CELEX: 62015CN0221
Language: en
Date: 2015-05-13 00:00:00
Title: Case C-221/15: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Hof van Beroep te Brussel (Belgium) lodged on 13 May 2015 — Openbaar Ministerie v Etablissements Fr. Colruyt NV

10.8.2015   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 262/5
            
         Request for a preliminary ruling from the Hof van Beroep te Brussel (Belgium) lodged on 13 May 2015 — Openbaar Ministerie v Etablissements Fr. Colruyt NV
   (Case C-221/15)
   (2015/C 262/07)
   Language of the case: Dutch
   
      Referring court
   
   Hof van Beroep te Brussel
   
      Parties to the main proceedings
   
   
      Appellant: Openbaar Ministerie
   
      Respondent: Etablissements Fr. Colruyt NV
   
      Questions referred
   
   
               1.
            
            
               Does Article 15(1) of Directive 2011/64/EU (1), whether or not read in conjunction with Articles 20 and 21 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (2) of 7 December 2000, preclude a national measure which requires retailers to respect minimum prices by prohibiting the application of a price for tobacco products which is lower than the price that the manufacturer/importer has affixed to the revenue stamp?
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Does Article 34 TFEU preclude a national measure which requires retailers to respect minimum prices by prohibiting the application of a price for tobacco products which is lower than the price that the manufacturer/importer has affixed to the revenue stamp?
            
         
               3.
            
            
               Does Article 4(3) TFEU, read in conjunction with Article 101 TFEU, preclude a national measure which requires retailers to respect minimum prices by prohibiting the application of a price for tobacco products which is lower than the price that the manufacturer/importer has affixed to the revenue stamp?
            
         
      (1)  Council Directive of 21 June 2011 on the structure and rates of excise duty applied to manufactured tobacco (OJ 2011 L 176, p. 24).
   
      (2)  OJ 2000 C 364, p. 1.