Beyond Food Safety – EU Food Information Standards as a Facilitator of Political Consumerism and International Law Enforcement Mechanism

Wageningen Working Papers in Law 01/2020; European Law Review

39 Pages Posted: 10 Mar 2020

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Kai P. Purnhagen

University of Bayreuth; Erasmus University of Rotterdam - Rotterdam Institute of Law and Economics

Josephine A. W. van Zeben

Wageningen University and Research

Christiane Ahlborn

Trinity College Dublin

Peter Oosterveer

Wageningen University and Research (WUR)

Date Written: February 10, 2020

Abstract

In Case C-363/18 Organisation juive européenne, Vignoble Psagot Ltd v Ministre de l’Économie et des Finances (“Occupied Territories case”), the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU or Court) was tasked with deciding what information on its country of origin or place of provenance is mandatory for business according to existing European legislation. This casenote summarizes the interpretative decisions taken by the Advocate General Hogan (Advocate General or AG) and the Court in their opinion and judgment, respectively. It then considers the broader implications of this case from several perspectives: first, from the perspective of political consumerism and its (potential) role in EU internal market law; second, from the perspective of the enforcement of international law; and third, from the perspective of the coherence of EU food and consumer law including its behavioural dimension.

Keywords: Free movement of goods, Food Law, Food information law, food labelling law, international law, consumer interests, country of origin, place of provenance

Suggested Citation

Purnhagen, Kai Peter and van Zeben, Josephine A. W. and Ahlborn, Christiane and Oosterveer, Peter, Beyond Food Safety – EU Food Information Standards as a Facilitator of Political Consumerism and International Law Enforcement Mechanism (February 10, 2020). Wageningen Working Papers in Law 01/2020; European Law Review, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3535782

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