CELEX: 62008CJ0356
Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations
Freedom to provide services
Freedom of establishment
Free movement of capital
National legislation imposing an obligation on medical doctors established in the territory of the Land of Upper Austria to open a bank account with a particular bank

Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Breach of Articles 43 EC, 49 EC and 56 EC – National legislation imposing
an obligation on medical doctors established in the territory of the
Land
of Upper Austria to open a bank account with the Oberösterreichische Landesbank.
Operative part
The Court:
1.
Declares that, by imposing an obligation on every medical doctor becoming established in Oberösterreich (Land of Upper Austria)
to open a bank account with the Oberösterreichische Landesbank in Linz to which fees for benefits in kind in the context of
the exercise of his professional activity are to be transferred by the health insurance funds, the Republic of Austria has
failed to comply with its obligations under Article 49 EC;
2.
Orders the Republic of Austria to pay the costs.