CELEX: C2006/036/26
Language: en
Date: 2006-02-11 00:00:00
Title: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of  24 November 2005  in Case C-366/04: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Unabhängiger Verwaltungssenat Salzburg in Georg Schwarz v Bürgermeister der Landeshauptstadt Salzburg (Free movement of goods — Quantitative restrictions — Measures having equivalent effect — National legislative provision prohibiting the sale of non-packaged confectionery from vending machines — Hygiene of foodstuffs)

11.2.2006   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 36/14
            
         
      JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
   
   (First Chamber)
   of 24 November 2005
   in Case C-366/04: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Unabhängiger Verwaltungssenat Salzburg in Georg Schwarz v Bürgermeister der Landeshauptstadt Salzburg (1)
   
   (Free movement of goods - Quantitative restrictions - Measures having equivalent effect - National legislative provision prohibiting the sale of non-packaged confectionery from vending machines - Hygiene of foodstuffs)
   (2006/C 36/26)
   Language of the case: German
   In Case C-366/04: reference for a preliminary ruling under Article 234 EC from the Unabhängiger Verwaltungssenat Salzburg (Independent Administrative Chamber of Salzburg) (Austria), made by decision of 16 August 2004, received at the Court on 23 August 2004, in the proceedings between Georg Schwarz and the Bürgermeister der Landeshauptstadt Salzburg — the Court (First Chamber), composed of P. Jann, President of the Chamber, J.N. Cunha Rodrigues, E. Juhász (Rapporteur), M. Ilešič and E. Levits, Judges; L.A. Geelhoed, Advocate General; R. Grass, Registrar, gave a judgment on 24 November 2005, the operative part of which is as follows:
   It is not contrary to Articles 28 EC, 30 EC and Article 7 of Council Directive 93/43/EEC of 14 June 1993 on the hygiene of foodstuffs for a provision of national law, adopted before the entry into force of that directive, to prohibit the offer for sale from vending machines of sugar confectionery or products made using sugar substitutes, without wrapping.
   
      (1)  OJ C 262 of 23.10.2004.