Reports of Cases

2010 I-08219

Subject-matter

Reference for a preliminary ruling – Landesgericht Linz – Interpretation of Articles 43 EC and 49 EC – National legislation prohibiting, on pain of criminal sanctions, the operation of games of chance in casinos without a licence granted by the competent authority, but reserving the possibility of obtaining such a licence, for a maximum period of 15 years, only to public limited companies established in the national territory which are not in possession of any branches abroad

Systematic classification scheme

Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 43 : paragraphs 1, 25, 27, 28, 32, 40, 42, 46, 49, 56
• 5811997E046 : paragraph N
• 3411997E046 -P1 : paragraph N
• 2911997E049 : paragraphs 1, 25, 42, 46, 49, 56
• 5861983CJ0107 : paragraph N
• 2861987CJ0143 : paragraph N
• 2861998CJ0324 : paragraph N
• 4962001CJ0243 : paragraph 37
• 4562001CJ0388 : paragraph N
• 3462002CJ0171 : paragraph N
• 2862003CJ0231 : paragraph 49
• 5162003CJ0323 : paragraph 46
• 4762003CJ0458 : paragraph 49
• 5162004CJ0338 : paragraphs 37, 43, -
• 4562006CJ0347 : paragraph N
• 5162007CJ0042 : paragraph N
• 3562008CC0064 : paragraphs 30, 32, 33
• 3862008CJ0046 : paragraphs 43, 45, 54
• 5562008CJ0091 : paragraph N
• 4962008CJ0153 : paragraph 34
• 3762008CJ0203 : paragraphs 49, 50, 52, 54, 55

Operative part

• Interprets : EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 43
• Interprets : EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 49

Opinion

• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 43 : points 2, 30, 42, 45 - 47, 51, 53, 54, 63, 100
  
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 45 : points 57, 58, 101
  
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 46 : points 57 - 59, 101
  
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 48 : point 54
  
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 49 : points 2, 30, 43, 100, 103
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -30/77 : point 59
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -107/83 : point 45
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -270/83 : point 54
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -205/84 : points 44, 48
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -221/89 : point 46
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -330/91 : points 54, 55
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -275/92 : point 61
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -1/93 : point 55
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -55/94 : points 44, 45, 48
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -101/94 : points 45, 48
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -222/95 : point 48
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -114/97 : points 59, 60
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -124/97 : point 61
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -67/98 : points 61, 80
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -324/98 : point 100
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -379/98 : point 33
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -263/99 : point 57
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -18/01 : point 33
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -79/01 : point 57
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -243/01 : points 61, 64, 66, 80
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -171/02 : points 44, 64
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -262/02 : point 90
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -451/03 : point 57
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -514/03 : point 64
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -338/04 : points 34, 35, 61, 82, 87, 88
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -295/05 : point 33
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -42/07 : point 61
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -316/07 : point 83
  
• Court of Justice - Opinion C -103/08 : point 34
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -103/08 : point 34
  

Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

• 19/02/2008

Date of the Opinion

• 23/02/2010

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

09/09/2010

References

Publication in the Official Journal

Application: OJ C 116 from 09.05.2008, p.9

Judgment: OJ C 288 from 23.10.2010, p.9

Name of the parties

Engelmann

Notes on Academic Writings

1. Barbist, Johannes ; Pinggera, Markus: Zur Zulässigkeit des österreichischen Glücksspielmonopols - Kurzbesprechung der Schlussanträge des Generalanwalts Ján Mazák vom 23.2.2010 in der Rechtssache C-64/08 (Engelmann), Europäische Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsrecht 2010 p.285-286 (DE)
2. Ofner, Helmut: Das Ende des österreichischen Glücksspielmonopols?, Zeitschrift für Rechtsvergleichung, internationales Privatrecht und Europarecht 2010 p.49 (DE)
3. Leidenmühler, Franz: Das "Engelmann"-Urteil des EuGH - Rien ne va plus für das österreichische Glücksspielgesetz, Medien und Recht 2010 p.247-251 (DE)
4. Talos, Thomas ; Stadler, Arthur: EuGH kippt österreichisches - Glücksspielmonopol, Ecolex 2010 nº 10 p.1006-1009 (DE)
5. Talos, Thomas ; Arzt, Markus: The Engelmann Judgment: Austria’s Casino Monopoly is not EU-Compliant, European Law Reporter 2010 nº 10 p.314-318 (EN)
6. Moraiti, Athina: Evropaion Politeia 2010 p.619-621 (EL)
7. Brown, Adrian: The Grant of Concessions to Operate Casinos in Austria without Competitive Tendering: Ernst Engelmann (C-64/08), Public Procurement Law Review 2011 p.NA13-NA16 (EN)
8. Koppensteiner, Franz A.M.: Der EuGH und das Glücksspiel, Österreichisches Recht der Wirtschaft 2011 p.134-138 (DE)
9. Stergiou, H.M.: Het Hof van Justitie: Engelbewaarder van het transparantiebeginsel. Een bespreking van het arrest Englemann (zaak C-64/08) en tien jaar transparantierechtspraak van het Hof van Justitie, Nederlands tijdschrift voor Europees recht 2011 p.77-87 (NL)
10. Kohl, Julia: Straflosigkeit von konzessionslosem Glücksspiel? Rechtsfolgen der Entscheidung Engelmann, Zeitschrift für Verwaltung 2011 p.756-765 (DE)
11. Simon, Denys: Réglementations nationales des jeux de hasard, Europe 2018 avril nº 4 p.23-24 (FR)

Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Landesgericht Linz - Austria

Subject-matter

• Freedom of establishment
  
• Freedom to provide services
  

Provisions of national law referred to

Bundesgesetz vom 23. Jänner 1974 über die mit gerichtlicher Strafe bedrohten Handlungen (Strafgesetzbuch - StGB), Paragraph 168 Abs. 1 Bundesgesetz vom 28. November 1989 zur Regelung des Glücksspielwesens (Glücksspielgesetz - GSpG), über die Änderung des Bundeshaushaltsgesetzes und über die Aufhebung des Bundesgesetzes betreffend Lebensversicherungen mit Auslosung, Paragraph 21

Provisions of international law referred to

Information not available

Procedure and result

• Reference for a preliminary ruling
  

Formation of the Court

quatrième chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Schiemann

Advocate General

Mazák

Language(s) of the Case

• German
  

Language(s) of the Opinion

• French