Request for a preliminary ruling from the Nederlandstalige rechtbank van eerste aanleg Brussel (Belgium) lodged on 19 November 2021 — Recreatieprojecten Zeeland BV, Casino Admiral Zeeland BV, Supergame BV v Belgische Staat

(Case C-695/21)

(2022/C 84/37)

Language of the case: Dutch

Referring court

Nederlandstalige rechtbank van eerste aanleg Brussel

Parties to the main proceedings

Appellants: Recreatieprojecten Zeeland BV, Casino Admiral Zeeland BV, Supergame BV

Respondent: Belgische Staat

Question referred

Must Article 56(1) TFEU be interpreted as precluding the national legislation of a Member State from allowing the operators of a limited and controlled number of licensed games of chance establishments in its territory to benefit from an exception to a generally applicable advertising ban in respect of such establishments, unless it also provides for the possibility of the operators of games of chance establishments located in other Member States also being allowed to benefit from the same exception to the advertising ban in its territory in respect of their establishments?