Essential Cases: EU Law provides a bridge between course textbooks and key case judgments. This case document summarizes the facts and decision in NV Algemene Transport- en Expeditie Onderneming Van Gend en Loos (Case 26/62), EU:C:1963:1, [1963] ECR 1, 5 February 1963. The document also included supporting commentary from author Noreen O’Meara.