Order of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 3 July 2025 –C.B.S.-2009
(Joined Cases C‑687/24 and C‑688/24)
( Reference for a preliminary ruling – Article 53(2) and Article 94 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice – Freedom to provide services – Increase by 200% of the fees payable for gambling licences – Purely domestic situation – Requirement to state the reasons justifying the need for a reply from the Court – Lack of sufficient information – Manifest inadmissibility )
1.      Questions referred for a preliminary ruling – Admissibility – Need to provide the Court with sufficient information regarding the factual and legislative context – Scope of the obligation in the context of the fundamental freedoms – Question raised concerning a dispute confined within a single Member State – No indication as to the connecting factor making the requested interpretation necessary to resolve the dispute – Manifest inadmissibility
(Arts 56 and 267 TFEU; Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Art. 94)
(see paragraphs 20-26)
2.      Questions referred for a preliminary ruling – Jurisdiction of the Court – Limits – Question raised concerning a dispute confined within a single Member State – Jurisdiction in the light of the fact that persons from other Member States may be concerned – Need for the national court to indicate the specific factors that allow a link to be established between the subject matter or circumstances of a dispute and the freedom to provide services
(Arts 56 and 267 TFEU)
(see paragraphs 27-29)
Operative part
The requests for a preliminary ruling made by the Administrativen sad Sofia-grad (Administrative Court, Sofia City, Bulgaria), by decisions of 4 October 2024, are manifestly inadmissible.