Case C-475/12: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Fővárosi Törvényszék (formerly Fővárosi Bíróság) (Hungary) lodged on 22 October 2012 — UPC DTH S.á.r.l. v A Nemzeti Média- és Hírközlési Hatóság Elnökhelyettese
Date: 2012-10-22
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Hungary, Luxembourg, broadcasting, freedom to provide services, interpretation of the law, provision of services, satellite communications, television








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Official Journal of the European Union


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Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Fővárosi Törvényszék (formerly Fővárosi Bíróság) (Hungary) lodged on 22 October 2012 — UPC DTH S.á.r.l. v A Nemzeti Média- és Hírközlési Hatóság Elnökhelyettese
(Case C-475/12)
2013/C 26/38
Language of the case: Hungarian

Referring court

Fővárosi Törvényszék (formerly Fővárosi Bíróság)

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: UPC DTH S.á.r.l.

Defendant: A Nemzeti Média- és Hírközlési Hatóság Elnökhelyettese

Questions referred







1.


May Article 2(c) of the Framework Directive, that is to say, Directive 2002/21/EC (1) of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 March 2002, as amended by Directive 2009/140/EC (2) of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2009, be interpreted as meaning that a service by which a service provider supplies, for consideration, conditional access to a package of programmes which contains radio and television broadcast services and is retransmitted by satellite is to be classified as an electronic communications service?










2.


May the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union be interpreted as meaning that the principle of the free movement of services is applicable to the service described in the first question, in the case of a service supplied from Luxembourg to Hungary?










3.


May the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union be interpreted as meaning that, in the case of the service described in the first question, the country of destination, to which the service is sent, is entitled to limit the supply of that type of services by requiring that the [supplier of the] service has to be registered in that Member State and has to be established as a branch or independent legal entity, and allowing this type of services to be supplied only through the establishment of a branch or independent legal entity?










4.


May the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union be interpreted as meaning that administrative proceedings relating to the services described in the first question, regardless of the Member State in which the undertaking supplying that service operates or is registered, will be subject to the administrative authority of the Member State which has jurisdiction on the basis of the place in which the service is supplied?










5.


May Article 2(c) of Directive 2002/21/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 March 2002 (Framework Directive) be interpreted as meaning that the service described in the first question must be classified as an electronic communications service, or must such a service be classified as a conditional access service supplied using the conditional access system defined in Article 2(f) of the Framework Directive?










6.


On the basis of all the foregoing, may the relevant provisions be interpreted as meaning that the service provider described in the first question must be classified as a provider of electronic communications services pursuant to European Community law?






(1)  Directive 2002/21/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 March 2002 on a common regulatory framework for electronic communications networks and services (Framework Directive) (OJ 2002 L 108, p. 33).

(2)  Directive 2009/140/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2009 amending Directives 2002/21/EC on a common regulatory framework for electronic communications networks and services, 2002/19/EC on access to, and interconnection of, electronic communications networks and associated facilities, and 2002/20/EC on the authorisation of electronic communications networks and services (Text with EEA relevance) (OJ 2009 L 337, p. 37).