Case C-293/02, Jersey Produce Marketing Organisation Ltd v. States of Jersey and Jersey Potato Export Marketing Board

Publishers Abstract:
The Court of Justice's judgment in Jersey Produce Marketing Organisation Ltd v. States of Jersey and Jersey Potato Export Marketing Board is intriguing, not only as a result of the rather convoluted reasoning followed by the Court in reaching its final conclusion, but also as regards its potential effect on some of the most well-established principles of Community law. The contested legislation was the 'Jersey Potato Export Marketing Scheme Act 2001'. The Court began its analysis by noting that the obligations imposed by the 2001 Act were 'specifically intended to regulate the export trade in potatoes to the UK, whereas the produce intended for consumption on the Jersey market escapes the provisions of that Act'.