Court of Justice 18 March 2004, C-36/02 (Omega Spielhallen- und Automatenaufstellungs-GmbH v Oberbürgermeisterin der Bundesstadt Bonn.)

Opinion of the Advocate-General Opinion of the Advocate-General I – Introduction 1. In this case, the Court of Justice has to clarify the extent to which national courts are entitled to rely on values espoused by their national constitutional law in bringing in measures that help to safeguard public policy in the Member State concerned but at the same time adversely affect fundamental freedoms. 2.