Court of Justice of the European Union · Judgment
C-464/15Admiral Casinos & Entertainment AG v Balmatic Handelsgesellschaft m.b.H and Others
- Decided
- 2016-06-30
- ECLI
- ECLI:EU:C:2016:500
- CELEX
- 62015CJ0464
- Finality
- Final, the decision cannot be appealed
The court's own keywords
Reference for a preliminary ruling — Article 56 TFEU — Freedom to provide services — Games of chance — Legislation of a Member State prohibiting, on pain of criminal penalties, the operation of low-prize gaming machines (‘kleines Glücksspiel’) where no licence has been granted by the competent authority — Restriction — Justification — Proportionality — Assessment of proportionality on the basis of both the objective of the legislation at the time of its adoption and its effects when implemented — Effects empirically and definitely determined.
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