Court of Justice 16 November 2000, C-169/99 (Hans Schwarzkopf GmbH & Co. KG v Zentrale zur Bekämpfung unlauteren Wettbewerbs eV.)

Opinion of the Advocate-General Opinion of the Advocate-General 1. In this case the Bundesgerichtshof (Germany) seeks a preliminary ruling from the Court as to the meaning of the term impossible for practical reasons in the second sentence of Article 6(1)(d) of Council Directive 76/768/EEC of 27 July 1976 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to cosmetic products, as