Judgment_paragraph 49 · „CHEZ Elektro Bulgaria“ AD v Yordan Kotsev and „FrontEx International“ EAD v Emil Yanakiev (C-427/16, C-428/16)

49It follows that, having regard to the lack of provisions capable of ensuring that the Supreme Council of the Legal Profession conducts itself as an arm of the State working in the public interest subject to actual review and the power to adopt decisions in the last resort by the State, a professional organisation such as the Supreme Council of the Legal Profession must be considered to be an association of undertakings within the meaning of Article 101 TFEU when it adopts regulations determining the minimum amounts of lawyers’ remuneration.