The future of the Berck-sur-Mer casino in the French region of Pas-de-Calais is more uncertain than ever. Following the cancellation of three concession notices by the administrative court of Lille, SAS Jean Metz, a subsidiary of the Partouche group, the owner of the building housing the casino, filed a third-party opposition application, as well as a supplementary brief. It requested, in particular, that the March 25 order by which the interim relief judge had canceled the public service concession be declared null and void, which was, once again, rejected by the court.
In its application, SAS Jean Metz said: “The jurisdiction of the pre-contractual interim relief judge has to comply with the principles of publicity and competition as well as the regularity of the contract award procedure.”
