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Case C-177/15: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 23 November 2016 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof — Germany) — Nelsons GmbH v Ayonnax Nutripharm GmbH, Bachblütentreff Ltd (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Consumer information and protection — Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 — Nutrition and health claims made on foods — Transitional measures — Article 28(2) — Products bearing trade marks or brand names existing before 1 January 2005 — ‘Bach flower’ remedies — European Union mark RESCUE — Products marketed as medicinal products before 1 January 2005 and as foodstuffs after that date)

OJ C 30, 30.1.2017, p. 7–8 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

30.1.2017   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 30/7


Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 23 November 2016 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof — Germany) — Nelsons GmbH v Ayonnax Nutripharm GmbH, Bachblütentreff Ltd

(Case C-177/15) (1)

((Reference for a preliminary ruling - Consumer information and protection - Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 - Nutrition and health claims made on foods - Transitional measures - Article 28(2) - Products bearing trade marks or brand names existing before 1 January 2005 - ‘Bach flower’ remedies - European Union mark RESCUE - Products marketed as medicinal products before 1 January 2005 and as foodstuffs after that date))

(2017/C 030/06)

Language of the case: German

Referring court

Bundesgerichtshof

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicant: Nelsons GmbH

Defendants: Ayonnax Nutripharm GmbH, Bachblütentreff Ltd

Operative part of the judgment

Article 28(2), first sentence, of Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 on nutrition and health claims made on foods, as amended by Regulation (EC) No 107/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 January 2008, must be interpreted as meaning that that provision applies in the situation in which a foodstuff bearing a trade mark or brand name was, before 1 January 2005, marketed as a medicinal product and then, although having the same physical characteristics and bearing the same trade mark or brand name, as a foodstuff after that date.


(1)  OJ C 213, 29.6.2015.


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