CELEX: E2010P0016
Language: en
Date: 2010-10-12 00:00:00
Title: Request for an Advisory Opinion from the EFTA Court by Oslo tingrett dated 12 October 2010 in the case of Philip Morris Norway AS and Staten/Helse- og omsorgsdepartementet (Case E-16/10)

17.2.2011   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 50/5
            
         Request for an Advisory Opinion from the EFTA Court by Oslo tingrett dated 12 October 2010 in the case of Philip Morris Norway AS and Staten/Helse- og omsorgsdepartementet
   (Case E-16/10)
   2011/C 50/05
   A request has been made to the EFTA Court by a letter of 12 October 2010 from Oslo tingrett (Oslo District Court), which was received at the Court Registry on 19 October 2010, for an Advisory Opinion in the case of Philip Morris Norway AS v Staten v/Helse- og omsorgsdepartementet, on the following questions:
   
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               Shall Article 11 of the EEA Agreement be understood to mean that a general prohibition against the visible display of tobacco products constitutes a measure having equivalent effect to a quantitative restriction on the free movement of goods?
            
         
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               Assuming there is a restriction, which criteria would be decisive to determine whether a display prohibition, based on the objective of reduced tobacco use by the public in general and especially amongst young people, would be suitable and necessary having regard to public health?