Europe Failure to fulfil obligations – Free movement of services – Non-discrimination – Articles 12 EC and 49 EC – Admission to museums, monuments, galleries, archaeological digs, parks and gardens classified as public monuments – Preferential rates granted by local or decentralized State authorities.
Complaint was made that the Italian Republic discriminated against nationals of other member states by allowing advantageous rates of entry for its own nationals to museums, monuments, art galleries, archeological digs, and parks and gardens.
Held: The reasons put forward in justification, namely an attempt to preserve the cohesion of the tax system, and economic considerations, were not sufficient. The matters were the responsibility of the state even if the actual decisions were made by local authorities.
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Times 30-Jan-2003, [2003] EUECJ C-388/01, [2003] ECR I-721
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Updated: 06 June 2022; Ref: scu.178732
