Freedom of services

The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Justice held, inter alia, that on the proper interpretation of Arts 43 EC and 49 EC, in the current state of European Union law, the fact that an operator held, in the member state in which it was established, an authorisation permitting it to offer games of chance did not prevent another member state, while complying with the requirements of European Union law, from making such a provider offering such services to consumers in its territory subject to the holding of an authorisation issued by its own authorities.