Joined Cases C-718/23 to C-721/23 and C-60/24,Anesar-CV and Others: Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 16 October 2025 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Superior de Justicia de la Comunidad Valenciana – Spain) – Asociación de Empresarios de Salones de Juego y Recreativos de la Comunidad Valenciana (Anesar-CV) (C-718/23), Salones Comatel SL (C-719/23), Asociación Española de Fabricantes de Máquinas Recreativas y de Juego (Asesfam) (C-720/23), Apuestas Deportivas Valencianas S.A. (C-721/23), Recreativos Giner Moltó SL (C-60/24) and Others v Conselleria d’Hisenda i Model Econòmic de la Generalitat Valenciana (Reference for a preliminary ruling – Freedom of establishment – Article 49 TFEU – Restrictions – Games of chance – Regional legislation – Minimal distances between different gaming establishments and between certain gaming establishments and educational establishments – Time limit on the operation of slot machines and other amusement machines with prizes – Moratorium on the allocation of new licences or operating authorisations – Justification – Proportionality)
Date: 2025-10-16
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: advertising, automatic game, child protection, competition policy, consumer protection, educational institution, equal treatment, freedom to provide services, right of establishment, single market








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C/2025/6108


8.12.2025






Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 16 October 2025 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Superior de Justicia de la Comunidad Valenciana – Spain) – Asociación de Empresarios de Salones de Juego y Recreativos de la Comunidad Valenciana (Anesar-CV) (C-718/23), Salones Comatel SL (C-719/23), Asociación Española de Fabricantes de Máquinas Recreativas y de Juego (Asesfam) (C-720/23), Apuestas Deportivas Valencianas S.A. (C-721/23), Recreativos Giner Moltó SL (C-60/24) and Others v Conselleria d’Hisenda i Model Econòmic de la Generalitat Valenciana


(Joined Cases C-718/23 to C-721/23 and C-60/24,
                (1)
Anesar-CV and Others)

(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Freedom of establishment - Article 49 TFEU - Restrictions - Games of chance - Regional legislation - Minimal distances between different gaming establishments and between certain gaming establishments and educational establishments - Time limit on the operation of slot machines and other amusement machines with prizes - Moratorium on the allocation of new licences or operating authorisations - Justification - Proportionality)
(C/2025/6108)
Language of the case: Spanish

Referring court

Tribunal Superior de Justicia de la Comunidad Valenciana

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicants: Asociación de Empresarios de Salones de Juego y Recreativos de la Comunidad Valenciana (Anesar-CV) (C-718/23), Salones Comatel SL, Inversiones Comatel SL, Recreativos del Este SL, Asociación SOS Hostelería, Unión de Trabajadores de Salones de Juego (Utsaju), Asociación Valenciana de Operadores de Máquinas Recreativas (Asvomar) (C-719/23), Asociación Española de Fabricantes de Máquinas Recreativas y de Juego (Asesfam), Asociación de Empresarios de Máquinas Recreativas de la Comunidad Valenciana (Andemar CV), Asociación Provincial de Empresas Comercializadoras de Máquinas Recreativas y de Azar de Alicante (Apromar-Alicante), Federación Empresarial de Hostelería de Valencia (C-720/23), Apuestas Deportivas Valencianas S.A., Codere Apuestas Valencia S.A., Luckia Retail S.A., Mediterránea de Apuestas S.A., Orenes Apuestas CV S.A., Sportium Apuestas Levante S.A. (C-721/23), Recreativos Giner Moltó SL, Valazar 2014 SL, Valazar 2000 SL (C-60/24)

Defendant: Conselleria d’Hisenda i Model Econòmic de la Generalitat Valenciana

Intervener: Organización Nacional de Ciegos Españoles (ONCE)

Operative part of the judgment

Article 49 TFEU must be interpreted as not precluding national legislation which imposes on operators in the gaming sector, first, certain restrictions on the minimum distances to be observed between gaming halls and establishments specifically intended for betting, on the one hand, and on the other, certain educational establishments, and between certain gaming establishments themselves, second, a time limit on the operation of what are known as ‘category B’ slot machines or amusement machines with prizes installed in establishments in the hotel, restaurant and catering sector or similar, and, third, a moratorium on the allocation of new licences or authorisations to operate gaming establishments, in so far as the national court concludes that those restrictions may be allowed as exceptions expressly provided for by the FEU Treaty or justified by overriding reasons relating to the public interest, are suitable for securing the attainment of the objectives pursued and do not go beyond what is necessary in order to attain those objectives.


(1)  OJ C; C/2024/2719, C/2024/2720, C/2024/2721, C/2024/2722, C/2024/2731.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/6108/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)