Order — ECLI:EU:C:2010:585
Date: 2010-10-06
Language of the case: Spanish
Court formation: Seventh Chamber
Subject matter: Right of establishment
Procedure: Reference for a preliminary ruling
Origin: Spain

Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Juzgado Contencioso-Administrativo de Granada (Spain) lodged on 18 December 2008 -- Carlos Sáez Sánchez and Patricia Rueda Vargas v Junta de Andalucía and Manuel Jalón Morente and Others, co-defendants (Case C-563/08) Language of the case: Spanish Referring court Juzgado Contencioso-Administrativo de Granada Parties to the main proceedings Applicants: Carlos Sáez Sánchez and Patricia Rueda Vargas Defendants: Junta de Andalucía and Manuel Jalón Morente and Others Question referred Are Articles 2.3 and 2.4 of State Law 16/1997 of 25 April on pharmaceutical services, in so far as they define territorial and demographic limits on the opening of pharmacies, contrary to Article 43 of the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, in that they constitute a disproportionate, even counterproductive, system for limiting the number of pharmacies, in terms of the objective of the proper provision of medicines in the relevant territory? ____________