Even before the judgement on the preliminary ruling of case C-348/22 Comune di Ginosa, Portugal was confronted with the need to adjust its national legal regime regulating “beach concessions” on public land (under a regime…
In April 2023, the European Court of Justice (CJEU) ruled that Italian municipalities’ practice of automatically renewing concessions for the use of state-owned beaches is unlawful under Art. 12(1) and (2) of Directive 2006/123/EC on services…
On 20 April 2023 (Comune di Ginosa case C-348/22), the CJEU mainly upheld the legal framework regarding occupation of State-owned maritime property for tourism and recreational activities. There is a persistent and radical divergence between…
In this case, upon a reference from the Italian Tribunale amministrativo regionale per la Puglia (Regional Administrative Court for Puglia), the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU” or “Court“) was invited to rule…
Introduction In French law, the Bolkestein Directive was transposed by Order 2017-562 of April 19th 2017. The debate surrounding the Directive did not focus on the direct effect of the Directive as the French judges…