Judgment_paragraph 48 · Belgisch Syndicaat van Chiropraxie and Others v Ministerraad (C-597/17)

48To determine whether goods or services are similar, account must be taken primarily of the point of view of a typical consumer. Goods or services are similar where they have similar characteristics and meet the same needs from the point of view of consumers, the test being whether their use is comparable, and where the differences between them do not have a significant influence on the decision of the average consumer to use one or the other of those goods or services (judgments of 11 September 2014, K, C‑219/13, EU:C:2014:2207, paragraph 25, and of 9 November 2017, AZ, C‑499/16, EU:C:2017:846, paragraph 31).