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Fidium Finanz AG v Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht (C-452/04)
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Fidium Finanz AG v Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht (C-452/04)

Judgment of 3 Oct 2006law://eu/cjeu/2004/c-452-04/para_43@2026-11-11

43It follows that the activity of granting credit on a commercial basis concerns, in principle, both the freedom to provide services within the meaning of Article 49 EC et seq. and the free movement of capital within the meaning of Article 56 EC et seq.

Source: EUR-Lex, © European Union, 1998-2026. Reuse authorised under Decision 2011/833/EU.

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Court: Court of Justice · Grand Chamber
Case: C-452/04 · ECLI:EU:C:2006:631
Decided: 3 Oct 2006
Procedure: Preliminary reference · referred by the Verwaltungsgericht Frankfurt am Main (Germany)
Applicant: Fidium Finanz AG
Defendant: Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht
Rapporteur: A. Rosas
Advocate General: C. Stix-Hackl
Bench: 13 judges
V. Skouris, P. Jann, C.W.A. Timmermans, A. Rosas, K. Schiemann, S. von Bahr, J.N. Cunha Rodrigues, R. Silva de Lapuerta, K. Lenaerts, E. Juhász, G. Arestis, A. Borg Barthet, M. llešič
Language: German
Official: CURIA · EUR-Lex 62004CJ0452

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Freedom to provide services Free movement of capital

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3 Oct 2006Reading

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Interprets 1: Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (consolidated 2016)8 provisions
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Cites 14: Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (consolidated 2016)12 provisions; Directive 2000/12/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 March 2000 relating to the taking up and pursuit of the business of credit institutions; Commission of the European Communities v Italian Republic (C-439/99); Her Majesty's Customs and Excise v Gerhart Schindler and Jörg Schindler (C-275/92); Omega Spielhallen- und Automatenaufstellungs-GmbH v Oberbürgermeisterin der Bundesstadt Bonn (C-36/02); Hanns-Martin Bachmann v Belgian State (C-204/90); Hans Reisch and Others (joined cases C-515/99 and C-527/99 to C-540/99) v Bürgermeister der Landeshauptstadt Salzburg and Grundverkehrsbeauftragter des Landes Salzburg and Anton Lassacher and Others (joined cases C-519/99 to C-524/99 and C-526/99) v Grundverkehrsbeauftragter des Landes Salzburg and Grundverkehrslandeskommission des Landes Salzburg (C-515/99, C-519/99, C-520/99, C-521/99, C-522/99, C-523/99, C-524/99, C-526/99, C-527/99, C-528/99, C-529/99, C-530/99, C-531/99, C-532/99, C-533/99, C-534/99, C-535/99, C-536/99, C-537/99, C-538/99, C-539/99, C-540/99); Canal Satélite Digital SL v Adminstración General del Estado, and Distribuidora de Televisión Digital SA (DTS) (C-390/99); Heirs of M. E. A. van Hilten-van der Heijden v Inspecteur van de Belastingdienst/Particulieren/Ondernemingen buitenland te Heerlen (C-513/03); Cadbury Schweppes plc and Cadbury Schweppes Overseas Ltd v Commissioners of Inland Revenue (C-196/04); Council Directive 88/361/EEC of 24 June 1988 for the implementation of Article 67 of the Treaty; Commission (Opinion 1/94); Herbert Karner Industrie-Auktionen GmbH v Troostwijk GmbH (C-71/02); Société civile immobilière Parodi v Banque H. Albert de Bary et Cie (C-222/95)