Order of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 4 June 2019 — Pólus Vegas
(Case C‑665/18)(1)
(Reference for a preliminary ruling — Article 53(2) and Article 99 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice — Freedom to provide services — Restrictions — Games of chance — National taxes on the operation of slot machines in amusement arcades — National legislation increasing the amount of a tax five-fold and introducing an additional tax)
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 possible posting of persons from other Member States — Operation of slot machines — Requirement for the national court to provide evidence of the use by customers from other Member States of the gaming opportunities being offered
(Arts 56 and 267 TFEU)
(see paras 17-19, 24, operative part)
Operative part
Article 56 TFEU, read in the light of the judgment of 11 June 2015, Berlington Hungary and Others (C‑98/14, EU:C:2015:386), must be interpreted as meaning, in so far as concerns the operation of slot machines in a Member State, a cross-border situation cannot be presumed to exist on the sole ground that EU citizens from other Member States may avail themselves of such gaming opportunities.
1 OJ C 122 du 1.4.2019.