ABSTRACT
Mutual recognition has been a classic principle of EU law since the Cassis de Dijon decision in which the Court of Justice stated that “there is no valid reason why, provided that they have been lawfully produced and marketed in one of the Member States, alcoholic beverages should not be introduced into any other Member State”.1 This reasoning was developed in the frame of the freedom of movement of goods and was applied to other economic free movement categories shortly afterwards (Janssens 2013).This principle allowed for the strengthening of the fundamental freedoms in Europe without requiring legislative harmonization, which made the principle very appealing in the AFSJ.
