Brussels, 10/11/2010 (Agence Europe) - A ban imposed by a member state on magazine publishers to announce, offer or give consumers bonuses or entry to competition where prizes can be won with the purchase of a magazine is an infringement of European law.
That is the substance of the ruling delivered by the EU Court of Justice in Case C-540/08 on 9 November. The Court was responding to questions from the Austrian Supreme Court on compliance with European law of the Austrian law which makes...