CELEX: 62011CN0107
Language: en
Date: 2011-03-03 00:00:00
Title: Case C-107/11: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Giustizia Amministrativa per la Regione Siciliana (Italy) lodged on 3 March 2011 — Ministero dell’Interno, Questura di Caltanissetta v Massimiliano Rizzo

7.5.2011   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 139/14
            
         Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Giustizia Amministrativa per la Regione Siciliana (Italy) lodged on 3 March 2011 — Ministero dell’Interno, Questura di Caltanissetta v Massimiliano Rizzo
   (Case C-107/11)
   2011/C 139/27
   Language of the case: Italian
   
      Referring court
   
   Consiglio di Giustizia Amministrativa per la Regione Siciliana
   
      Parties to the main proceedings
   
   
      Applicants: Ministero dell’Interno, Questura di Caltanissetta
   
      Defendant: Massimiliano Rizzo
   
      Questions referred
   
   Is the national legislation introduced initially by the Bersani Decree — namely, Decree-Law No 223 of 4 July 2006, converted into Law No 248 of 4 August 2006 — compatible with Articles 43 and 49 of the EC Treaty, and specifically as regards the national rules which, inter alia:
   
               (a)
            
            
               tend generally to protect holders of licences issued at an earlier period on the basis of a procedure under which some operators were unlawfully excluded;
            
         
               (b)
            
            
               ensure de facto the maintenance of commercial positions already acquired (by, for example, prohibiting new licensees from locating their kiosks at a distance from existing kiosks which falls short of the specified minimum);
            
         
               (c)
            
            
               make it possible for the licence to lapse in cases where the licensee engages, directly or indirectly, in cross-border gaming activities analogous to those covered by the licence?