Court of Justice 24 June 2010, C-213/09 (Barsoum Chabo v Hauptzollamt Hamburg-Hafen.)

Opinion of the Advocate-General Opinion of the Advocate-General 1. The question asked by the Finanzgericht Hamburg (‘the referring court’) in this reference for a preliminary ruling under Article 234 EC (2) is whether it is consistent with the principle of proportionality for a specific duty of EUR 222 per 100 kg drained net weight to be charged on preserved mushrooms of the genus Agaricus