European Union · cjeu_case

Opinion of Advocate General Hogan delivered on 16 July 2020.#Groupe Lactalis v Premier ministre and Others.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d'État.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 – Provision of food information to consumers – Article 9(1)(i) and Article 26(2)(a) – Mandatory indication of the country of origin or place of provenance of foods – Failure to indicate which might mislead the consumer – Article 38(1) – Matters specifically covered by the harmonisation – Article 39(2) – Adoption of national measures providing for additional mandatory particulars concerning the country of origin or place of provenance of specific types or categories of foods – Conditions – Existence of a proven link between one or several qualities of the foods concerned and their origin or provenance – Concepts of ‘proven link’ and ‘qualities’ – Evidence that the majority of consumers attach significant value to the provision of that information – National measure providing for the mandatory indication of the national, European or non-European origin of milk.#Case C-485/18.

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