This document is an excerpt from the EUR-Lex website
Document 62021CA0147
Case C-147/21, CIHEF and Others: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 19 January 2023 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d’État — France) — Comité interprofessionnel des huiles essentielles françaises (CIHEF) and Others v Ministre de la Transition écologique, Premier ministre (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Approximation of laws — Biocidal products — Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 — Article 72 — Free movement of goods — Article 34 TFEU — Possibility for Member States to adopt restrictive measures on commercial and advertising practices — Selling arrangements falling outside the scope of Article 34 TFEU — Whether justified — Article 36 TFEU — Objective of protecting human and animal health and the environment — Proportionality)
Case C-147/21, CIHEF and Others: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 19 January 2023 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d’État — France) — Comité interprofessionnel des huiles essentielles françaises (CIHEF) and Others v Ministre de la Transition écologique, Premier ministre (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Approximation of laws — Biocidal products — Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 — Article 72 — Free movement of goods — Article 34 TFEU — Possibility for Member States to adopt restrictive measures on commercial and advertising practices — Selling arrangements falling outside the scope of Article 34 TFEU — Whether justified — Article 36 TFEU — Objective of protecting human and animal health and the environment — Proportionality)
Case C-147/21, CIHEF and Others: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 19 January 2023 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d’État — France) — Comité interprofessionnel des huiles essentielles françaises (CIHEF) and Others v Ministre de la Transition écologique, Premier ministre (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Approximation of laws — Biocidal products — Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 — Article 72 — Free movement of goods — Article 34 TFEU — Possibility for Member States to adopt restrictive measures on commercial and advertising practices — Selling arrangements falling outside the scope of Article 34 TFEU — Whether justified — Article 36 TFEU — Objective of protecting human and animal health and the environment — Proportionality)
OJ C 83, 6.3.2023, p. 3–4
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, GA, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
6.3.2023 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 83/3 |
Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 19 January 2023 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d’État — France) — Comité interprofessionnel des huiles essentielles françaises (CIHEF) and Others v Ministre de la Transition écologique, Premier ministre
(Case C-147/21, (1) CIHEF and Others)
(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Approximation of laws - Biocidal products - Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 - Article 72 - Free movement of goods - Article 34 TFEU - Possibility for Member States to adopt restrictive measures on commercial and advertising practices - Selling arrangements falling outside the scope of Article 34 TFEU - Whether justified - Article 36 TFEU - Objective of protecting human and animal health and the environment - Proportionality)
(2023/C 83/04)
Language of the case: French
Referring court
Conseil d’État
Parties to the main proceedings
Applicants: Comité interprofessionnel des huiles essentielles françaises (CIHEF), Florame, Hyteck Aroma-Zone, Laboratoires Gilbert, Laboratoire Léa Nature, Laboratoires Oméga Pharma France, Pierre Fabre Médicament, Pranarom France, Puressentiel France
Defendants: Ministre de la Transition écologique, Premier ministre
Operative part of the judgment
1. |
Article 72 of Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2012 concerning the making available on the market and use of biocidal products, as amended by Regulation (EU) No 334/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2014, must be interpreted as meaning that:
|
2. |
Articles 34 and 36 TFEU must be interpreted as meaning that:
|