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Document 62014CA0448

Case C-448/14: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 9 November 2016 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Bayerischer Verwaltungsgerichtshof — Germany) — Davitas GmbH v Stadt Aschaffenburg (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Novel foods and novel food ingredients — Regulation (EC) No 258/97 — Article 1(2)(c) — Concept of foods and food ingredients with a new primary molecular structure)

OJ C 6, 9.1.2017, p. 3–3 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

9.1.2017   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 6/3


Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 9 November 2016 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Bayerischer Verwaltungsgerichtshof — Germany) — Davitas GmbH v Stadt Aschaffenburg

(Case C-448/14) (1)

((Reference for a preliminary ruling - Novel foods and novel food ingredients - Regulation (EC) No 258/97 - Article 1(2)(c) - Concept of foods and food ingredients with a new primary molecular structure))

(2017/C 006/03)

Language of the case: German

Referring court

Bayerischer Verwaltungsgerichtshof

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicant: Davitas GmbH

Defendant: Stadt Aschaffenburg

Intervener: Landesanwaltschaft Bayern

Operative part of the judgment

Article 1(2)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 January 1997 concerning novel foods and novel food ingredients, as amended by Regulation (EC) No 596/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 June 2009, must be interpreted as meaning that the expression ‘new primary molecular structure’ relates to foods or food ingredients which were not used for human consumption in the territory of the European Union before 15 May 1997.


(1)  OJ C 448, 15.12.2014.


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