Bundesmonopolverwaltung für Branntwein ( FEDERAL MONOPOLY ADMINISTRATION FOR SPIRITS ). 3. Relevant problems and events (no details!) An importer was prohibited by the German authorities from importing Cassis de Dijon, a French liqueur, into Germany, on the grounds that its alchoholic strength was too low. German law prevented the sale of any drink with an alchohol content between 15% and 25%. The importer argued that the German legal measure was in contravention of Art. 30 of the EC Treaty, being a measure equivalent to a quantitative restriction on importation. The German authorities argued that this measure was not concerned with country of origin at all, and would have applied to domestic as well as to imported products. Moreover, it pursued legitimate consumer protection objectives (it was argued, for example, that drinks in this strength encourage alchoholism). 4. What is the question asked from the court
of any weapons by a State against the territory of another State; The blockade of the ports or coasts of a State by the armed forces of another State; An attack by the armed forces of a State on the land, sea or air forces, or marine and air fleets of another State; The use of armed forces of one State which are within the territory of another State with the agreement of the receiving State, in contravention of the conditions provided for in the agreement or any extension of their presence in such territory beyond the termination of the agreement; The action of a State in allowing its territory, which it has placed at the disposal of another State, to be used by that other State for perpetrating an act of aggression against a third State; The sending by or on behalf of a State of armed bands, groups, irregulars or mercenaries,
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