# C_2010134EN.01001701.xml

| 22.5.2010 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 134/17 |
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22.5.2010

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 134/17

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Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Supremo, Spain lodged on 12 February 2010 — Telefónica Móviles España S.A. v Administración del Estado (Secretaría de Estado de Telecomunicaciones)

(Case C-85/10)

2010/C 134/26

Language of the case: Spanish

Referring court

Referring court

Tribunal Supremo

Parties to the main proceedings

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicant: Telefónica Móviles España, S.A.

Applicant:

Defendant: Administración del Estado (Secretaría de Estado de Telecomunicaciones)

Defendant:

Questions referred

Questions referred

| 1. | On a proper construction of Article 11(2) of Directive 97/13/EC (1) of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 April 1997 on a common framework for general authorisations and individual licences in the field of telecommunications services (OJ 1997 L 117, p. 15) and, in particular, the requirements to ensure optimal use of scarce resources and to foster innovative services, is it contrary to those provisions for national legislation to separate the proceeds of a charge on this type of resource (the fee for allocation of public radio frequencies) from the specific purpose for which it was previously expressly earmarked (the funding of research and training in the field of telecommunications and the performance of public service obligations), without specifying any other particular purpose? |
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On a proper construction of Article 11(2) of Directive 97/13/EC (1) of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 April 1997 on a common framework for general authorisations and individual licences in the field of telecommunications services (OJ 1997 L 117, p. 15) and, in particular, the requirements to ensure optimal use of scarce resources and to foster innovative services, is it contrary to those provisions for national legislation to separate the proceeds of a charge on this type of resource (the fee for allocation of public radio frequencies) from the specific purpose for which it was previously expressly earmarked (the funding of research and training in the field of telecommunications and the performance of public service obligations), without specifying any other particular purpose?

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| 2. | Is it contrary to Article 11(2) of Directive 97/13/EC and, in particular, the requirements to ensure optimal use of scarce resources and to foster innovative services, for a national provision to increase, significantly and without apparent justification, the fee for a DCS-1800 digital system whilst leaving it unchanged for first generation analogue systems such as TACS? |
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Is it contrary to Article 11(2) of Directive 97/13/EC and, in particular, the requirements to ensure optimal use of scarce resources and to foster innovative services, for a national provision to increase, significantly and without apparent justification, the fee for a DCS-1800 digital system whilst leaving it unchanged for first generation analogue systems such as TACS?

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(1)  OJ L 117, p. 15.

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