Case C-410/09: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 12 May 2011 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Sąd Najwyższy — Republic of Poland) — Polska Telefonia Cyfrowa sp. z o.o. v Prezes Urzędu Komunikacji Elektronicznej (Act concerning the conditions of accession to the European Union — Article 58 — Directive 2002/21/EC — Commission guidelines — No publication in the OJ in the language of a Member State — Enforceability)
Date: 2011-05-12
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: EU Official Journal, competition law, disclosure of information, electronic mail, interpretation of the law, official language, regulation of telecommunications, single market, transmission network








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9.7.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 204/7





Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 12 May 2011 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Sąd Najwyższy — Republic of Poland) — Polska Telefonia Cyfrowa sp. z o.o. v Prezes Urzędu Komunikacji Elektronicznej
(Case C-410/09) (1)

(Act concerning the conditions of accession to the European Union - Article 58 - Directive 2002/21/EC - Commission guidelines - No publication in the Official Journal of the European Union in the language of a Member State - Enforceability)
2011/C 204/13
Language of the case: Polish

Referring court

Sąd Najwyższy

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Polska Telefonia Cyfrowa sp. z o.o.

Defendant: Prezes Urzędu Komunikacji Elektronicznej

In the presence of: Prezes Urzędu Ochrony Konkurencji i Konsumentów

Re:

Reference for a preliminary ruling — Sąd Najwyższy — Interpretation of Article 58 of the Act concerning the conditions of accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic and the adjustments to the Treaties on which the European Union is founded (OJ 2003 L 236, p. 33) — Publication of acts in the Official Journal of the European Union — Application by the regulatory authority of a Member State of Commission guidelines not published in the language of that State

Operative part of the judgment

Article 58 of the Act concerning the conditions of accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic to the European Union and the adjustments to the Treaties on which the European Union is founded must be interpreted as not precluding a national regulatory authority from referring to the Commission Guidelines on market analysis and the assessment of significant market power under the Community regulatory framework for electronic communications networks and services in a decision by which that national regulatory authority imposes certain regulatory obligations on an operator of electronic communications services, notwithstanding the fact that those guidelines have not been published in the Official Journal of the European Union in the language of the Member State in question, even though that language is an official language of the Union.


(1)  OJ C 24, 30.1.2010.