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Case C-155/24, Nederlandse Voedsel- en Warenautoriteit and Others: Request for a preliminary ruling from the College van Beroep voor het bedrijfsleven (Netherlands) lodged on 28 February 2024 – Nederlandse Voedsel- en Warenautoriteit and Others v Stichting Rookpreventie Jeugd
Case C-155/24, Nederlandse Voedsel- en Warenautoriteit and Others: Request for a preliminary ruling from the College van Beroep voor het bedrijfsleven (Netherlands) lodged on 28 February 2024 – Nederlandse Voedsel- en Warenautoriteit and Others v Stichting Rookpreventie Jeugd
Case C-155/24, Nederlandse Voedsel- en Warenautoriteit and Others: Request for a preliminary ruling from the College van Beroep voor het bedrijfsleven (Netherlands) lodged on 28 February 2024 – Nederlandse Voedsel- en Warenautoriteit and Others v Stichting Rookpreventie Jeugd
OJ C, C/2024/3588, 17.6.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/3588/oj (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, GA, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
Official Journal |
EN C series |
C/2024/3588 |
17.6.2024 |
Request for a preliminary ruling from the College van Beroep voor het bedrijfsleven (Netherlands) lodged on 28 February 2024 – Nederlandse Voedsel- en Warenautoriteit and Others v Stichting Rookpreventie Jeugd
(Case C-155/24, Nederlandse Voedsel- en Warenautoriteit and Others)
(C/2024/3588)
Language of the case: Dutch
Referring court
College van Beroep voor het bedrijfsleven
Parties to the main proceedings
Applicants: Nederlandse Voedsel- en Warenautoriteit Staatssecretaris van Volksgezondheid, Welzijn en Sport, Philip Morris Benelux BV, Philip Morris Investments BV, JT International Company Netherlands BV, Vereniging Nederlandse Sigaretten- & Kerftabakfrabikanten, Van Nelle Tabak Nederland BV, British American Tobacco International (Holdings) BV
Defendant: Stichting Rookpreventie Jeugd
Questions referred
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Is Article 4(1) of Directive 2014/40/EU (1) to be interpreted as meaning that ISO standards not published in the Official Journal of the European Union cannot, without exception, be enforced against individuals, including the Foundation, even if that individual was able to inspect those standards and obtain them (against payment)? |
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Is the unenforceability of Article 4(1) of Directive 2014/40/EU against individuals, in so far as that provision refers to ISO standards not published in the Official Journal of the European Union, to be understood as meaning that it is not permitted to refuse the right to respect the maximum emission levels for tar, nicotine and carbon monoxide laid down in Article 3(1) of the Directive? |
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Is the expression ‘consumed as intended’, which is included in the definition of ‘emissions’ in Article 2(21) of Directive 2014/40/EU, to be interpreted as meaning that it is approximated as closely as possible to human smoking behaviour, in which case the measurement would have to take into account the at least partial covering of the micro-ventilation holes in the cigarette filter and/or the volume and frequency of smoke, or does that expression refer only to the method of consuming cigarettes through a process of combustion? |
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If an alternative measurement method has been established or implemented, whether or not in combination with alternative maximum emission levels, are tobacco manufacturers in that case entitled to a transitional period during which they can adapt to that alternative measurement method and any alternative maximum emission levels? |
(1) Directive 2014/40/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 April 2014 on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States concerning the manufacture, presentation and sale of tobacco and related products and repealing Directive 2001/37/EC (OJ 2014 L 127, p. 1).
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/3588/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)