The award of concessions of State-owned maritime land: the principles of competition, freedom of establishment in order to guarantee the exercise, development and exploitation of business activities and the protection of investments

Judgment of the Court (fifth chamber) 14 july 2016 (request for a preliminary ruling under Article 267 TFEU from the Tribunale amministrativo regionale per la Lombardia (Regional Administrative Court, Lombardy, Italy) and the Tribunale amministrativo regionale per la Sardegna (Regional Administrative Court, Sardinia, Italy), made by decisions of 5 March 2014 and 28 January 2015 respectively, received at the Court on 3 October 2014 and 12 February 2015) – Promoimpresa srl v Consorzio dei comuni della Sponda Bresciana del Lago di Garda e del Lago di Idro,Regione Lombardia,and Mario Melis and Others (C-67/15)v Comune di Loiri Porto San Paolo, Provincia di Olbia Tempio (joined Cases C-458/14 and C-67/15).