Case C-522/08: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Naczelny Sąd Administracyjny (Republic of Poland) lodged on 28 November 2008 — Telekomunikacja Polska S.A., Warsaw, v President of the Urząd Komunikacji Elektronicznej
Date: 2008-11-28
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: EU Member State, EU law, access to EU information, disclosure of information, electronic mail, interpretation of the law, telecommunications industry

C 69/18

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

21.3.2009

— In the alternative, in the event that the case is not referred
back to the Court of First Instance, uphold the forms of
order sought by the applicant at first instance;

— In any event, order the Commission to pay the costs.

Pleas in law and main arguments

legal assumptions,

Incorrect
incorrect reasons for judgment,
incorrect application of the legal rule in question, failure to
make inquiries (fifth paragraph of Article 230 EC, Article 249 EC
and Article 254 EC, also in relation to Article 6 of the European
Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Funda-
mental Freedoms).

2. If

the first question is answered in the affirmative,

is a
national regulatory authority competent, in the light of Com-
munity law, to monitor compliance with the prohibition laid
down in Article 57(1)(1) of the Ustawa — Prawo Telekomu-
nikacyjne (Polish Law on Telecommunications) of 16 July
2004 (Dziennik Ustaw No 171, item 1800, as amended)?

(1) OJ L 108, 24.4.2002, pp. 7-20.
(2) OJ L 108, 24.4.2002, pp. 21-32.
(3) OJ L 108, 24.4.2002, pp. 33-50.
(4) OJ L 108, 24.4.2002, pp. 51-77.

Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Naczelny Sąd
on
Administracyjny
28 November 2008 — Telekomunikacja Polska S.A.,
the Urząd Komunikacji
Warsaw,

(Republic

President

Poland)

lodged

of

of

v

Elektronicznej

(Case C-522/08)

(2009/C 69/32)

Language of the case: Polish

Referring court

Naczelny Sąd Administracyjny

Parties to the main proceedings

Appellant: Telekomunikacja Polska S.A., Warsaw

Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Oberster
lodged on 4 December 2008 —
Gerichtshof
Zeitschriftenverlag
Mediaprint

Zeitungs-

(Austria)

und

GmbH & Co KG v ‘Österreich’-Zeitungsverlag GmbH

(Case C-540/08)

(2009/C 69/33)

Language of the case: German

Referring court

Oberster Gerichtshof

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicant: Mediaprint Zeitungs- und Zeitschriftenverlag GmbH
& Co KG

Defendant: President of the Urząd Komunikacji Elektronicznej

Defendant:‘Österreich’-Zeitungsverlag GmbH

Questions referred

Questions referred

1. Does Community law permit the Member States to introduce
a prohibition, directed at all undertakings providing telecom-
munication services, on making the conclusion of a service-
provision contract contingent on the purchase of another
service (combined sale) and, in particular, does a measure of
this kind go beyond what is necessary to attain the objectives
of
the directives contained in the telecommunications
package (Directive 2002/19/EC of the European Parliament
and of the Council of 7 March 2002 on access to, and inter-
connection of, electronic communications networks and
associated facilities (1); Directive 2002/20/EC of the European
Parliament and of the Council of 7 March 2002 on the
authorisation of electronic communications networks and
services (2); Directive 2002/21/EC of the European Parlia-
ment and of the Council of 7 March 2002 on a common
regulatory
communications
networks and services (3); and Directive 2002/22/EC of the
European Parliament and of the Council of 7 March 2002
on universal service and users' rights relating to electronic
communications networks and services (4))?

framework

electronic

for

1. Do Articles 3(1) and 5(5) of Directive 2005/29/EC of the
European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2005
concerning unfair business-to-consumer commercial prac-
tices in the internal market and amending Council Directive
84/450/EEC, Directives 97/7/EC, 98/27/EC and 2002/65/EC
of the European Parliament and of the Council and Regu-
lation (EC) No 2006/2004 of the European Parliament and
of the Council (Unfair Commercial Practices Directive) (1) or
other provisions of that Directive preclude a national provi-
sion which makes it
to announce, offer or give
bonuses, free of charge, with periodicals and newspapers,
and to announce bonuses, free of charge, with other goods
or services, apart
from exhaustively specified exceptions,
without it being necessary in any particular case to consider
whether such a commercial practice is misleading, aggressive
or otherwise unfair, even where that provision serves not
only to protect consumers, but also serves other purposes
which are not covered by the material scope of the Directive,
for example,
the maintenance of media diversity or the
protection of weaker competitors?

illegal