The new European Internal Market Commissioner, Michel Barnier, told the European Parliament Thursday that last year's bwin/Santa Casa ruling by the European Court of Justice has little bearing on the Commission's approach to infringement procedures against member states, vowing to pursue non-compliance on a case-by-case basis.
Barnier told parliamentarians that the Santa Casa ruling of September 2009 was based on considerations specific to Portugal and its national monopoly operator, Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa.
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