30.11.2015

Official Journal of the European Union

C 398/16

(Case C-464/15)

(2015/C 398/20)

Language of the case: German

Referring court

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicant: Admiral Casinos & Entertainment AG

Defendants: Balmatic Handelsgesellschaft m.b.H, Robert Schnitzer, Suayip Polat KG, Ülkü Polat, Attila Juhas, Milazim Rexha

Question referred

Is Article 56 TFEU to be interpreted as meaning that, in an assessment of the proportionality of a rule of national law which provides for a monopoly in the market for games of chance, the validity of that rule under EU law depends not only on the objective which it pursues but also on its effects, as definitively and empirically determined?