CELEX: 62009CA0108
Language: en
Date: 2010-12-02 00:00:00
Title: Case C-108/09: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 2 December 2010 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Baranya Megyei Bíróság (Hungary)) — Ker-Optika Bt. v ÀNTSZ Dél-dunántúli Regionális Intézete (Free movement of goods — Public health — Selling of contact lenses via the Internet — National legislation authorising the sale of contact lenses solely in medical supply shops — Directive 2000/31/EC — Information society — Electronic commerce)

29.1.2011   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 30/2
            
         Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 2 December 2010 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Baranya Megyei Bíróság (Hungary)) — Ker-Optika Bt. v ÀNTSZ Dél-dunántúli Regionális Intézete
   (Case C-108/09) (1)
   
   (Free movement of goods - Public health - Selling of contact lenses via the Internet - National legislation authorising the sale of contact lenses solely in medical supply shops - Directive 2000/31/EC - Information society - Electronic commerce)
   2011/C 30/03
   Language of the case: Hungarian
   
      Referring court
   
   Baranya Megyei
   
      Parties to the main proceedings
   
   
      Applicant: Ker-Optika Bt.
   
      Defendant: ÀNTSZ Dél-dunántúli Regionális Intézete
   
      Re:
   
   Reference for a preliminary ruling — Baranya Megyei Bíróság — Interpretation of Articles 28 and 30 EC and of Directive 2000/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2000 on certain legal aspects of information society services, in particular electronic commerce, in the Internal Market (OJ 2000 L 178, p. 1) — Marketing of contact lenses on the internet — National rules reserving the sale of contact lenses to shops selling medical supplies
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The national rules relating to the selling of contact lenses fall within the scope of Directive 2000/31/EC of the European Parliament and the Council of 8 June 2000 on certain legal aspects of information society services, in particular electronic commerce, in the Internal market (‘Directive on electronic commerce’), since they concern the act of selling such lenses via the Internet. On the other hand, the national rules relating to the supply of contact lenses are not covered by that directive.
   Articles 34 TFEU and 36 TFEU, and Directive 2000/31, must be interpreted as precluding national legislation which authorises the selling of contact lenses only in shops which specialise in medical devices.
   
      (1)  OJ C 141, 20.6.2009.