Opinion of the Advocate General — ECLI:EU:C:2001:182
Date: 2001-03-22
Based on: Treaty establishing the European Economic Community (1957)
Subject matter: Free movement of goods;Measures having equivalent effect;Quantitative restrictions
Procedure: Action for failure to fulfil obligations - successful
Origin: France

Summary of the Judgment 
Free movement of goods — Quantitative restrictions — Measures having equivalent 
effect — National legislation prohibiting the marketing of articles of precious metals 
purporting to have a standard of fineness of'999 parts per thousand' — Not permissible 
(EC Treaty, Art. 30 (now, after amendment. Art. 28 EC) 
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SUMMARY — CASE C-84/00 
By failing to allow the marketing within its 
territory of articles of precious metals 
which purport to have a standard of 
fineness of '999 parts per thousand' and 
come from other Member States, where 
they are lawfully manufactured and mar­
keted, a Member State fails to comply with 
its obligations under Article 30 of the EC 
Treaty, (now, after amendment, Article 28 
EC). 
(see paras 25, 28 and operative part) 
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