8.3.2008   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 64/9


Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 24 January 2008 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Corte suprema di cassazione (Italy)) — Roby Profumi Srl v Comune di Parma

(Case C-257/06) (1)

(Article 28 EC - Directive 76/768/EEC - Protection of health - Cosmetic products - Importation - Communication of information on cosmetic products to the authorities of the State of importation)

(2008/C 64/11)

Language of the case: Italian

Referring court

Corte suprema di cassazione

Parties to the main proceedings

Appellant: Roby Profumi Srl

Respondent: Comune di Parma

Re:

Reference for a preliminary ruling — Corte suprema di cassazione — Interpretation of Article 28 EC and Article 7 of Council Directive 76/768/EEC of 27 July 1976 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to cosmetic products (OJ 1976 L 262, p. 169), as amended by Council Directive 93/35/EEC of 14 June 1993 (OJ 1993 L 151, p. 32) — Ready-for-sale products imported from other Member States — National provisions requiring importers to communicate a full and detailed list of the substances contained in the product

Operative part of the judgment

Article 7 of Council Directive 76/768/EEC of 27 July 1976 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to cosmetic products, as amended by Council Directive 93/35/EEC of 14 June 1993, does not preclude a national provision which, in the interests of prompt and appropriate medical treatment in the event of difficulties, requires the importer of cosmetic products to communicate to the Ministry of Health and to the Region the name or the corporate name of the business, its registered office and that of the manufacturing plant, and a full and detailed list of the substances used and the substances contained in those products.


(1)  OJ C 212, 2.9.2006.