Stauder v City of Ulm

Stauder v City of Ulm
Court European Court of Justice
Citation(s) (1969) Case 29/69
Keywords
Human rights

Stauder v City of Ulm (1969) Case 29/69 is an EU law case, concerning the protection of human rights in the European Union.

Facts

An EU scheme provided cheap butter for welfare benefits, but required to show a coupon with a person’s name and address. Mr Stauder claimed this violated his dignity and challenged it.

Judgment

The Court of Justice held that properly interpreted, the measure did not require a name to be shown on the coupon. In doing so it acknowledged that human rights formed part of unwritten general principles of EU law.

7. Interpreted in this way the provision at issue contains nothing capable of prejudicing the fundamental human rights enshrined in the general principles of Community law and protected by the Court.

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