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Case C-256/13: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Hof van beroep te Antwerpen (Belgium) lodged on 10 May 2013 — Provincie Antwerpen v Belgacom NV van publiek recht
Date: 2013-05-10
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Belgium, economic activity, interpretation of the law, public property, tax, telecommunications industry








C_2013207EN.01002602.xml










20.7.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 207/26





Request for a preliminary ruling from the Hof van beroep te Antwerpen (Belgium) lodged on 10 May 2013 — Provincie Antwerpen v Belgacom NV van publiek recht
(Case C-256/13)
2013/C 207/42
Language of the case: Dutch

Referring court

Hof van beroep te Antwerpen

Parties to the main proceedings


Appellant: Provincie Antwerpen

Respondent: Belgacom NV van publiek recht

Question referred

Must Article 6 and/or Article 13 of Directive 2002/20/EC (1) of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 March 2002 on the authorisation of electronic communications networks and services (Authorisation Directive) be interpreted as precluding a public authority of a Member State from being allowed to tax, for budgetary or other reasons, the economic activity of telecommunications operators which arises in the territory or a part thereof through the presence on public or private property of GSM masts, pylons or antennae which are used for that activity?


(1)  OJ 2002 L 108, p. 21.