TY - JOUR
T1 - The European court of justice and the annulment of the tobacco advertisement directive
T2 - Friend of national sovereignty or foe of public health?
AU - Tridimas, George
AU - Tridimas, Takis
PY - 2002
Y1 - 2002
N2 - In Case C-376/98 Germany ν Council the European Court of Justice annulled a Directive which banned the advertisement and sponsorship of tobacco. The judgment sanctions regulatory policy-making at the national rather than the Community level. The paper examines the legal basis of the annulment, its effect on economic efficiency and the implied role of the Court in the formulation of public policy in Europe. Within the institutional limits of the judicial power to determine policy, the Court focused on whether or not disparate national laws restrict free movement and distort competition and affirmed the primacy of the nation state to regulate economic activity.
AB - In Case C-376/98 Germany ν Council the European Court of Justice annulled a Directive which banned the advertisement and sponsorship of tobacco. The judgment sanctions regulatory policy-making at the national rather than the Community level. The paper examines the legal basis of the annulment, its effect on economic efficiency and the implied role of the Court in the formulation of public policy in Europe. Within the institutional limits of the judicial power to determine policy, the Court focused on whether or not disparate national laws restrict free movement and distort competition and affirmed the primacy of the nation state to regulate economic activity.
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U2 - 10.1023/A:1016558909557
DO - 10.1023/A:1016558909557
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0742281521
SN - 0929-1261
VL - 14
SP - 171
EP - 183
JO - European Journal of Law and Economics
JF - European Journal of Law and Economics
IS - 2
ER -
