Judgment_paragraph 40 · SC Romenergo SA and Aris Capital SA v Autoritatea de Supraveghere Financiară (C-339/19)

40Such a measure does not come within the field of taxation, referred to in Article 65(1)(a) TFEU, nor is it intended to prevent infringements of national legislation, with the result that it cannot be justified on the basis of Article 65(1)(b) TFEU. In addition, in accordance with settled case-law, grounds of public policy or public security, as provided for in Article 65(1)(b) TFEU, may be relied on only if there is a genuine and sufficiently serious threat to a fundamental interest of society and, moreover, those grounds must not serve purely economic ends (see, to that effect, judgment of 7 June 2012, VBV – Vorsorgekasse, C‑39/11, EU:C:2012:327, paragraph 29 and the case-law cited).