62024CJ0200_SUM
Case C‑200/24
European Commission
v
Republic of Poland
Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 19 June 2025
(Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Article 49 TFEU – Freedom of establishment – Article 56 TFEU – Freedom to provide services – Directive 2000/31/EC – Electronic commerce – Article 8(1) – Commercial communications service provided by a member of a regulated profession – National legislation prohibiting advertising for pharmacies and pharmaceutical outlets as well as for the activities thereof – Restriction – Whether justified – Protection of public health)
Approximation of laws – Electronic commerce – Directive 2000/31 – Provision of information society services – Permissibility of commercial communications which are part of such a service provided by a member of a regulated profession – National legislation prohibiting, generally and absolutely, commercial communications for pharmacies and pharmaceutical outlets and the activities thereof – Failure to fulfil obligations
(Art. 56 TFEU; European Parliament and Council Directives 2000/31, Art. 8(1) and (2), and 2006/123, recital 100 and Art. 2)
(see paragraphs 44-47, 51, 52, 55-63, operative part 1)
Freedom of establishment – Freedom to provide services – Restrictions – National legislation prohibiting, generally and absolutely, commercial communications for pharmacies and pharmaceutical outlets and the activities thereof – Not permissible – No justification – Absence
(Arts 49 and 56 TFEU)
(see paragraphs 65, 71-74, 76, 100-103, 106-108, 115, 116, 119-122, 124, operative part 1)
See the text of the decision.