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''Stauder v City of Ulm'' (1969
Case 29/69
is an EU law case, concerning the protection of human rights in the European Union.


Facts

An EU scheme provided cheap
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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 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:


See also

{{Clist eu human rights * European Union law *'' Internationale Handelsgesellschaft mbH v Einfuhr- und Vorratsstelle für Getreide und Futtermittel'' (1970), another landmark case concerning the protection of fundamental rights in the European Union * Streisand effect Court of Justice of the European Union case law