Court of Justice (Fourth Chamber) 14 March 2013, C‑216/11 (European Commission v French Republic.)

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT (Fourth Chamber) 14 March 2013 ( *1 ) ‛Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Council Directive 92/12/EEC — Excise duties — Tobacco products acquired in one Member State and transported to another Member State — Purely quantitative assessment criteria — Article 34 TFEU — Quantitative restrictions on imports’ In Case C-216/11, ACTION under Article 258 TFEU for