Joined Cases C‑475/20 to C‑482/20

Admiral Gaming Network and Others

v

Agenzia delle Dogane e dei Monopoli and Others

(Request for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato)

Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 22 September 2022

(Reference for a preliminary ruling – Freedom of establishment – Restrictions – Betting and gambling – Licences for the management of games played on gaming machines – National legislation imposing a levy on licence holders – Principle of the protection of legitimate expectations)

1. Questions referred for a preliminary ruling – Admissibility – Need to provide the Court with sufficient information on the factual context and the connecting factor between the dispute in the main proceedings and the provisions of EU law referred to in the questions referred for a preliminary ruling – Scope

   (Art. 267 TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 23; Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Art. 94 (a) and (c))

   (see paragraphs 29-31)

2. Freedom of establishment – Restrictions – Betting and gambling

   (Art. 49 TFEU)

   (see paragraphs 33, 40, 46-49, 54, 55, 58, operative part 1)

3. Freedom of establishment – Provisions of the Treaty – Scope – Measures of a fiscal nature

   (Art. 49 TFEU)

   (see paragraphs 42, 43)

4. Freedom of establishment – Restrictions – Betting and gambling

   (Art. 49 TFEU)

   (see paragraphs 62-65, 72, operative part 2)

See the text of the decision.