Rewe-Zentral AG v Bundesmonopolverwaltung für Branntwein
| Cassis de Dijon | |
|---|---|
| Submitted 22 May 1978 Decided 20 February 1979 | |
| Full case name | Rewe-Zentral AG v Bundesmonopolverwaltung für Branntwein |
| Case | C-120/78 |
| CelexID | 61978CJ0120 |
| ECLI | ECLI:EU:C:1979:42 |
| Language of proceedings | German |
| Court composition | |
| Judge-Rapporteur Pierre Pescatore | |
| President Hans Kutscher | |
Judges
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| Advocate General Francesco Capotorti | |
| Legislation affecting | |
| Art 34 TFEU | |
| Keywords | |
| Quantitative restriction on trade, Measures of equivalent effect | |
Rewe-Zentral AG v Bundesmonopolverwaltung für Branntwein (1979) Case C-120/78, popularly known as Cassis de Dijon after its subject matter, is an EU law decision of the European Court of Justice. The case is a seminal judicial interpretation of article 34 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. It established the EU principle of mutual recognition for goods.
The Court held that a regulation applying to both imported and to domestic goods (an "indistinctly applicable measure") that produces an effect equivalent to a quantitative import restriction is an unlawful restriction on the free movement of goods.
In the same ruling, the Court established the so-called rule of reason, allowing non-discriminatory restrictive measures to be justified on grounds other than those listed in article 36 TFEU.