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9.12.2024
(Case C-16/23, (1) FA.RO. di YK & C.)
(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Services in the internal market - Directive 2006/123/EC - Authorisation scheme - Article 10 - Conditions for the granting of authorisation - Sale of tobacco products - National legislation making the grant of authorisation to establish a point of sale for tobacco products subject to compliance with conditions - Conditions relating to distance and population - Protection of public health against smoking)
(C/2024/7135)
Language of the case: Italian
Applicant: FA.RO. di YK & C. Sas
Defendant: Agenzia delle Dogane e dei Monopoli
Article 10(1) and (2) of Directive 2006/123/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 on services in the internal market
must be interpreted as not precluding national legislation which makes the grant of authorisation for points of sale for tobacco products subject to compliance with conditions relating to the minimum geographical distance between suppliers and to population size, without the possibility of the competent public authority taking into account, in place of those conditions, periodic increases in the number of consumers, provided that those conditions:
are objectively justified by an overriding reason relating to the public interest, such as the protection of public health against the risks generated by manufactured tobacco products;
are likely to have a dissuasive effect on the demand for manufactured tobacco products;
apply also to the installation of cigarette vending machines, and
applied, where appropriate, with the criterion of the interest of the service, comply with the principle of proportionality and satisfy the requirements of clarity, non-ambiguity, objectivity, publicity, transparency and accessibility.
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(1) OJ C 121, 3.4.2023.
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/7135/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
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