Key legal question
Whether the weekday midnight closing time for terraces is economically supportable under Art. 11(2) LPE.
Extracted holding
Yes. The court held that the relevant test is the impact on an ordinary business in the sector, not on each individual café-bar, and that the measure remained economically supportable.
Extracted reasoning
The restriction had been in force since 2004, had not caused failures, and was not contested by most affected operators. The evidence did not show that closing terraces at midnight prevented profitable operation, especially since indoor premises remained usable.