CELEX: 62014CB0480
Language: en
Date: 2015-02-12 00:00:00
Title: Case C-480/14: Order of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 12 February 2015 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato — Italy) — Società Sogno di Tolosa Ltd and Others v Ministero dell'Economia e delle Finanze, Agenzia delle Dogane e dei Monopoli di Stato (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Article 99 of the Rules of Procedure — Identical questions referred — Articles 49 TFEU and 56 TFEU — Freedom of establishment — Freedom to provide services — Games of chance — National legislation — Reorganisation of the licencing system through an alignment of licence expiry dates — New call for tenders — Licences with a shorter period than that of licences awarded in the past — Restriction — Overriding reasons of general interest — Proportionality)

20.4.2015   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 127/5
            
         Order of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 12 February 2015 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato — Italy) — Società Sogno di Tolosa Ltd and Others v Ministero dell'Economia e delle Finanze, Agenzia delle Dogane e dei Monopoli di Stato
   (Case C-480/14) (1)
   
   ((Reference for a preliminary ruling - Article 99 of the Rules of Procedure - Identical questions referred - Articles 49 TFEU and 56 TFEU - Freedom of establishment - Freedom to provide services - Games of chance - National legislation - Reorganisation of the licencing system through an alignment of licence expiry dates - New call for tenders - Licences with a shorter period than that of licences awarded in the past - Restriction - Overriding reasons of general interest - Proportionality))
   (2015/C 127/07)
   Language of the case: Italian
   
      Referring court
   
   Consiglio di Stato
   
      Parties to the main proceedings
   
   
      Applicants: Società Sogno di Tolosa Limited, Ds di Dimarco Enzo & C. Sas, Centro Servizi di Barillà Marco, Assok di Rambaldi Stefano e Casbarra Luca Snc, Dg Comunicazioni di Di Giorno Giancarlo, Tamara Maraboli, Andrea Cappiello, Depa di Delberba C. Sas, Luca Campioni, Danio Milazzo, Andrea Menna, Emilio Schiavone, Sandro Casalboni, Lorena Bertora, Andromeda di Novellis Alessandro e Stellini Roberto Snc
   
      Defendants: Ministero dell'Economia e delle Finanze, Agenzia delle Dogane e dei Monopoli di Stato
   
      In the presence of: Carmelo Sisino, Gianni Viano, Vincenzo Brancati, Marco Decortes, Filippo Sangineto, Luca Piccolo, Salvatore Rosolia, Giada Aricò, Giuseppe Parrelli, Wett-Pads Vermittlungs, Galassio Game Srl
   
      Operative part of the order
   
   Articles 49 TFEU and 56 TFEU and the principles of equal treatment and effectiveness must be interpreted as not precluding national legislation, such as that in issue in the main proceedings, which provides for the organisation of a new call for tenders relating to licences with a period of validity shorter than that of licences awarded in the past due to a reorganisation of the licencing system through an alignment of licence expiry dates.
   
      (1)  OJ C 7, 12.1.2015.