Judgment_paragraph 61 · Administración General del Estado and Others v Asociación para la Defensa de los Intereses Comunes de las Autoescuelas (AUDICA) and Ministerio Fiscal (C-292/21)

61In so far as concerns, in the second place, the question whether that measure is justified by an overriding reason relating to the public interest, within the meaning of Article 15(3)(b) of Directive 2006/123, it is apparent from the request for a preliminary ruling that that measure is designed to improve road safety by facilitating access to training centres for drivers who have lost points on their driving licence. That is, in accordance with Article 4(8) of Directive 2006/123, read in the light of recital 40 thereof and the settled case-law of the Court, an overriding reason relating to the public interest capable of justifying restrictions on the freedom of establishment (see, to that effect, judgment of 15 October 2015, Grupo Itevelesa and Others, C‑168/14, EU:C:2015:685, paragraph 74 and the case-law cited).