Opinion of the Advocate General — ECLI:EU:C:2001:282
Date: 2001-05-17
Language of the case: Portuguese
Based on: Treaty establishing the European Economic Community (1957)
Subject matter: Competition;Agreements, decisions and concerted practices
Procedure: Action for failure to fulfil obligations - successful
Origin: Portugal

Summary of the Judgment 
Competition — Public undertakings and undertakings to which Member States grant 
special or exclusive rights — Télécommunications — Directives 90/388 and 96/19 — 
Voice telephony — Derogation granted to Portugal under Decision 97/310 — To be 
narrowly construed — Call-back service — Exclusion 
(Commission Directives 90/388 and 96/19; Commission Decision 97/310) 
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