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(Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Consumer protection - Directive 2009/54/EC - Article 8(2) - Prohibition on marketing natural mineral water from one and the same spring under more than one trade description - Article 7(2)(b) - Article 9(4)(c) - Labelling requirements - Mandatory information - Name of the spring - Incorrect transposition)
(C/2025/3017)
Language of the case: Bulgarian
Applicant: European Commission (represented by: N. Nikolova and B. Rous Demiri, acting as Agents)
Defendant: Republic of Bulgaria (represented by: T. Mitova, S. Ruseva and R. Stoyanov, acting as Agents)
The Court:
1.Declares that,
—by failing to prohibit the marketing of natural mineral water and spring water from one and the same spring under more than one trade description;
—by failing to require that the labels of natural mineral waters and spring waters indicate the name of the spring; and
—by allowing the use of the term ‘spring water’ for water that does not satisfy the conditions for using that term;
the Republic of Bulgaria has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 8(2), Article 7(2)(b) and Article 9(4)(c) of Directive 2009/54/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 June 2009 on the exploitation and marketing of natural mineral waters;
2.Orders the Republic of Bulgaria to pay the costs.
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OJ C 321, 11.9.2023.
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/3017/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
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