Court of Justice 16 March 2006, C-452/04 (Fidium Finanz AG v Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht.)

Opinion of the Advocate-General Opinion of the Advocate-General I – Introduction 1. This reference for a preliminary ruling concerns the question whether the commercial grant of credit by an undertaking having its registered office in a third country to residents of a Member State of the European Union falls within the scope of the free movement of capital or the freedom to provide services.