Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 22 January 2015 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato — Italy) — Stanley International Betting Ltd, Stanleybet Malta Ltd v Ministero dell’Economia e delle Finanze, Agenzia delle Dogane e dei Monopoli di Stato

(Case C-463/13) (1)

((Reference for a preliminary ruling - Articles 49 TFEU and 56 TFEU - Freedom of establishment - Freedom to provide services - Betting and gambling - National rules - Reorganisation of the licensing system through the alignment of licence expiry dates - New call for tenders - Licences with a period of validity shorter than that of previous licences - Restriction - Overriding reasons in the public interest - Proportionality))

(2015/C 107/09)

Language of the case: Italian

Referring court

Consiglio di Stato

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicants: Stanley International Betting Ltd, Stanleybet Malta Ltd

Defendants: Ministero dell’Economia e delle Finanze, Agenzia delle Dogane e dei Monopoli di Stato

Intervening parties: Intralot Italia SpA, SNAI SpA, Galassia Game Srl, Eurobet Italia Srl unipersonale, Lottomatica Scommesse Srl, Sisal Match Point SpA, Cogetech Gaming Srl

Operative part of the judgment

Articles 49 TFEU and 56 TFEU and the principles of equal treatment and effectiveness must be interpreted as not precluding national legislation such as that at issue in the main proceedings which provides for the organisation of a fresh call for tenders for the award of licences with a period of validity shorter than that of licences awarded previously because of the reorganisation of the system by way of an alignment of licence expiry dates.

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(1)  OJ C 344, 23.11.2013.