16.1.2023
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
C 15/15
Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 17 November 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Sąd Okręgowy w Warszawie — Poland) — ‘TOYA’ sp. z o.o., Polska Izba Informatyki i Telekomunikacji v Prezes Urzędu Komunikacji Elektronicznej (Case C-243/21) (1) (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Telecommunications — Directive 2002/19/EC (Access Directive) — Article 8(3) — Directive 2014/61/EU — Articles 1(3), 1(4) and 3(5) — Power of the national regulatory authority to impose ex ante regulatory conditions relating to access to the physical infrastructure of a network operator not having significant market power — Absence of a dispute relating to access) (2023/C 15/14) Language of the case: Polish Referring court Sąd Okręgowy w Warszawie
Parties to the main proceedings Applicant: ‘TOYA’ sp. z o.o., Polska Izba Informatyki i Telekomunikacji
Defendant: Prezes Urzędu Komunikacji Elektronicznej
Intervener: Polska Izba Komunikacji Elektronicznej
Operative part of the judgment Articles 1(3), 1(4) and 3(5) of Directive 2014/61/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on measures to reduce the cost of deploying high-speed electronic communications networks, read in conjunction with (i) Articles 1(1), 5(1) and 8(3) of Directive 2002/19/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 March 2002 on access to, and interconnection of, electronic communications networks and associated facilities (Access Directive) as amended by Directive 2009/140/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2009, and (ii) Articles 8 and 12 of 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) as amended by Directive 2009/140,
must be interpreted as not precluding a competent national regulatory authority in the field of electronic communications from imposing on a network operator which has not been designated as having significant market power the obligation to apply the conditions for access to that operator’s physical infrastructure by the undertakings active in that area, as determined ex ante by that authority, including the rules and procedures for entering into contracts and the applicable access fees, irrespective of the existence of a dispute relating to that access and effective competition.
(1)
OJ C 289, 19.7.2021.