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Food Legislation: The “Teekanne” Case Of 4 June 2015, Luis González Vaqué, Sara Aparicio Hill, Sebastián Romero Melchor

Luis González Vaqué

Articles 2(1)(a)(i) and 3(1)(2) of Directive 2000/13/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 March 2000 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the labelling, presentation and advertising of foodstuffs, as amended by Regulation (EC) No 596/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 June 2009, must be interpreted as precluding the labelling of a foodstuff and methods used for the labelling from giving the impression, by means of the appearance, description or pictorial representation of a particular ingredient, that that ingredient is present, even though it is not …

La Sentencia 'Malagutti-Vezinhet': ¿Quién Es Responsable De La Información Facilitada Por El Sistema Comunitario De Alerta En El Ámbito De La Seguridad De Los Productos?, Luis González Vaqué

Luis González Vaqué

Non-contractual liability on the part of the Community is subject to a number of conditions: unlawfulness of the conduct alleged against the Community institutions, actual damage and the existence of a causal link between the conduct of the institution and the damage complained of. If one of those conditions is not satisfied, the entire action must be dismissed and it is not necessary to consider the other conditions.

The Community rapid alert system for food and feed introduced by Directive 92/59 on general product safety confers on the national authorities only, and not on the Commission, responsibility for establishing whether …