CASE COMMENT : ANTICOMPETITIVE PRACTICE - NOTION OF ENTERPRISE - STATE INTERVENTION

State intervention: The Court of Justice declares the Italian regulation about the jury composition of the State examination to access the lawyer profession compatible with Union competition law since they do not enable the bar association to restrict the access to the profession because of the State control (Ordre des avocats italiens)

*This article is an automatic translation of the original article, provided here for your convenience. Read the original article. After the rules governing the determination of the tariff of fees of Italian lawyers, examined by the Court of Justice of the Communities European Communities in the Arduino case of 19 February 2002, C-35/99, it is now up to the Italian rules presiding over the organization of the State Examination Board for the the legal profession to be in the hot seat. Aren't they violating the Treaty rules enshrining the protection of the Community principles of free competition and non-discrimination? This is essentially the question referred for a preliminary ruling that the Regional

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