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European Union
Marco Tronchetti Provera SpA and Others v Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa (Consob) (C-206/16)
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Consideration of the question referred
42

Marco Tronchetti Provera SpA and Others v Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa (Consob) (C-206/16)

Judgment of 20 Jul 2017law://eu/cjeu/2016/c-206-16/para_42@2026-11-10

42Nevertheless, those requirements cannot be regarded as requiring a norm that uses an abstract legal notion to refer to the various specific hypotheses in which it applies, given that all those hypotheses could not be determined in advance by the legislature.

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

Key facts

Court: Court of Justice · Third Chamber
Case: C-206/16 · ECLI:EU:C:2017:572
Decided: 20 Jul 2017
Procedure: Preliminary reference · referred by the Consiglio di Stato (Council of State, Italy)
Applicants: Marco Tronchetti Provera SpA; Antares European Fund Limited and 5 more
Antares European Fund II Limited; Antares European Fund LP; Luca Orsini Baroni; UniCredit SpA; Camfin SpA
Defendant: Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa (Consob)
Rapporteur: M. Vilaras
Advocate General: N. Wahl
Bench: 5 judges
L. Bay Larsen, M. Vilaras, J. Malenovský, M. Safjan, D. Šváby
Language: Italian
Official: CURIA · EUR-Lex 62016CJ0206

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Freedom of establishment

History · 1 version

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Interprets 1: Directive 2004/25/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 april 2004 on takeover bids (Text with EEA relevance)
Cited by 24: YO v SVEMA TRADE, d. o. o (C-567/24); Hungary v European Parliament and Council of the European Union (C-156/21); Deutsche Bank AG and BHW Bausparkasse AG v European Central Bank (C-556/24); Hypo Vorarlberg Bank AG v Single Resolution Board (T-336/20); Landesbank Baden-Württemberg v Single Resolution Board (T-142/22); Deutsche Bank AG v Single Resolution Board (T-396/21); French Republic v Single Resolution Board (T-540/22)2 provisions; Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen Girozentrale v Single Resolution Board (T-392/21); Deutsche Kreditbank AG v Single Resolution Board (T-391/21); DZ Bank AG Deutsche Zentral-Genossenschaftsbank, Frankfurt am Main v Single Resolution Board (T-390/21); Bayerische Landesbank v Single Resolution Board (T-394/21); DZ Hyp AG v Single Resolution Board (T-395/21); DZ Bank AG Deutsche Zentral-Genossenschaftsbank, Frankfurt am Main, formerly DVB Bank SE v Single Resolution Board (T-404/21); Hypo Vorarlberg Bank AG v Single Resolution Board (T-347/21); Volkskreditbank AG v Single Resolution Board (T-348/21); Société générale and Others v Single Resolution Board (T-387/21); BPCE and Others v Single Resolution Board (T-385/21); Confédération nationale du Crédit mutuel and Others v Single Resolution Board (T-384/21); La Banque postale v Single Resolution Board (T-383/21); BNP Paribas v Single Resolution Board (T-397/21); Crédit agricole SA and Others v Single Resolution Board (T-388/21); Landesbank Baden-Württemberg v Single Resolution Board (T-389/21); Republic of Poland v European Parliament and Council of the European Union (C-157/21); Euromin Holdings (Cyprus) Limited (C-735/19)
Cites 6: Directive 2004/25/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 april 2004 on takeover bids (Text with EEA relevance); European Commission v Czech Republic (C-343/08); Marco Tronchetti Provera SpA and Others v Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa (Consob) (C-206/16); Commission of the European Communities v Hellenic Republic (C-214/98); Audiolux SA e.a v Groupe Bruxelles Lambert SA (GBL) and Others and Bertelsmann AG and Others (C-101/08); Kingdom of Belgium v Commission of the European Communities (C-110/03)