Directive (EU) 2015/1535 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 September 2015 laying down a procedure for the provision of information in the field of technical regulations and of rules on Information Society services (codification) (Text with EEA relevance) Basic information Dates Date of document: Date of publication: Date of effect: October 7, 2015 Entry into force - Date pub. +20 See Art 11 Modified by Modifies Modifies: Repeal: Affected by case Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 3 December 2020. Star Taxi App SRL v Unitatea Administrativ Teritorială Municipiul Bucureşti prin Primar General and Consiliul General al Municipiului Bucureşti. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunalul Bucureşti. Reference for a preliminary ruling – Article 56 TFEU – Applicability – Purely internal situation – Directive 2000/31/EC – Article 2(a) – Meaning of ‘Information Society services’ – Article 3(2) and (4) – Article 4 – Applicability – Directive 2006/123/EC – Services – Chapters III (Freedom of establishment for providers) and IV (Free movement of services) – Applicability – Articles 9 and 10 – Directive (EU) 2015/1535 – Article 1(1)(e) and (f) – Meaning of ‘rule on services’ – Meaning of ‘technical regulation’ – Article 5(1) – Failure to communicate in advance – Enforceability – Activity of connecting persons wishing to make urban journeys with authorised taxi drivers, by means of a smartphone application – Classification – National regulations subjecting that activity to prior authorisation. Case C-62/19. Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 19 December 2019. Criminal proceedings against X. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Juge d'instruction du tribunal de grande instance de Paris. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Directive 2000/31/EC — Information society services — Directive 2006/123/EC — Services — Connection of hosts, whether businesses or individuals, with accommodation to rent with persons seeking that type of accommodation — Qualification — National legislation imposing certain restrictions on the exercise of the profession of real estate agent — Directive 2000/31/EC — Article 3(4)(b), second indent — Obligation to give notification of measures restricting the freedom to provide information society services — Failure to give notification — Enforceability — Criminal proceedings with an ancillary civil action. Case C-390/18. Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 8 October 2020. Admiral Sportwetten GmbH and Others v Magistrat der Stadt Wien. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgerichtshof. Reference for a preliminary ruling – Directive (EU) 2015/1535 – Article 1 – Procedure for the provision of information in the field of technical regulations and of rules on Information Society services – Definition of ‘technical regulation’ – Games of chance – Local duty on the operation of betting terminals – Tax rule – European Commission not notified – Enforceability against the taxpayer. Case C-711/19. Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 8 October 2020. Union des industries de la protection des plantes v Premier ministre and Others. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d'État (France). Reference for a preliminary ruling – Environment – Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 – Placing of plant protection products on the market – Emergency measures – Officially informing the European Commission – Directive (EU) 2015/1535 – Procedure for the provision of information in the field of technical regulations – Neonicotinoids – Protection of bees – Principle of sincere cooperation. Case C-514/19. Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 29 February 2024. Doctipharma SAS v Union des Groupements de pharmaciens d’officine (UDGPO) and Pictime Coreyre. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Cour d'appel de Paris. Reference for a preliminary ruling – Medicinal products for human use – Directive 2001/83/EC – Article 85c – Scope – Distance selling to the general public of medicinal products – Medicinal products for human use not subject to compulsory medical prescription – Persons authorised or entitled to engage in distance selling to the general public of medicinal products – Power of the Member States to impose conditions, justified by the protection of public health, on the retailing, on their territory, of medicinal products sold online – Information society services – Directive 98/34/EC – Directive (EU) 2015/1535 – Service connecting pharmacists and customers for the online sale of medicinal products. Case C-606/21. Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 28 May 2020. Syndyk Masy Upadłości ECO-WIND Construction S.A. w upadłości anciennement v Samorządowe Kolegium Odwoławcze w Kielcach. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Wojewódzki Sąd Administracyjny w Kielcach. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Directive (EU) 2015/1535 — Standards and technical regulations — Wind generators — Directive 2006/123/EC — Concept of ‘service’ — Environment — Directive 2009/28/EC — Promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources — Mandatory national overall targets — National rule on the authorisation procedures applicable to plants for the production of electricity from renewable energy sources – Proportionality — Legislation of a Member State laying down restrictions on the location of wind turbines. Case C-727/17. Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 24 November 2022. Belgisch-Luxemburgse vereniging van de industrie van plantenbescherming VZW (Belplant) v Vlaams Gewest. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Raad van State. Reference for a preliminary ruling – Procedure for the provision of information in the field of technical regulations and of rules on Information Society services – Directive (EU) 2015/1535 – Concept of ‘technical regulation’ – Article 1(1) – National legislation prohibiting individuals from using pesticides containing glyphosate on land in private use – Article 5(1) – Obligation on Member States to communicate to the European Commission any draft technical regulation. Case C-658/21. 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