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Document 62001CJ0388
Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 16 January 2003. # Commission of the European Communities v Italian Republic. # Failure to fulfil obligations - Free movement of services - Non-discrimination - Articles 12 EC and 49 EC - Admission to museums, monuments, galleries, archaeological digs, parks and gardens classified as public monuments - Preferential rates granted by local or decentralised State authorities. # Case C-388/01.
A Bíróság (hatodik tanács) 2003. január 16-i ítélete.
Az Európai Közösségek Bizottsága kontra Olasz Köztársaság.
Tagállami kötelezettségszegés - Szolgáltatásnyújtás szabadsága - Hátrányos megkülönböztetés tilalma - EK 12. és 49. cikk.
C-388/01. sz. ügy
A Bíróság (hatodik tanács) 2003. január 16-i ítélete.
Az Európai Közösségek Bizottsága kontra Olasz Köztársaság.
Tagállami kötelezettségszegés - Szolgáltatásnyújtás szabadsága - Hátrányos megkülönböztetés tilalma - EK 12. és 49. cikk.
C-388/01. sz. ügy
ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:C:2003:30
«(Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Freedom to provide services – Non-discrimination – Articles 12 EC and 49 EC – Admission to museums, monuments, galleries, archaeological digs, parks and gardens classified as public monuments – Preferential rates granted by local or decentralised State authorities)»
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(Arts 12 and 49 EC)
JUDGMENT OF THE COURT (Sixth Chamber)
16 January 2003 (1)
((Failure to fulfil obligations – Free movement of services – Non-discrimination – Articles 12 EC and 49 EC – Admission to museums, monuments, galleries, archaeological digs, parks and gardens classified as public monuments – Preferential rates granted by local or decentralised State authorities))
In Case C-388/01, Commission of the European Communities, represented by M. Patakia and R. Amorosi, acting as Agents, with an address for service in Luxembourg,applicant,
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Italian Republic, represented by U. Leanza, acting as Agent, and M. Fiorilli, avvocato dello Stato, with an address for service in Luxembourg,defendant,
APPLICATION for a declaration that, by allowing discriminatory, advantageous rates for admission to museums, monuments, galleries, archaeological digs, parks and gardens classified as public monuments, granted by local or decentralised State authorities only in favour of Italian nationals and persons resident within the territory of those authorities running the cultural sites in question, who are aged over 60 or 65 years, and by excluding from such advantages tourists who are nationals of other Member States and non-residents who fulfil the same objective age requirements, the Italian Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under Articles 12 EC and 49 EC,THE COURT (Sixth Chamber),,
having regard to the report of the Judge-Rapporteur,
after hearing the Opinion of the Advocate General at the sitting on 10 October 2002,
gives the following
On those grounds,
THE COURT (Sixth Chamber),
hereby:
Puissochet |
Schintgen |
Skouris |
Colneric |
Cunha Rodrigues |
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R. Grass |
J.-P. Puissochet |
Registrar |
President of the Sixth Chamber |