Request for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d’État (France) lodged on 22 July 2020 – Conseil national des centres commerciaux v Premier ministre, Ministre de l’Économie, des Finances et de la Relance, Ministre de la cohésion des territoires et des relations avec les collectivités territoriales

(Case C-325/20)

Language of the case: French

Referring court

Conseil d’État

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicant: Conseil national des centres commerciaux

Defendants: Premier ministre, Ministre de l’Économie, des Finances et de la Relance, Ministre de la cohésion des territoires et des relations avec les collectivités territoriales

Question referred

Must Article 14(6) of Directive 2006/123/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 on services in the internal market ¹ be interpreted as meaning that it permits the presence, on a collegiate body responsible for issuing an opinion on the granting of a commercial operating permit, of a recognised expert describing the local economic fabric, whose role is limited to merely presenting the situation of the economic fabric in the relevant catchment area and the impact of the project on that economic fabric, without taking part in the vote on the permit application?

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¹ OJ 2006 L 376, p. 36.