Order of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 4 June 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Fővárosi Közigazgatási és Munkaügyi Bíróság — Hungary) — Pólus Vegas Kft. v Nemzeti Adó- és Vámhivatal Fellebbviteli Igazgatósága
(Case C-665/18) 1
(Reference for a preliminary ruling — Article 53(2) and Article 99 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice — Freedom to provide services — Restrictions — Games of chance — National taxes on the operation of slot machines in amusement arcades — National legislation increasing the amount of a tax five-fold and introducing an additional tax)
Language of the case: Hungarian
Referring court
Fővárosi Közigazgatási és Munkaügyi Bíróság
Parties to the main proceedings
Applicant: Pólus Vegas Kft.
Defendant: Nemzeti Adó- és Vámhivatal Fellebbviteli Igazgatósága
Operative part of the order
Article 56 TFEU, read in the light of the judgment of 11 June 2015, Berlington Hungary and Others (C-98/14, EU:C:2015:386), must be interpreted as meaning, in so far as concerns the operation of slot machines in a Member State, a cross-border situation cannot be presumed to exist on the sole ground that EU citizens from other Member States may avail themselves of such gaming opportunities.
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1 OJ C 122, 1.4.2019.