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Article 51 [Exemptions in the Exercise of Official Authority]

(ex-Article 45 TEC)

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Article 51 TFEU excludes the application of Chapter 2 on the right of establishment, so far as any given MS is concerned, to activities that in that State are connected, even occasionally, with the exercise of official authority. It provides further that the EP and the Council, acting by the ordinary legislative procedure, may rule that the provisions of the chapter shall not apply to certain activities.

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  1. 1.

    Case 2/74, Reyners v Belgium (ECJ 21 June 1974).

  2. 2.

    See Case C-306/89, Commission v Greece (ECJ 10 December 1991); Case C-42/92, Thijssen v. Controldienst voor de Verzekeringen (ECJ 13 July 1993); Case C-272/91, Commission v Italy (ECJ 26 April 1994); Case C-114/97, Commission v Spain (ECJ 29 October 1998); Case C-335/98, Commission v Belgium (ECJ 21 May 2000); Case C-263/99, Commission v Italy (ECJ 29 May 2001).

  3. 3.

    Kotzur, in Geiger et al. (2017), Article 51 AEUV para 5.

  4. 4.

    Wyatt et al. (2011), p. 571.

  5. 5.

    Korte, in Calliess and Ruffert (2016), Article 51 AEUV para 17; Wyatt et al. (2011), p. 571; Truchot, in Pingel (2010), Article 45 CE para 17; Pocar, in Cian and Trabucchi (2001), p. 46.

  6. 6.

    Korte, in Calliess and Ruffert (2016), Article 51 AEUV para 17.

  7. 7.

    Case 2/74, Reyners v Belgium (ECJ 21 June 1974) para 43; Case C-438/08, Commission v Portugal (ECJ 22 October 2009) para 35; Case 54/08, Commission v United Kingdom (ECJ 24 May 2011) para 41.

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  1. University of Malta, Msida, Malta

    Peter G. Xuereb

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    Hermann-Josef Blanke

  2. Università degli Studi di Teramo, Teramo, Italy

    Stelio Mangiameli

List of Cases

List of Cases

  • ECJ 21.06.1974, 2/74, Reyners v Belgium, ECLI:EU:C:1974:68 [cit. in para 1, 2]

  • ECJ 10.12.1991, C-306/89, Commission v Greece, ECLI:EU:C:1991:463 [cit. in para 1]

  • ECJ 13.07.1993, C-42/92, Thijssen v Controldienst voor de Verzekeringen, ECLI:EU:C:1993:304 [cit. in para 1]

  • ECJ 26.04.1994, C-272/91, Commission v Italy, ECLI:EU:C:1994:167 [cit. in para 1]

  • ECJ 29.10.1998, C-114/97, Commission v Spain, ECLI:EU:C:1998:519 [cit. in para 1]

  • ECJ 21.05.1999, C- 335/98, Commission v Italy, ECLI:EU:C:1999:267 [cit. in para 3]

  • ECJ 29.05.2001, C-263/99, Commission v Italy, ECLI:EU:C:2001:293 [cit. in para 1]

  • ECJ 22.10.2009, C-438/08, Commission v Portugal, ECLI:EU:C:2009:651 [cit. in para 2]

  • ECJ 24.05.2011, C-54/08, Commission v United Kingdom, ECLI:EU:C:2011:339 [cit. in para 2]

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Xuereb, P.G. (2021). Article 51 [Exemptions in the Exercise of Official Authority]. In: Blanke, HJ., Mangiameli, S. (eds) Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union – A Commentary. Springer Commentaries on International and European Law. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-43511-0_52

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