Type: Judgment

Authority: European Authorities: Euopean Union' Court of Justice

Date: 11/12/2015

Subject: The Court affirmed that EU law does not preclude legislation of a Member State under which a seller established in another Member State must hold a retail sale licence in order to import alcoholic beverages with a view to their retail sale to consumers residing in the first Member State, where that seller, or someone acting on his behalf, transports those beverages, provided that that legislation is appropriate for securing the attainment of the objective pursued, in the present case the protection of health and public policy, that the objective in question could not be achieved with at least an equivalent level of effectiveness by less restrictive methods and that the legislation does not constitute a means of arbitrary discrimination or a disguised restriction on trade between the Member States

Parties: Visnapuu

Classification: Solidarity - Art. 35 Preventive health care

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