nos 519/94 and 3285/94 on common rules for imports from certain third
countries — Scope — Effect on a Member State's rules as regards the placing on the
market of products imported from third countries — Absence
(Council Regulations Nos 519/94 and 3285/94)
Regulation No 519/94 on common rules
for imports from certain third countries
and repealing Regulations Nos 1765/82,
1766/82 and 3420/83 and Regulation
No 3285/94 on common rules for imports
and repealing Regulation No 518/94, con­
tain no provisions relating to the placing on
the market of the products to which they
refer. Those regulations do not affect a
Member State's rules as regards the placing
on the market of products imported from
third countries.
(see paras 33, 35, operative part)
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