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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9438
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/court of justice

Court to decide on legality of cross-border sales of alcohol via internet

Luxemburg, 04/06/2007 (Agence Europe) - The Court of Justice will, on Tuesday 5 June, deliver its ruling in case C-170/04. If it is in line with the advocate general's conclusions, it will back the Swedish system which bans the import of wine by individuals (see EUROPE 9320). Mr Klas Rosengren and other Swedish nationals want to recover the wine they bought online, directly from Spain, after it was confiscated, since there is a state monopoly on the retail of alcohol, the Systembolaget. The...

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