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Document 62020CJ0452
Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 24 February 2022.
PJ v Agenzia delle dogane e dei monopoli - Ufficio dei monopoli per la Toscana and Ministero dell'Economia e delle Finanze.
Reference for a preliminary ruling – Approximation of laws – Directive 2014/40/EU – Article 23(3) – World Health Organisation Framework Convention on Tobacco Control – Prohibition on selling tobacco products to minors – Rules on penalties – Effective, proportionate and dissuasive penalties – Obligation on sellers of tobacco products to verify the buyer’s age when selling those products – Fine – Operation of a tobacconist’s shop – Suspension of trading licence for a period of 15 days – Principle of proportionality – Precautionary principle.
Case C-452/20.
Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 24 February 2022.
PJ v Agenzia delle dogane e dei monopoli - Ufficio dei monopoli per la Toscana and Ministero dell'Economia e delle Finanze.
Reference for a preliminary ruling – Approximation of laws – Directive 2014/40/EU – Article 23(3) – World Health Organisation Framework Convention on Tobacco Control – Prohibition on selling tobacco products to minors – Rules on penalties – Effective, proportionate and dissuasive penalties – Obligation on sellers of tobacco products to verify the buyer’s age when selling those products – Fine – Operation of a tobacconist’s shop – Suspension of trading licence for a period of 15 days – Principle of proportionality – Precautionary principle.
Case C-452/20.
Court reports – general – 'Information on unpublished decisions' section
ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:C:2022:111
Case C‑452/20
PJ
v
Agenzia delle dogane e dei monopoli – Ufficio dei monopoli per la Toscana
and
Ministero dell’Economia e delle Finanze
(Request for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato)
Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 24 February 2022
(Reference for a preliminary ruling – Approximation of laws – Directive 2014/40/EU – Article 23(3) – World Health Organisation Framework Convention on Tobacco Control – Prohibition on selling tobacco products to minors – Rules on penalties – Effective, proportionate and dissuasive penalties – Obligation on sellers of tobacco products to verify the buyer’s age when selling those products – Fine – Operation of a tobacconist’s shop – Suspension of trading licence for a period of 15 days – Principle of proportionality – Precautionary principle)
Approximation of laws – Manufacture, presentation and sale of tobacco products – Directive 2014/40 – Inapplicability – World Health Organisation Framework Convention on Tobacco Control – Prohibition of sale to minors
(Arts 9, 114(3) and 168(1) TFEU; Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, Art. 35; European Parliament and Council Directive 2014/40)
(see paragraphs 28, 43-48, 51-58, operative part)