CELEX: C2001/200/55
Language: en
Date: 2001-07-14 00:00:00
Title: Order of the Court (Third Chamber) of 15 December 2000 in Case C-51/99 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale Amministrativo Regionale per la Basilicata): Massimo Triumbari v Questore di Potenza (Article 104(3) of the Rules of Procedure — Question identical to one on which the Court has already ruled)

14.7.2001                  EN                        Official Journal of the European Communities                                           C 200/31
                       ORDER OF THE COURT                                                           ORDER OF THE COURT
                            (Third Chamber)                                                              (Sixth Chamber)
                         of 15 December 2000
                                                                                                        of 19 January 2001
in Case C-51/99 (reference for a preliminary ruling from
the Tribunale Amministrativo Regionale per la Basilicata):                      in Case C-390/00 (reference for a preliminary ruling from
         Massimo Triumbari v Questore di Potenza (1)                            the Tribunale di Bari, Sezione Distaccata di Rutigliano):
                                                                                Giovanni Colapietro against Ispettorato Generale
                                                                                Repressione Frodi — Ministero per le Politiche Agricole (1)
(Article 104(3) of the Rules of Procedure — Question
     identical to one on which the Court has already ruled)
                                                                                (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Lack of jurisdiction
                                                                                                        — Inadmissibility)
                             (2001/C 200/55)
                                                                                                          (2001/C 200/56)
                       (Language of the case: Italian)
                                                                                                    (Language of the case: Italian)
(Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be published
                      in the European Court Reports)
                                                                                (Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be published
                                                                                                   in the European Court Reports)
In Case C-51/99: reference to the Court under Article 177 of
the EC Treaty (now Article 234 EC) from the Tribunale
Amministrativo Regionale per la Basilicata (Italy) for a prelimi-
nary ruling in the proceedings pending before that court                        In Case C-390/00: reference to the Court under Article 234
between Massimo Triumbari and Questore di Potenza (inter-                       EC from the Tribunale di Bari, Sezione Distaccata di Rutigliano
veners: Ministro delle Finanze, Ministro dell’Interno) on the                   (Bari District Court, Rutigliano Division) for a preliminary
interpretation of the provisions of the EC Treaty on freedom                    ruling in the proceedings pending before that court between
to provide services — the Court (Third Chamber), composed                       Giovanni Colapietro and Ispettorato Generale Repressione
of: C. Gulmann, President of the Chamber, J.-P. Puissochet                      Frodi — Ministero per le Politiche Agricole — on the
(Rapporteur) and F. Macken, Judges; C. Stix-Hackl, Advocate                     Community rules on compulsory distillation — the Court
General; R. Grass, Registrar, has made an order on 15 Decem-                    (Sixth Chamber), composed of: C. Gulmann (Rapporteur),
ber 2000, the operative part of which is as follows:                            President of the Chamber, V. Skouris, R. Schintgen, N. Colneric
                                                                                and J.N. Cunha Rodrigues, Judges; L.A. Geelhoed, Advocate
                                                                                General; R. Grass, Registrar, has made an order on 19 January
The EC Treaty provisions on freedom to provide services do not                  2001, in which it has ruled:
preclude national legislation, such as the Italian legislation, which
reserves unto certain bodies the right to take bets on sporting events,
if that legislation is in fact justified by social-policy objectives designed   There is no need to give a reply to the questions submitted by the
to limit the harmful effects of such activities and if the restrictions         Tribunale di Bari, Sezione Distaccata di Rutigliano, by order of
which it imposes are not disproportionate in relation to those                  19 September 2000.
objectives.
                                                                                (1) OJ C 4 of 6.1.2001.
(1) OJ C 100 of 10.4.1999.