Case C-113/15: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 22 September 2016 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Bayerischer Verwaltungsgerichtshof — Germany) — Breitsamer und Ulrich GmbH & Co. KG v Landeshauptstadt München (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Directive 2000/13/EC — Labelling and presentation of foodstuffs — Article 1(3)(b) — Concept of ‘pre-packaged foodstuff’ — Article 2 — Consumer information and protection — Article 3(1)(8) — Place of origin or provenance of a foodstuff — Article 13(1) — Labelling of a prepackaged foodstuff — Article 13(4) — Packaging or containers the largest surface of which has an area of less than 10 cm2 — Directive 2001/110/EC — Article 2(4) — Indication of the country or countries of origin of honey — Individual portions of honey packaged in cartons supplied to mass caterers — Individual portions sold separately or supplied to ultimate consumers as part of meals for an all-inclusive price — Indication of the country or countries of origin of that honey)
Date: 2016-09-22
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: consumer information, designation of origin, honey, labelling, packaged product, pre-packaging








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14.11.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 419/16





Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 22 September 2016 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Bayerischer Verwaltungsgerichtshof — Germany) — Breitsamer und Ulrich GmbH & Co. KG v Landeshauptstadt München
(Case C-113/15) (1)

((Reference for a preliminary ruling - Directive 2000/13/EC - Labelling and presentation of foodstuffs - Article 1(3)(b) - Concept of ‘pre-packaged foodstuff’ - Article 2 - Consumer information and protection - Article 3(1)(8) - Place of origin or provenance of a foodstuff - Article 13(1) - Labelling of a prepackaged foodstuff - Article 13(4) - Packaging or containers the largest surface of which has an area of less than 10 cm2 - Directive 2001/110/EC - Article 2(4) - Indication of the country or countries of origin of honey - Individual portions of honey packaged in cartons supplied to mass caterers - Individual portions sold separately or supplied to ultimate consumers as part of meals for an all-inclusive price - Indication of the country or countries of origin of that honey))
(2016/C 419/19)
Language of the case: German

Referring court

Bayerischer Verwaltungsgerichtshof

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Breitsamer und Ulrich GmbH & Co. KG

Defendant: Landeshauptstadt München

Intervening party: Landesanwaltschaft Bayern

Operative part of the judgment

Article 1(3)(b) of Directive 2000/13/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 March 2000 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the labelling, presentation and advertising of foodstuffs must be interpreted as meaning that each of the individual portions of honey presented in the form of portion-cups closed by an aluminium seal and packed in cartons supplied to mass caterers constitutes a ‘pre-packaged foodstuff’ where the mass caterers sell those portions separately or offer them for sale to the ultimate consumer as part of pre-prepared meals for an all-inclusive price.


(1)  OJ C 198, 15.6.2015.