By restricting both the organisation of trade fairs and access to those trade fairs, the relevant Italian regulations, which are now the responsibility of the regions, pose problems of com
patibility with the principles of freedom to provide services and freedom of establishment, as laid down in Articles 43 and 49 of the EC T
reaty. Following an infringement procedure instituted by the Commission (IP/98/1174), the Court noted, in its judgment of 15 January 2002 (case C-439/99), that a substantial number of requirements imposed on trade-
...[+++]fair organisers and exhibitions by national, regional and provincial legal texts infringed the principle of the freedom to provide services and, in some cases, freedom of establishment.Suite à une procédure d'infraction entamée par la Commission (IP/98/1174), la Cour avait constaté, dans un arrêt du 15 janvier 2002 (affaire C-439/99), qu'une longue série d'exigences imposées aux organisateurs de foires et d'expositions par des textes de lois étatiques, régionaux et provinciaux violait le principe de la libre prestation des services et parfois également celui de la liberté d'établissement.