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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9320
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/court of justice

Sweden's State monopoly on retail sales of alcoholic beverages means conditional ban on private imports

Brussels, 04/12/2006 (Agence Europe) - On 30 November, Advocate General Paolo Mengozzi presented to the Court of Justice his conclusions specifying that the restrictions currently in place in Sweden on private imports of alcoholic beverages, unless these goods are procured and carried into the country by the persons themselves, are compatible with Community law (Case C-170/04 - Klas Rosengren and Others v Riksåklagaren).

Mr Klas Rosengren and others had each ordered six bottles of Spanish...

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