Case Law of the CJEU on Quantitative Restrictions

The core cases on quantitative restrictions:

  • Dassonville
  • Cassis de Dijon
  • Keck
  • Towing Trailers
These cases indicate the main developments in application of Article 34 TFEU (28 EC).

 

Dassonville

Case 8/74, Procureur du Roi vs. Benoît and Gustave Dassonville, ECR 1974 p. 00837 http://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!CELEXnumdoc&lg=en&numdoc=61974J0008

 

Cassis de Dijon

Case 120/78, Rewe-Zentral AG vs. Bundesmonopolverwaltung für Branntwein, ECR 1979 p. 00649 http://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!CELEXnumdoc&lg=en&numdoc=61978J0120

 

Keck

Joined cases C-267/91 and C-268/91, Criminal proceedings against Bernard Keck and Daniel Mithouard, ECR 1993 p. I-06097 http://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!CELEXnumdoc&lg=en&numdoc=61991J0267


Towing Trailers

Case C‑110/05, Commission vs. Italian Republic, ECR 2009 p. I-519 http://curia.europa.eu/jurisp/cgi-bin/form.pl?lang=en&Submit=Rechercher&alldocs=alldocs&docj=docj&docop=docop&docor=docor&docjo=docjo&numaff=C-110/05&datefs=&datefe=&nomusuel=&domaine=&mots=&resmax=100