CELEX: 62014CA0477
Language: en
Date: 2016-05-04 00:00:00
Title: Case C-477/14: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 4 May 2016 (request for a preliminary ruling from the High Court of Justice of England and Wales, Queen’s Bench Division (Administrative Court) — United Kingdom) — Pillbox 38 (UK) Ltd v The Secretary of State for Health (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Approximation of laws — Directive 2014/40/EU — Article 20 — Electronic cigarettes and refill containers — Validity — Principle of equal treatment — Principles of proportionality and legal certainty — Principle of subsidiarity — Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Articles 16 and 17)

4.7.2016   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 243/9
            
         Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 4 May 2016 (request for a preliminary ruling from the High Court of Justice of England and Wales, Queen’s Bench Division (Administrative Court) — United Kingdom) — Pillbox 38 (UK) Ltd v The Secretary of State for Health
   (Case C-477/14) (1)
   
   ((Reference for a preliminary ruling - Approximation of laws - Directive 2014/40/EU - Article 20 - Electronic cigarettes and refill containers - Validity - Principle of equal treatment - Principles of proportionality and legal certainty - Principle of subsidiarity - Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union - Articles 16 and 17))
   (2016/C 243/07)
   Language of the case: English
   
      Referring court
   
   High Court of Justice of England and Wales, Queen’s Bench Division (Administrative Court)
   
      Parties to the main proceedings
   
   
      Applicant: Pillbox 38 (UK) Ltd
   
      Defendant: The Secretary of State for Health
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   Consideration of the question referred has disclosed no factor of such a kind as to affect the validity of Article 20 of Directive 2014/40/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 April 2014 on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States concerning the manufacture, presentation and sale of tobacco and related products and repealing Directive 2001/37/EC.
   
      (1)  OJ C 7, 12.1.2015.