Sumário
Judgment of the Court of 14 March 2007 in Case E-1/06 — EFTA Surveillance Authority v TheKingdom 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)
Texto da decisão
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13.12.2007 |
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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. |