Request for an Advisory Opinion from the EFTA Court by Verwaltungsbeschwerdeinstanz des Fürstentums Liechtenstein (Administrative Court for the Principality of Liechtenstein) by decision of that court of 13 June 2000 in the case of Dr Johann Brändle (Case E-4/00)
Date: 2000-06-13
Institutions: EFTA Court
Subjects: EFTA, Liechtenstein, interpretation of the law, physician, right of establishment, self-employed person

C 49/8

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

15.2.2001

EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA

EFTA COURT

Request for an Advisory Opinion from the EFTA Court by Verwaltungsbeschwerdeinstanz des
F(cid:252)rstentums Liechtenstein (Administrative Court for the Principality of Liechtenstein) by decision
of that court of 13 June 2000 in the case of Dr Johann Br(cid:228)ndle

(Case E-4/00)

(2001/C 49/11)

A request has been made to the EFTA Court by decision of 13 June 2000 of Verwaltungsbeschwerde-
instanz des F(cid:252)rstentums Liechtenstein (Administrative Court for the Principality of Liechtenstein), which
was received at the Court Registry on 21 June 2000, for an Advisory Opinion in the case of Dr Johann
Br(cid:228)ndle, on the following question:

Is the single practice rule applying without exception to all doctors under Liechtenstein national law,
and in particular Article 9(1) of the Regulation of 8 November 1988 on the medical professions
which provides: (cid:145)A doctor may pursue his occupation in a self-employed capacity, as a sole practi-
tioner or jointly with others, only if he holds a licence authorising him to do so and only if he
himself works on his own behalf in the practice concerned. A doctor may not operate more than one
practice, whether as a sole practitioner or jointly with others(cid:146) compatible with the EEA and/or with
the Agreement on the European Economic Area (EEA Agreement) of 2 May 1992?

Request for an Advisory Opinion from the EFTA Court by Verwaltungsbeschwerdeinstanz des
F(cid:252)rstentums Liechtenstein (Administrative Court for the Principality of Liechtenstein) by decision
of that court of 13 June 2000 in the case of Dr Josef Mangold

(Case E-5/00)

(2001/C 49/12)

A request has been made to the EFTA Court by decision of 13 June 2000 of Verwaltungsbeschwerde-
instanz des F(cid:252)rstentums Liechtenstein (Administrative Court for the Principality of Liechtenstein), which
was received at the Court Registry on 21 June 2000, for an Advisory Opinion in the case of Dr Josef
Mangold, on the following question:

Is the single practice rule applying without exception to all dentists under Liechtenstein national law,
and in particular Article 23(1) of the Regulation of 8 November 1988 on the medical professions
which provides: (cid:145)A dentist may pursue his profession in a self-employed capacity, as a sole practitioner
or jointly with others, only if he holds a licence authorising him to carry on his profession on a
self-employed basis and only if he himself works in the pratice concerned. A dentist may not operate
more than one practice, whether as a sole practitioner or jointly with other doctors(cid:146) compatible with
the EEA and/or with the Agreement on the European Economic Area (EEA Agreement) of 2 May
1992?