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Document C2005/045/06
Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 14 December 2004 in Case C-434/02 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Minden): Arnold André GmbH & Co. KG v Landrat des Kreises Herford (Directive 2001/37/EC — Manufacture, presentation and sale of tobacco products — Article 8 — Prohibition of placing on the market of tobacco products for oral use — Validity)
Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 14 December 2004 in Case C-434/02 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Minden): Arnold André GmbH & Co. KG v Landrat des Kreises Herford (Directive 2001/37/EC — Manufacture, presentation and sale of tobacco products — Article 8 — Prohibition of placing on the market of tobacco products for oral use — Validity)
Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 14 December 2004 in Case C-434/02 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Minden): Arnold André GmbH & Co. KG v Landrat des Kreises Herford (Directive 2001/37/EC — Manufacture, presentation and sale of tobacco products — Article 8 — Prohibition of placing on the market of tobacco products for oral use — Validity)
IO C 45, 19.2.2005, p. 4–4
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19.2.2005 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 45/4 |
JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
(Grand Chamber)
of 14 December 2004
in Case C-434/02 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Minden): Arnold André GmbH & Co. KG v Landrat des Kreises Herford (1)
(Directive 2001/37/EC - Manufacture, presentation and sale of tobacco products - Article 8 - Prohibition of placing on the market of tobacco products for oral use - Validity)
(2005/C 45/06)
Language of the case: German
In Case C-434/02: reference for a preliminary ruling under Article 234 EC from the Verwaltungsgericht Minden (Germany), made by decision of 14 November 2002, received at the Court on 29 November 2002, in the proceedings between Arnold André GmbH & Co. KG and Landrat des Kreises Herford – the Court (Grand Chamber), composed of: V. Skouris, President, P. Jann, C.W.A. Timmermans and K. Lenaerts, Presidents of Chambers, C. Gulmann, J.-P. Puissochet, N. Colneric, S. von Bahr and J.N. Cunha Rodrigues (Rapporteur), Judges; L.A. Geelhoed, Advocate General; H. von Holstein, Deputy Registrar, and subsequently M.-F. Contet, Principal Administrator, for the Registrar, has given a judgment on 14 December 2004, in which it has ruled:
Consideration of the question referred has not disclosed any factor of such a kind as to affect the validity of Article 8 of Directive 2001/37/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 June 2001 on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States concerning the manufacture, presentation and sale of tobacco products.