CELEX: 62017CN0596
Language: en
Date: 2017-10-16 00:00:00
Title: Case C-596/17: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d’État (France) lodged on 16 October 2017 — Japan Tobacco International SA, Japan Tobacco International France SAS v Premier ministre, Ministre de l’Action et des Comptes publics, Ministre des Solidarités et de la Santé

18.12.2017   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 437/22
            
         Request for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d’État (France) lodged on 16 October 2017 — Japan Tobacco International SA, Japan Tobacco International France SAS v Premier ministre, Ministre de l’Action et des Comptes publics, Ministre des Solidarités et de la Santé
   (Case C-596/17)
   (2017/C 437/26)
   Language of the case: French
   
      Referring court
   
   Conseil d’État
   
      Parties to the main proceedings
   
   
      Applicants: Japan Tobacco International SA, Japan Tobacco International France SAS
   
      Defendants: Premier ministre, Ministre de l’Action et des Comptes publics, Ministre des Solidarités et de la Santé
   
      Questions referred
   
   
               1.
            
            
               Must Directive [2011]/64/EU of 21 June 2011 (1) be interpreted, as regards the definitions of tobacco products set out in Articles 2, 3 and 4 thereof, as also governing the price of packaged tobacco products?
            
         
               2.
            
            
               If the answer to Question 1 is in the affirmative, must Article 15 of Directive 2011/64/EU, in laying down the principle that the price of tobacco products must be determined freely, be interpreted as prohibiting a rule setting the price of those products per 1 000 items or 1 000 grams which, in effect, prohibits manufacturers of tobacco products from adjusting their prices on the basis of potential differences in the cost of packaging those products?
            
         
      (1)  Council Directive 2011/64/EU of 21 June 2011 on the structure and rates of excise duty applied to manufactured tobacco (OJ 2011 L 176, p. 24).