E2000P0005

Request for an Advisory Opinion from the EFTA Court by Verwaltungsbeschwerdeinstanz des Fürstentums Liechtenstein (/Administrative Court for the Principality of Liechtenstein) by decision of that court of 13 June 2000 in the case of Dr Josef Mangold

(Case E-5/00)

(2001/C 49/12)

A request has been made to the EFTA Court by decision of 13 June 2000 of Verwaltungsbeschwerdeinstanz des Fürstentums Liechtenstein (/Administrative Court for the Principality of Liechtenstein), which was received at the Court Registry on 21 June 2000, for an Advisory Opinion in the case of Dr Josef Mangold, on the following question:

Is the single practice rule applying without exception to all dentists under Liechtenstein national law, and in particular Article 23(1) of the Regulation of 8 November 1988 on the medical professions which provides: "A dentist may pursue his profession in a self-employed capacity, as a sole practitioner or jointly with others, only if he holds a licence authorising him to carry on his profession on a self-employed basis and only if he himself works in the pratice concerned. A dentist may not operate more than one practice, whether as a sole practitioner or jointly with other doctors" compatible with the EEA and/or with the Agreement on the European Economic Area (EEA Agreement) of 2 May 1992?