Granital displaced? Il giudizio sulla legge della regione Calabria sul servizio di noleggio con conducente

GRANITAL DISPLACED? THE JUDGMENT ON THE CALABRIA REGION’S LEGISLATION ON CAR HIRE WITH A DRIVER. The trio of judgments delivered by the Constitutional Court on the Calabria Region’s legislation on car hire with a driver is noteworthy for the use of the self-referral mechanism in cases concerning directly applicable EU provisions and for the interpretation of the concept of competition protection. On the first point, the self-referral foreshadows the gradual displacement of the ‘European path’ undertaken in judgment no. 181/2024. On the second point, the Court consolidates its teleological interpretation of the legislative competence in the field of competition protection