Order of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 9 January 2019 — Fluctus and Others

(Case C‑444/18)

(References for a preliminary ruling — Article 53(2) of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice — Freedom to provide services — Restrictions — Games of chance — Gambling monopoly in a Member State — Monopolistic advertising practices — Criteria for assessment — Manifest inadmissibility)

Questions referred for a preliminary ruling — Admissibility — Questions referred lacking sufficient information regarding the factual and legislative context and the reasons justifying the need for an answer to the questions referred for a preliminary ruling — Questions submitted in a context which precludes a useful answer — Manifest inadmissibility

(Art. 267 TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 23; Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Arts 53(2) and 94)

(see paras 16-23, 25-28, 30, operative part)

Operative part

The request for a preliminary ruling submitted by the Landesverwaltungsgericht Steiermark (Regional Administrative Court, Styria) (Austria) by decision of 2 July 2018 is manifestly inadmissible.