In its sport betting decision of 28th March 2006 (case-no. 1 BvR 1054/01) the German Federal Constitutional Court (Bundesverfassungsgericht) examined the case exclusively under German constitutional law. Nonetheless, the court pointed out that the examination standards for examining the reasons brought forward for justifying the limitation of basic rights granted by the German constitution and the examination standards for examining the reasons brought forward for justifying the limitation of basic freedoms granted by the EC Treaty were in fact identical. Therefore, the Federal Constitutional Court incidentally affirmed the lack of valid reasons brought forward for justifying the limitation of freedoms granted by the EC Treaty, notably the freedom to provide services, significant for providing betting services within the EU.