Internationale Handelsgesellschaft mbH v Einfuhr- und Vorratsstelle für Getreide und Futtermittel

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judgment of the European Court of Justice landmark case in European Union law

Internationale Handelsgesellschaft mbH v Einfuhr- und Vorratsstelle für Getreide und Futtermittel is a landmark 1970 judgment of the European Court of Justice that affirmed the primacy of European Community law over conflicting national constitutional provisions, including fundamental rights guarantees.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	judgment of the European Court of Justice ⓘ landmark case in European Union law ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Internationale Handelsgesellschaft NERFINISHED ⓘ
areaOfLaw	common agricultural policy ⓘ
citedBy	later ECJ judgments on primacy and fundamental rights ⓘ
comparedWith	Costa v ENEL NERFINISHED ⓘ Simmenthal II NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	European Communities member states NERFINISHED ⓘ
court	Court of Justice of the European Communities NERFINISHED ⓘ
decisionDate	1970 ⓘ
field	EU constitutional law ⓘ
fundamentalRightsSource	common constitutional traditions of the member states ⓘ general principles of Community law ⓘ international treaties for the protection of human rights ⓘ
importance	considered a cornerstone of EU constitutional law ⓘ
influenced	development of EU fundamental rights jurisprudence ⓘ later ECJ case law on supremacy of EU law ⓘ
issue	alleged incompatibility of Community rules with German constitutional guarantees of fundamental rights ⓘ validity of Community rules on export licences and deposits ⓘ
jurisdiction	European Communities NERFINISHED ⓘ
keyHolding	European Community law has primacy over conflicting national constitutional provisions NERFINISHED ⓘ Primacy of Community law extends over national constitutional rules protecting fundamental rights ⓘ Validity of Community measures can only be judged in light of Community law, not national law ⓘ
languageOfProceedings	German ⓘ
legalDomain	European Union law ⓘ constitutional law ⓘ fundamental rights law ⓘ
legalEffect	confirmed that national courts must set aside conflicting national constitutional provisions when applying Community law ⓘ reinforced uniform application of Community law across member states ⓘ
originatingMemberState	Germany GENERATED ⓘ
parties	Einfuhr- und Vorratsstelle für Getreide und Futtermittel NERFINISHED ⓘ Internationale Handelsgesellschaft mbH NERFINISHED ⓘ
principleAffirmed	Community fundamental rights as general principles of law ⓘ autonomy of the Community legal order ⓘ supremacy of Community law ⓘ
procedureType	preliminary ruling ⓘ
referringCourt	German national court ⓘ
relatedConcept	direct effect of EU law ⓘ primacy of EU law ⓘ
status	leading authority on primacy of EU law over national constitutions ⓘ
subjectMatter	fundamental rights protection in Community law ⓘ primacy of European Community law ⓘ relationship between Community law and national constitutions ⓘ
timeContext	early development of the European Community legal order ⓘ

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Costa v ENEL → citedBy → Internationale Handelsgesellschaft mbH v Einfuhr- und Vorratsstelle für Getreide und Futtermittel ⓘ