48It should be recalled, in that context, that the mere fact that the authorisation and control of a certain number of private operators may prove more burdensome for the national authorities than supervision of a single operator is irrelevant. Indeed, it is apparent from the case-law of the Court that administrative inconvenience does not constitute a ground that can justify a restriction on a fundamental freedom guaranteed by European Union law (see, to that effect, Case C-386/04 Centro di Musicologia Walter Stauffer [2006] ECR I-8203, paragraph 48, and Case C-318/07 Persche [2009] ECR I-359, paragraph 55).
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