62010CO0267_EN
Subject of the case
Operative part
Subject of the case
Re:
References for a preliminary ruling – Tribunal de première instance de Namur – Interpretation of the first paragraph of Article 6(1) TEU and of Article 35 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Whether national legislation permitting the production, import, promotion and sale of manufactured smoking tobacco, recognised to be seriously harmful, is compatible with the object of protecting human health – Whether the provisions of national law authorising the levying of excise duty on tobacco products are valid in the light of the [EU] rules cited.
Operative part
Operative part
The Court of Justice of the European Union is manifestly incompetent to reply to the questions referred by the Tribunal de première instance de Namur (Belgium) by decisions of 24 March 2010.