CELEX: E2006J0001
Language: en
Date: 2007-03-17 00:00:00
Title: Judgment of the Court of 14 March 2007 in Case E-1/06 — EFTA Surveillance Authority v The Kingdom of Norway (National legislation transferring the operation of gaming machines to a State-owned monopoly — Restriction of freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services — Justification — Legitimate aims — Consistency of national legislation — Necessity of national legislation)

13.12.2007   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 301/16
            
         
      JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
   
   of 14 March 2007
   in Case E-1/06
   EFTA Surveillance Authority v The Kingdom of Norway
   
      (National legislation transferring the operation of gaming machines to a State-owned monopoly — Restriction of freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services — Justification — Legitimate aims — Consistency of national legislation — Necessity of national legislation)
   
   (2007/C 301/08)
   In Case E-1/06, EFTA Surveillance Authority v The Kingdom of Norway — Application for a declaration that the Kingdom of Norway has infringed Articles 31 and 36 of the EEA Agreement by adopting Act No 90 of 29 August 2003 relating to Amendments to the Gaming and Lottery Legislation (Lov av 29. august 2003 nr. 90 om endringer i pengespill- og lotterilovgivningen) which introduced a monopoly for the State-owned undertaking Norsk Tipping AS to operate gaming machines in Norway, the Court, composed of Carl Baudenbacher, President and Judge-Rapporteur, Henrik Bull and Thorgeir Örlygsson, Judges, gave judgment on 14 March 2007, the operative part of which is as follows:
   
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                  Dismisses the application.
               
            
         
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                  Orders the EFTA Surveillance Authority to pay the costs of the proceedings.