Court of Justice of the European Union · Judgment
C-1/96The Queen v Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, ex parte Compassion in World Farming Ltd
- Decided
- 1998-03-19
- ECLI
- ECLI:EU:C:1998:113
- CELEX
- 61996CJ0001
- Finality
- Final, the decision cannot be appealed
The court's own keywords
Articles 34 and 36 of the EC Treaty - Directive 91/629/EEC - European Convention on the Protection of Animals Kept for Farming Purposes - Recommendation concerning Cattle - Export of calves from a Member State maintaining the level of protection laid down by the Convention and the Recommendation - Export to Member States which comply with the Directive but do not observe the standards laid down in the Convention or the Recommendation and use intensive farming systems prohibited in the exporting State - Quantitative restrictions on exports - Exhaustive harmonisation - Validity of the Directive.
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