Europa Where, in proceedings based on Article 169 of the Treaty, the Commission requests the Court to declare that a Member State has failed to fulfil its obligations under the Treaty, it is for the Commission itself to adduce evidence of the alleged infringement.
The introduction by a Member State in the pharmaceutical products sector of a system of programme contracts from which only national undertakings can benefit, and which, in return for commitments on investment, research, employment and exports, allows derogations to be granted from the general rules on price control and places the products that benefit from the system at an advantage as regards approval for reimbursement, constitutes an infringement of Article 30 of the Treaty. That system is such as to place imported products at a disadvantage and, therefore, constitutes a measure having an effect equivalent to a quantitative restriction prohibited by that provision.
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C-249/88, [1991] EUECJ C-249/88, [1991] ECR I-1275
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Cited – Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Ltd v Customs and Excise ChD 27-Jul-2005
The appellants had imported Playstation computer games. They appealed refusal of a rebate of 50 million euros paid in VAT before a reclassification of the equipment so as to make it exempt from VAT.
Held: ‘The effect of the annulment of a . .
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Updated: 23 May 2022; Ref: scu.134946