Judgment of the Court (Full Court) of 30 September 2003. Regina on the application of S.P. Anastasiou (Pissouri) Ltd and Others v Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. Reference for a preliminary ruling: House of Lords - United Kingdom. Approximation of laws - Protection of plant health - Directive 77/93/EEC - Import into the Community of plants originating in non-member countries and subject to special requirements - Special requirements which cannot be fulfilled at places other than that of origin - Affixing of an appropriate origin mark to plant packaging - Official statement that plants originate in an area known to be free from the relevant harmful organism. Case C-140/02.

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JUDGMENT OF THE COURT (Full Court)30 September 2003 (1)

((Approximation of laws – Protection of plant health – Directive 77/93/EEC – Import into the Community of plants originating in non-member countries and subject to special requirements – Special requirements which cannot be fulfilled at places other than that of origin – Affixing of an appropriate origin mark to plant packaging – Official statement that plants originate in an area known to be free from the relevant harmful organism))

and

THE COURT (Full Court),,

after considering the written observations submitted on behalf of:

having regard to the Report for the Hearing,

after hearing the oral observations of S.P. Anastasiou (Pissouri) Ltd and Others, Cypfruvex (UK) Ltd and Cypfruvex Fruit and Vegetable (Cypfruvex) Enterprises Ltd, the United Kingdom Government, the Greek Government and the Commission, at the hearing on 8 April 2003,

after hearing the Opinion of the Advocate General at the sitting on 3 June 2003,

gives the following

On those grounds,

THE COURT (Full Court),

Rodríguez Iglesias

Puissochet

Wathelet

Schintgen

Timmermans

Gulmann

Edward

La Pergola

Jann

Skouris

Macken

Colneric

von Bahr

Cunha Rodrigues

Rosas

R. Grass

G.C. Rodríguez Iglesias

Registrar

President