Keywords
Summary

Keywords

QUANTITATIVE RESTRICTIONS - ELIMINATION - NATIONAL MONOPOLIES OF A COMMERCIAL CHARACTER - ADJUSTMENT - TRANSITIONAL PERIOD - EXPIRY - DISCRIMINATION - ABOLITION - SUBJECTIVE RIGHTS - PROTECTION

( EEC TREATY , ARTICLE 37 )

Summary

ARTICLE 37 ( 1 ) OF THE EEC TREATY MUST BE INTERPRETED AS MEANING THAT AS FROM 31 DECEMBER 1969 EVERY NATIONAL MONOPOLY OF A COMMERCIAL CHARACTER MUST BE ADJUSTED SO AS TO ELIMINATE THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO IMPORT FROM OTHER MEMBER STATES .

WHEN THE TRANSITIONAL PERIOD ENDED ARTICLE 37 ( 1 ) WAS CAPABLE OF BEING RELIED ON BY NATIONALS OF MEMBER STATES BEFORE NATIONAL COURTS .