12.9.2016
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
C 335/10
Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 14 July 2016 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht München I — Germany) — Verband Sozialer Wettbewerb eV v Innova Vital GmbH
(Case C-19/15) (1)
((Reference for a preliminary ruling - Consumer protection - Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 - Nutrition and health claims made on foods - Article 1(2) - Scope - Foods to be delivered as such to the final consumer - Claims made in a commercial communication addressed exclusively to health professionals))
(2016/C 335/13)
Language of the case: German
Referring court
Landgericht München I
Parties to the main proceedings
Applicant: Verband Sozialer Wettbewerb eV
Defendant: Innova Vital GmbH
Operative part of the judgment
Article 1(2) 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 Commission Regulation (EU) No 1047/2012 of 8 November 2012, must be interpreted as meaning that nutrition or health claims made in a commercial communication on a food which is intended to be delivered as such to the final consumer, if that communication is addressed not to the final consumer, but exclusively to health professionals, falls within the scope of that regulation.
(1) OJ C 127, 20.4.2015.
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