''Stauder v City of Ulm'' (1969
Case 29/69is an
EU law
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case, concerning the protection of
human rights
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in the European Union.
Facts
An EU scheme provided cheap
butter
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for welfare benefits, but required to show a coupon with a person’s name and address. Mr Stauder claimed this violated his
dignity
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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
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See also
{{Clist eu human rights
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European Union law
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'' (1970), another landmark case concerning the protection of fundamental rights in the European Union
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Streisand effect
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Court of Justice of the European Union case law