Article 30 of the Treaty should be construed as meaning that national provisions prohibiting the sale of lawful sex articles from unlicensed sex establishments do not constitute a measure having an effect equivalent to a quantitative restriction on imports.
Legislation governing the marketing of certain products which applies without distinction to imported and domestic products and is not intended to regulate trade in goods within the Community has in fact no connection with intra-Community trade provided that the products concerned may be marketed through licensed sex establishments and other channels, that is to say through shops in which sex articles account for only an insignificant proportion of sales and which are therefore not required to be licensed, or by mail order.
Judges:
C N Kakouris P
Citations:
C-23/89, [1990] EUECJ C-23/89
Links:
European, Licensing
Updated: 01 June 2022; Ref: scu.160199
