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Grupo Itevelesa SL and Others v Oca Inspección Técnica de Vehículos SA and Generalidad de Cataluña (C-168/14)
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Grupo Itevelesa SL and Others v Oca Inspección Técnica de Vehículos SA and Generalidad de Cataluña (C-168/14)

Judgment of 15 Oct 2015law://eu/cjeu/2014/c-168-14/para_54@2026-11-11

54In the light of the foregoing, the answer to the first question is that Article 2(2)(d) of the Services Directive must be interpreted as meaning that vehicle roadworthiness testing activities are excluded from the scope of application of that directive.

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

Key facts

Court: Court of Justice · Second Chamber
Case: C-168/14 · ECLI:EU:C:2015:685
Decided: 15 Oct 2015
Procedure: Preliminary reference · referred by the Tribunal Supremo (Supreme Court, Spain)
Applicants: Grupo Itevelesa SL; Applus Iteuve Technology; Certio ITV SL; Asistencia Técnica Industrial SAE
Defendants: OCA Inspección Técnica de Vehículos SA; Generalidad de Cataluña
Rapporteur: A. Arabadjiev
Advocate General: N. Wahl
Bench: 5 judges
R. Silva de Lapuerta, J.L. da Cruz Vilaça, A. Arabadjiev, C. Lycourgos, J.-C. Bonichot
Language: Spanish
Official: CURIA · EUR-Lex 62014CJ0168

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Freedom of establishment Freedom to provide services Transport

History · 1 version

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Interprets 2: Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (consolidated 2016)2 provisions; Directive 2006/123/EC2 provisions
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Cites 14: Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (consolidated 2016)5 provisions; Directive 2006/123/EC; Directive 2009/40/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 May 2009 on roadworthiness tests for motor vehicles and their trailers (Recast) (Text with EEA relevance); Commission of the European Communities v Portuguese Republic (C-438/08); Ministero dello Sviluppo economico and Autorità per la vigilanza sui contratti pubblici di lavori, servizi e forniture v SOA Nazionale Costruttori — Organismo di Attestazione SpA (C-327/12); Yellow Cab Verkehrsbetriebs GmbH v Landeshauptmann von Wien (C-338/09); Ottica New Line di Accardi Vincenzo v Comune di Campobello di Mazara (C-539/11); Susanne Sokoll-Seebacher (C-367/12); Directive 2014/45/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 April 2014 on periodic roadworthiness tests for motor vehicles and their trailers and repealing Directive 2009/40/EC Text with EEA relevance; Staat der Nederlanden v Essent NV (C‑105/12), Essent Nederland BV (C‑105/12), Eneco Holding NV (C‑106/12) and Delta NV (C‑107/12) (C-105/12, C-106/12, C-107/12); Eleftherios-Themistoklis Nasiopoulos v Ipourgos Igias kai Pronias (C-575/11); SIA Kurcums Metal v Valsts ieņēmumu dienests (C-558/11); Attanasio Group Srl v Comune di Carbognano (C-384/08); Grupo Itevelesa SL and Others v Oca Inspección Técnica de Vehículos SA and Generalidad de Cataluña (C-168/14)