Order of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 12 February 2015 — Lb Group

(Case C‑651/13) 1 ( 1 )

‛Reference for a preliminary ruling — Article 99 of the Rules of Procedure — Identical questions referred — Articles 49 TFEU and 56 TFEU — Freedom of establishment — Freedom to provide services — Games of chance — National legislation — Reorganisation of the licencing system through an alignment of licence expiry dates — New call for tenders — Licences with a shorter period than that of licences awarded in the past — Restriction — Overriding reasons of general interest — Proportionality’

1. Questions referred for a preliminary ruling — Questions identical to those answered in the case-law — Article 99 of the Rules of Procedure (Art. 267 TFEU; Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Art. 99) (see para. 6)

2. Freedom of establishment — Freedom to provide services — Restrictions — Betting and gaming — National legislation providing for the organisation of a new call for tenders relating to licences with a period of validity shorter than that of licences awarded in the past due to a reorganisation of the licencing system through an alignment of licence expiry dates — Justification in the public interest — Proportionality — Lawfulness (Arts 49 TFEU and 56 TFEU) (see para. 8 and operative part.)

Operative part

Articles 49 TFEU and 56 TFEU and the principles of equal treatment and effectiveness must be interpreted as not precluding national legislation, such as that in issue in the main proceedings, which provides for the organisation of a new call for tenders relating to licences with a period of validity shorter than that of licences awarded in the past due to a reorganisation of the licencing system through an alignment of licence expiry dates.

( 1 ) OJ C 112, 14.4.2014.

Order of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 12 February 2015 — Lb Group

(Case C‑651/13) 1 ( 1 )

‛Reference for a preliminary ruling — Article 99 of the Rules of Procedure — Identical questions referred — Articles 49 TFEU and 56 TFEU — Freedom of establishment — Freedom to provide services — Games of chance — National legislation — Reorganisation of the licencing system through an alignment of licence expiry dates — New call for tenders — Licences with a shorter period than that of licences awarded in the past — Restriction — Overriding reasons of general interest — Proportionality’

1. Questions referred for a preliminary ruling — Questions identical to those answered in the case-law — Article 99 of the Rules of Procedure (Art. 267 TFEU; Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Art. 99) (see para. 6)

2. Freedom of establishment — Freedom to provide services — Restrictions — Betting and gaming — National legislation providing for the organisation of a new call for tenders relating to licences with a period of validity shorter than that of licences awarded in the past due to a reorganisation of the licencing system through an alignment of licence expiry dates — Justification in the public interest — Proportionality — Lawfulness (Arts 49 TFEU and 56 TFEU) (see para. 8 and operative part.)

Operative part

Articles 49 TFEU and 56 TFEU and the principles of equal treatment and effectiveness must be interpreted as not precluding national legislation, such as that in issue in the main proceedings, which provides for the organisation of a new call for tenders relating to licences with a period of validity shorter than that of licences awarded in the past due to a reorganisation of the licencing system through an alignment of licence expiry dates.

( 1 ) OJ C 112, 14.4.2014.