Judgment — ECLI:EU:C:2011:638
Date: 2011-10-06
Language of the case: German
Court formation: Eighth Chamber
Subject matter: Approximation of laws;Public health
Procedure: Reference for a preliminary ruling
Origin: Austria

Summary of the Judgment Protection of public health – Food hygiene – Installation of a washbasin in the toilets of an establishment which sells food (European Parliament and Council Regulation 852/2004, Annex II, Chapter I, paragraph 4) Paragraph 4 of Chapter I of Annex II to Regulation No 852/2004 on the hygiene of foodstuffs must be interpreted as not requiring a washbasin within the meaning of that provision to be used exclusively for washing hands or it to be possible to use the water tap or hand-drying material without touching by hand. (see para. 31, operative part)