Type: Judgment

Authority: European Authorities: Euopean Communities' Court of Justice

Date: 12/12/2006

Subject: The Court dismissed the action for annulment of Articles 3 and 4 of Directive 2003/33/EC relating to the advertising and sponsorship of tobacco products. Article 95 EC constituted an appropriate legal basis even though the protection of public health was a decisive factor in the choices to be made. Moreover, even assuming that the measures laid down in Articles 3 and 4 of the Directive have the effect of weakening freedom of expression indirectly, journalistic freedom of expression, as such, remains unimpaired.

Parties: Germania c. Parlamento europeo e Consiglio dell'Unione europea

Classification: Art. 11 Freedom of expression - Art. 35 Preventive health care

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