CELEX: C2004/300/05
Language: en
Date: 2004-12-04 00:00:00
Title: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 14 October 2004 in Case C36/02 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesverwaltungsgericht): Omega Spielhallen- und Automatenaufstellungs-GmbH v Oberbürgermeisterin der Bundesstadt Bonn (Freedom to provide services — Free movement of goods — Restrictions — Public policy — Human dignity — Protection of fundamental values laid down in the national constitution — ‘Playing at killing’)

4.12.2004   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 300/3
            
         
      JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
   
   (First Chamber)
   of 14 October 2004
   in Case C36/02 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesverwaltungsgericht): Omega Spielhallen- und Automatenaufstellungs-GmbH v Oberbürgermeisterin der Bundesstadt Bonn (1)
   
   (Freedom to provide services - Free movement of goods - Restrictions - Public policy - Human dignity - Protection of fundamental values laid down in the national constitution - ‘Playing at killing’)
   (2004/C 300/05)
   Language of the case: German
   In Case C-36/02: reference for a preliminary ruling under Article 234 EC from the Bundesverwaltungsgericht (Germany), made by decision of 24 October 2001, received at the Court on 12 February 2002, in the proceedings between Omega Spielhallen- und Automatenaufstellungs-GmbH and Oberbürgermeisterin der Bundesstadt Bonn — the Court (First Chamber), composed of: P. Jann, President of the Chamber, A. Rosas (Rapporteur), R. Silva de Lapuerta, K. Lenaerts and S. von Bahr, Judges; C. Stix-Hackl, Advocate General; M.-F. Contet, Principal Administrator, for the Registrar, has given a judgment on 14 October 2004, in which it has ruled:
   Community law does not preclude an economic activity consisting of the commercial exploitation of games simulating acts of homicide from being made subject to a national prohibition measure adopted on grounds of protecting public policy by reason of the fact that that activity is an affront to human dignity.
   
      (1)   OJ C 109 of 4.5.2002.