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The Free Movement of Goods Principle Facing the Protection of National Public Health in the Absence of Harmonised Legislation: The Case of Processing Aids Used in the Manufacture of Foodstuffs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Nicole Coutrelis
Affiliation:
Coutrelis & Associés, Paris, France
Isabelle Weber
Affiliation:
Coutrelis & Associés, Brussels, Belgium

Extract

The free movement of goods is a fundamental principle under EU law: a product lawfully manufactured and/or marketed in one Member State is, in principle, entitled to be marketed in another EU Member State. Indeed, Article 34 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) prohibits any quantitative restrictions on imports between Member States and all measures having equivalent effect.

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References

1 Previously Article 28 of the Treaty establishing the European Community.

2 Previously Article 30 of the Treaty establishing the European Community.

3 OJ C 63, 13.3.2010, pp. 8–9.

4 Article 1.3–a), Council Directive 89/107/EEC of 21 December 1988 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States concerning food additives authorized for use in foodstuffs intended for human consumption, OJ L 40, 11.2.1989, pp. 27–33. An equivalent definition of processing aids is now available in the new regulation on food additives: Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on food additives, OJ L 354, 31.12.2008, pp. 16–33.

5 Décret du 15 avril 1912 pris pour l'application de la loi du 1er août 1905 sur la répression des fraudes dans la vente des marchandises et des falsifications de denrées alimentaires en ce qui concerne les denrées alimentaires et spécialement les viandes, produits de la charcuterie, fruits, légumes, poissons et conserves, JORF du 29 juin 1912, p. 5710.

6 Décret n° 2001-725 du 31 juillet 2001 relatif aux auxiliaires technologiques pouvant être employés dans la fabrication des denrées destinées à l'alimentation humaine, JORF n° 180 du 5 août 2001, p. 12738.

7 Now Article 34 TFEU.

8 See para. 65 of the ECJ decision.

9 Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2002 laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety, OJ L 31, 1.2.2002, pp. 1–24.

10 See para. 91 of the ECJ decision.

11 See para. 92 of the ECJ decision.