CELEX: 62012CN0391
Language: en
Date: 2012-08-22 00:00:00
Title: Case C-391/12: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof (Germany), lodged on 22 August 2012 — RLvS Verlagsgesellschaft mbH v Stuttgarter Wochenblatt GmbH

10.11.2012   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 343/7
            
         Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof (Germany), lodged on 22 August 2012 — RLvS Verlagsgesellschaft mbH v Stuttgarter Wochenblatt GmbH
   (Case C-391/12)
   2012/C 343/08
   Language of the case: German
   
      Referring court
   
   Bundesgerichtshof
   
      Parties to the main proceedings
   
   
      Appellant on a point of law: RLvS Verlagsgesellschaft mbH
   
      Respondent on a point of law: Stuttgarter Wochenblatt GmbH
   
      Question referred
   
   Do Article 7(2) and point 11 of Annex I, in conjunction with Articles 4 and 3(5), of the Directive (1) preclude the application of a national provision (in this case, Paragraph 10 of the Landespressegesetz Baden-Württemberg (Law governing the Press of the Land of Baden-Württemberg)) which is intended not only to protect consumers against misleading practices but also to protect the independence of the press and which, in contrast to Article 7(2) and point 11 of Annex I to the Directive, prohibits any publication for remuneration, irrespective of the purpose thereby pursued, if that publication is not identified by the use of the term ‘advertisement’, unless it is already evident from the arrangement and layout of the publication that it is an advertisement?
   
      (1)  Directive 2005/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2005 concerning unfair business-to-consumer commercial practices in the internal market and amending Council Directive 84/450/EEC, Directives 97/7/EC, 98/27/EC and 2002/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council (‘Unfair Commercial Practices Directive’) (OJ 2005 L 149, p. 22).