EU Internal Market
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". For this definition, for example, the measures for quoting
and quoting goods are covered. The general definition of MECO was found by the EU Court in
the judgment in case 8/74 of Dassonville (1974). According to this decision, the measures of the
member states, which directly or indirectly interfere in real or potential trade between them, are
considered measures whose consequences are equivalent to quantitative restrictions. The court
found it to be contrary to Art. 30 of the Treaty on the Establishment of the EEC (now Article 34 of
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