60More specifically, it must be observed that services normally provided for remuneration constitute economic activities, since the essential characteristic of remuneration resides in the fact that it constitutes financial consideration for the service in question, without however having to be paid for by the recipient of that service (judgment of 23 February 2016, Commission v Hungary, C‑179/14, EU:C:2016:108, paragraphs 153 to 155). Furthermore, it follows from Article 62 TFEU, read together with Article 51 of that Treaty, that the freedom to provide services does not extend to activities which in a Member State are connected, even occasionally, with the exercise of official authority.
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