Press Release: Internal Market: the Commission has brought Hungary before the Court of Justice to contest restrictive conditions on the issue of luncheon vouchers and other benefits in kind

The European Commission has decided to bring Hungary before the Court of Justice of the European Union to contest its legislation on issuing luncheon, leisure and holiday vouchers. The Commission considers that the restrictions introduced by the Hungarian legislation in force on 1 January 2012 are contrary to the fundamental principles of the freedom of establishment and the freedom to provide services, enshrined in the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (Articles 49 and 56 TFEU) and contrary to the Services Directive.

ESO: Background Information: June infringements package: main decisions http://www.europeansources.info/record/memo-june-infringements-package-main-decisions/

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