Source: EURLEX
Language: en
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| 29.3.2021 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 110/23 |

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Request for a preliminary ruling from the Supremo Tribunal de Justiça (Portugal) lodged on 31 December 2020 — RTL Television GmbH v Grupo Pestana S.G.P.S., S.A., SALVOR — Sociedade de Investimento Hoteleiro, S.A.

(Case C-716/20)

(2021/C 110/24)

Language of the case: Portuguese

Referring court

Supremo Tribunal de Justiça

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicant: RTL Television GmbH

Defendants: Grupo Pestana S.G.P.S., S.A., SALVOR — Sociedade de Investimento Hoteleiro, S.A.

Questions referred

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| 1. | Must the concept of ‘cable retransmission’, as provided for in Article 1(3) of Council Directive 93/83/EEC of 27 September 1993, [(1)](#ntr1-C_2021110EN.01002301-E0001) be interpreted as meaning that it covers, in addition to the simultaneous transmission by one broadcasting organisation of a broadcast by another broadcasting organisation, the distribution to the public, on a simultaneous basis and entirely by cable, of a primary broadcast of television or radio programmes intended for reception by the public (whether or not the person performing that distribution to the public is a broadcasting organisation)? |

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| 2. | Does the simultaneous distribution of the satellite broadcasts of a television channel, through television sets installed in hotel rooms, and by means of coaxial cable, constitute a retransmission of such broadcasts within the meaning of the concept provided for in Article 1(3) of Council Directive 93/83/EEC of 27 September 1993? |

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