EU Internal Market
Three of his decisions - Dassonville (1974), Cassis de Dijon (1979)
and Keck (1993) - played a decisive role in shaping the legal basis for eliminating non-tariff
restrictions on the freedom of movement of goods.
Articles on tariff and non-tariff restrictions mutually exclude each other. Thus, the obstacles to
mutual trade of a "fiscal nature" are not subject to the prohibitions of Art. 28 - 34 DFES. See: Case
74/76 "Ianelli v. Meroni" (1977); Case C-34-38 / 01 "Enirisorse SpA v. Ministerial delle finanze"
(2003)
Decision of the Court of Justice in the case of Dassonville. Quantitative restrictions in the sense of
art. 34 TFEU (former Article 28) The EU Court defines as "measures leading to a complete or
partial restriction - depending on the circumstances - of import, export or transit of goods in
mutual trade between Member States"