Week 8: Economic integration
Anotace
Customs union,
common market,
and the internal/single market.
https://fiveable.me/lists/stages-of-economic-integration
https://ecampusontario.pressbooks.pub/internationaltradefinancepart1/chapter/ch08-1/
Fundamental Cases at the Court of Justice
Cassis de Dijon
The Dassonville reasoning was developed in Rewe-Zentral AG v Bundesmonopolverwaltung für Branntwein (1979), also known as Cassis de Dijon.
Germany refused to allow the liqueur “Cassis de Dijon” to be imported from France and sold in Germany, as it did not meet German standards for alcohol content. In order to be sold in Germany as liqueur, a drink had to have an alcohol content of more than 25%. Cassis de Dijon had an alcohol content of only 16%. Rewe-Zentral, a German supermarket, complained about this rule in a national court, which then asked the Court of Justice questions. The Court said that any product legally produced and sold in one EU country must be allowed onto the market of other EU countries. This is called the principle of “mutual recognition”.
