Order of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 10 January 2022

Data

Court: Court of Justice

Case date: 10 januari 2022

Verdict

Order of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 10 January 2022 – ZI and TQ

(Case C‑437/20)

"( Reference for a preliminary ruling - Article 53(2) Rules of Procedure of the Court - Games of chance - Licences for the collection of bets - Extension of existing licences - Regularisation of data transmission centres (DTC) engaged in the collection of bets without the necessary licence and police authorisation - Limited period - Manifest inadmissibility of the reference for a preliminary ruling)"

1. Questions referred for a preliminary rulingAdmissibilityQuestions referred lacking sufficient information regarding the legislative context and the reasons justifying the need for an answer to the questions referred for a preliminary rulingImpossibility for the Court to determine the applicability and relevance of the provisions of EU law relied onManifest inadmissibility

(Art. 267 TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 23; Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Arts 53(2) and 94(b) and (c))

(see paras 18-21, 25-27, 31, operative part)

2. Questions referred for a preliminary rulingAdmissibilityQuestions referred without sufficient information on the factual and legislative contextQuestions submitted in a context which precludes a useful answerManifest inadmissibility

(Art. 267 TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 23; Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Arts 53(2) and 94(a) and (b))

(see paras 29, 30)

Operative part

The request for a preliminary ruling by the Tribunale di Parma (Parma District Court, Italy), by decision of 8 November 2019, is manifestly inadmissible.