CELEX: 62014CA0195
Language: en
Date: 2015-06-04 00:00:00
Title: Case C-195/14: Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 4 June 2015 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof (Germany)) — Bundesverband der Verbraucherzentralen und Verbraucherverbände — Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband e.V. v Teekanne GmbH & Co. KG (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Directive 2000/13/EC — Labelling and presentation of foodstuffs — Articles 2(1)(a)(i) and 3(1)(2) — Labelling such as could mislead the purchaser as to the composition of foodstuffs — List of ingredients — Use of the indication ‘raspberry and vanilla adventure’ and of depictions of raspberries and vanilla flowers on the packaging of a fruit tea not containing those ingredients)

20.7.2015   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 236/16
            
         Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 4 June 2015 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof (Germany)) — Bundesverband der Verbraucherzentralen und Verbraucherverbände — Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband e.V. v Teekanne GmbH & Co. KG
   (Case C-195/14) (1)
   
   ((Reference for a preliminary ruling - Directive 2000/13/EC - Labelling and presentation of foodstuffs - Articles 2(1)(a)(i) and 3(1)(2) - Labelling such as could mislead the purchaser as to the composition of foodstuffs - List of ingredients - Use of the indication ‘raspberry and vanilla adventure’ and of depictions of raspberries and vanilla flowers on the packaging of a fruit tea not containing those ingredients))
   (2015/C 236/22)
   Language of the case: German
   
      Referring court
   
   Bundesgerichtshof
   
      Parties to the main proceedings
   
   
      Applicant: Bundesverband der Verbraucherzentralen und Verbraucherverbände — Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband e.V.
   
      Defendant: Teekanne GmbH & Co. KG
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   Articles 2(1)(a)(i) and 3(1)(2) 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, as amended by Regulation (EC) No 596/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 June 2009, must be interpreted as precluding the labelling of a foodstuff and methods used for the labelling from giving the impression, by means of the appearance, description or pictorial representation of a particular ingredient, that that ingredient is present, even though it is not in fact present and this is apparent solely from the list of ingredients on the foodstuff’s packaging.
   
      (1)  OJ C 245, 28.7.2014.