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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9603

16 February 2008
Contents Publication in full By article 21 / 31
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/court of justice
Films and video games sold in Germany must be classified by German authorities

Brussels, 15/02/2008 (Agence Europe) - Germany can ban the sale in that country of films and video games which have not been assessed by its own authorities to determine which age ranges should be able to use them, without infringing free movement of goods. The ban by a German court on imports of DVDs from the United Kingdom to Germany, on the grounds that they only carried a warning in English, has, therefore, been upheld for reasons of protection of minors.

That was the ruling of the...

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