On Thursday 13 July, the Court of Justice of the EU found against Spain over its delay in liberalising the goods handling port services sector (case C-388/16), despite a previous Court judgment condemning its restrictive legislation that hinders the freedom of establishment of businesses active in the sector from other member states wishing to operate in its ports.
It was not until 12 May 2017, or 29 months after an earlier Court judgment declaring it illegal under single market rules (case...