CELEX: 62007CA0531
Language: en
Date: 2009-04-30 00:00:00
Title: Case C-531/07: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 30 April 2009 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Oberster Gerichtshof (Austria)) — Fachverband der Buch- und Medienwirtschaft v LIBRO Handelsgesellschaft mbH (Free movement of goods — National provisions on the obligation to sell imported books at fixed price — Measure having equivalent effect to a quantitative restriction on imports — Justification)

4.7.2009   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 153/9
            
         Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 30 April 2009 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Oberster Gerichtshof (Austria)) — Fachverband der Buch- und Medienwirtschaft v LIBRO Handelsgesellschaft mbH
   (Case C-531/07) (1)
   
   (Free movement of goods - National provisions on the obligation to sell imported books at fixed price - Measure having equivalent effect to a quantitative restriction on imports - Justification)
   2009/C 153/17
   Language of the case: German
   
      Referring court
   
   Oberster Gerichtshof
   
      Parties to the main proceedings
   
   
      Applicant: Fachverband der Buch- und Medienwirtschaft
   
      Defendant: LIBRO Handelsgesellschaft mbH
   
      Re:
   
   Reference for a preliminary ruling — Oberster Gerichtshof (Austria) — Interpretation of Articles 3(1) EC, 10 EC, 28 EC, 30 EC, 81 EC and 151 EC — National legislation requiring importers of German language books to fix a retail sales price which cannot be lower than that fixed for the country of origin
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   
               1.
            
            
               National provisions which prohibit importers of German-language books from fixing a price lower than the retail price fixed or recommended by the publisher in the State of publication constitute a ‘measure having equivalent effect to a quantitative restriction on imports’ within the meaning of Article 28 EC.
            
         
               2.
            
            
               National provisions which prohibit importers of German-language books from fixing a price lower than the retail price fixed or recommended by the publisher in the State of publication cannot be justified under Articles 30 EC and 151 EC or by overriding requirements in the public interest.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 37, 9.2.2008.