Case C-292/21, CNAE and Others: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 19 January 2023 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Supremo — Spain) — Administración General del Estado, Confederación Nacional de Autoescuelas (CNAE), UTE CNAE-ITT-FORMASTER-ECT v Asociación para la Defensa de los Intereses Comunes de las Autoescuelas (AUDICA), Ministerio Fiscal (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Directive 2006/123/EC — Services in the internal market — Article 2(2)(d) — Substantive scope — Service in the field of transport — Provision of road safety awareness and re-education courses for the recovery of driving licence points — Concession to operate a public service — Article 15 — Requirements — Division of the relevant territory into five lots — Quantitative and territorial limit on access to the activity concerned — Overriding reasons in the public interest — Justification — Road safety — Proportionality — Service of general economic interest)
Date: 2023-01-19
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: award of contract, driving instruction, driving licence, principle of proportionality, provision of services, restriction on competition, road safety, service concession, services of general interest








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6.3.2023   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 83/6






Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 19 January 2023 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Supremo — Spain) — Administración General del Estado, Confederación Nacional de Autoescuelas (CNAE), UTE CNAE-ITT-FORMASTER-ECT v Asociación para la Defensa de los Intereses Comunes de las Autoescuelas (AUDICA), Ministerio Fiscal
(Case C-292/21, (1) CNAE and Others)
(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Directive 2006/123/EC - Services in the internal market - Article 2(2)(d) - Substantive scope - Service in the field of transport - Provision of road safety awareness and re-education courses for the recovery of driving licence points - Concession to operate a public service - Article 15 - Requirements - Division of the relevant territory into five lots - Quantitative and territorial limit on access to the activity concerned - Overriding reasons in the public interest - Justification - Road safety - Proportionality - Service of general economic interest)
(2023/C 83/06)
Language of the case: Spanish

Referring court

Tribunal Supremo

Parties to the main proceedings


Appellants: Administración General del Estado, Confederación Nacional de Autoescuelas (CNAE), UTE CNAE-ITT-FORMASTER-ECT

Respondents: Asociación para la Defensa de los Intereses Comunes de las Autoescuelas (AUDICA), Ministerio Fiscal

Operative part of the judgment

Article 15 of Directive 2006/123/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 on services in the internal market
must be interpreted as precluding national legislation under which the award of the contract for the provision of road safety awareness and training courses for the purposes of the recovery of driving licence points must be made by means of a public service concession, in so far as that legislation goes beyond what is necessary to attain the general interest objective pursued, namely the improvement of road safety.


(1)  OJ C 329, 16.8.2021.