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Case C-221/08: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 4 March 2010 — European Commission v Ireland (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Directive 95/59/EC — Taxes other than turnover taxes which affect the consumption of manufactured tobacco — Article 9(1) — Free determination, by manufacturers and importers, of the maximum retail selling prices of their products — National legislation imposing a minimum retail selling price for cigarettes — Justification — Protection of public health — World Health Organisation Framework Convention on Tobacco Control)
Case C-221/08: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 4 March 2010 — European Commission v Ireland (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Directive 95/59/EC — Taxes other than turnover taxes which affect the consumption of manufactured tobacco — Article 9(1) — Free determination, by manufacturers and importers, of the maximum retail selling prices of their products — National legislation imposing a minimum retail selling price for cigarettes — Justification — Protection of public health — World Health Organisation Framework Convention on Tobacco Control)
Case C-221/08: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 4 March 2010 — European Commission v Ireland (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Directive 95/59/EC — Taxes other than turnover taxes which affect the consumption of manufactured tobacco — Article 9(1) — Free determination, by manufacturers and importers, of the maximum retail selling prices of their products — National legislation imposing a minimum retail selling price for cigarettes — Justification — Protection of public health — World Health Organisation Framework Convention on Tobacco Control)
OJ C 113, 1.5.2010, p. 7–7
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
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1.5.2010 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
C 113/7 |
Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 4 March 2010 — European Commission v Ireland
(Case C-221/08) (1)
(Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Directive 95/59/EC - Taxes other than turnover taxes which affect the consumption of manufactured tobacco - Article 9(1) - Free determination, by manufacturers and importers, of the maximum retail selling prices of their products - National legislation imposing a minimum retail selling price for cigarettes - Justification - Protection of public health - World Health Organisation Framework Convention on Tobacco Control)
2010/C 113/09
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: European Commission (represented by: R. Lyal and W. Mölls, Agents)
Defendant: Ireland (represented by: D. O’Hagan, Agent, G. Hogan SC)
Re:
Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Infringement of Article 9(1) of Council Directive 95/59/EC of 27 November 1995 on taxes other than turnover taxes which affect the consumption of manufactured tobacco (OJ 1995 L 291, p. 40) — National law imposing minimum and maximum retail prices for manufactured tobacco
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
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Declares that, by imposing minimum retail prices for cigarettes, Ireland has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 9(1) of Council Directive 95/59/EC of 27 November 1995 on taxes other than turnover taxes which affect the consumption of manufactured tobacco, as amended by Council Directive 2002/10/EC of 12 February 2002; |
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Declares that, by not providing the information required by the European Commission in order to enable it to fulfil its task of monitoring compliance with Directive 95/59, as amended by Directive 2002/10, Ireland has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 10 EC; |
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Dismisses the action as to the remainder; |
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Orders Ireland to pay the costs. |