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Case C-409/06: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 8 September 2010 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Köln (Germany)) — Winner Wetten GmbH v Mayor of Bergheim (Articles 43 EC and 49 EC — Freedom of establishment — Freedom to provide services — Organisation of bets on sporting competitions subject to a public monopoly at Land level — Decision of the Bundesverfassungsgericht finding the legislation for such a monopoly incompatible with the German Basic Law, but maintaining the legislation in force during a transitional period designed to allow it to be brought into conformity with the Basic Law — Principle of the primacy of Union law — Admissibility of, and possible conditions for, a transitional period of that type where the national legislation concerned also infringes Articles 43 EC and 49 EC)
Case C-409/06: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 8 September 2010 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Köln (Germany)) — Winner Wetten GmbH v Mayor of Bergheim (Articles 43 EC and 49 EC — Freedom of establishment — Freedom to provide services — Organisation of bets on sporting competitions subject to a public monopoly at Land level — Decision of the Bundesverfassungsgericht finding the legislation for such a monopoly incompatible with the German Basic Law, but maintaining the legislation in force during a transitional period designed to allow it to be brought into conformity with the Basic Law — Principle of the primacy of Union law — Admissibility of, and possible conditions for, a transitional period of that type where the national legislation concerned also infringes Articles 43 EC and 49 EC)
Case C-409/06: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 8 September 2010 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Köln (Germany)) — Winner Wetten GmbH v Mayor of Bergheim (Articles 43 EC and 49 EC — Freedom of establishment — Freedom to provide services — Organisation of bets on sporting competitions subject to a public monopoly at Land level — Decision of the Bundesverfassungsgericht finding the legislation for such a monopoly incompatible with the German Basic Law, but maintaining the legislation in force during a transitional period designed to allow it to be brought into conformity with the Basic Law — Principle of the primacy of Union law — Admissibility of, and possible conditions for, a transitional period of that type where the national legislation concerned also infringes Articles 43 EC and 49 EC)
OJ C 288, 23.10.2010, p. 6–6
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
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23.10.2010 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
C 288/6 |
Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 8 September 2010 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Köln (Germany)) — Winner Wetten GmbH v Mayor of Bergheim
(Case C-409/06) (1)
(Articles 43 EC and 49 EC - Freedom of establishment - Freedom to provide services - Organisation of bets on sporting competitions subject to a public monopoly at Land level - Decision of the Bundesverfassungsgericht finding the legislation for such a monopoly incompatible with the German Basic Law, but maintaining the legislation in force during a transitional period designed to allow it to be brought into conformity with the Basic Law - Principle of the primacy of Union law - Admissibility of, and possible conditions for, a transitional period of that type where the national legislation concerned also infringes Articles 43 EC and 49 EC)
(2010/C 288/10)
Language of the case: German
Referring court
Verwaltungsgericht Köln
Parties to the main proceedings
Applicant: Winner Wetten GmbH
Defendant: Mayor of Bergheim
Re:
Reference for a preliminary ruling — Verwaltungsgericht Köln — Interpretation of Arts 43 EC and 49 EC — National legislation, making the business of collecting, accepting, registering and transmitting bets subject to obtaining authorisation, declared unconstitutional by the Bundesverfassungsgericht — Direct effect and primacy of Community law — Temporal limitation on the effects of the judgment
Operative part of the judgment
By reason of the primacy of directly-applicable Union law, national legislation concerning a public monopoly on bets on sporting competitions which, according to the findings of a national court, comprises restrictions that are incompatible with the freedom of establishment and the freedom to provide services, because those restrictions do not contribute to limiting betting activities in a consistent and systematic manner, cannot continue to apply during a transitional period.