Judgment_paragraph 135 · College van Burgemeester en Wethouders van de gemeente Amersfoort v X BV and Visser Vastgoed Beleggingen BV v Raad van de gemeente Appingedam (C-360/15, C-31/16)

135As the Advocate General stated in point 147 of his Opinion, under Article 4(8) of Directive 2006/123, read in the light of recital 40 thereof, such an objective of protecting the urban environment is capable of constituting an overriding reason relating to the public interest that may justify a territorial restriction such as that at issue in the main proceedings.