… In my view, national measures taken for the
protection
of the
environment
are capable of constituting "mandatory requirements" recognized by the judgment in "Cassis de Dijon" as limiting the application of Article 30 of the Treaty in the absence of Community rules. …
… It is also to be noted that the Single European Act inserted into Part Three of the EEC Treaty a new Title VII which by Article 130 R includes the preservation,
protection
and improvement of the quality of the
environment
as one of the objectives of action taken by the Community. …
… Member States are "with due regard for the provisions of the Treaty on the free movement of goods", "either by legislative or administrative means or by voluntary agreements ((to)) take measures designed inter alia" to develop consumer education in the
advantages
of refilling or recycling containers, to facilitate the refilling and/or recycling of containers and as regards non-refillable containers, to provide for their
selective
collection, to retrieve them from household waste, and to maintain …