CELEX: 62011CA0485
Language: en
Date: 2013-06-27 00:00:00
Title: Case C-485/11: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 27 June 2013 — European Commission v French Republic (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Electronic communications networks and services — Directive 2002/20/EC — Article 12 — Administrative charges applicable to undertakings holding general authorisations — National legislation — Electronic telecommunications operators — Requirement to pay an additional charge)

3.8.2013   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 225/9
            
         Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 27 June 2013 — European Commission v French Republic
   (Case C-485/11) (1)
   
   (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Electronic communications networks and services - Directive 2002/20/EC - Article 12 - Administrative charges applicable to undertakings holding general authorisations - National legislation - Electronic telecommunications operators - Requirement to pay an additional charge)
   2013/C 225/14
   Language of the case: French
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: European Commission (represented by: A. Bordes and G. Braun, Agents)
   
      Defendant: Republic of France (represented by: G. de Bergues and J.-S. Pilczer, Agents)
   
      Interveners in support of the defendant: Kingdom of Spain (represented by: N. Díaz Abad, Agent), Hungary (represented by: M.Z. Fehér, K. Szíjjártó, K. Molnár and A. Szilágyi, Agents)
   
      Re:
   
   Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Infringement of Article 12 of Directive 2002/20/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 March 2002 on the authorisation of electronic communications networks and services (OJ 2002 L 108, p. 21) — Charges applicable to undertakings holding general authorisations — Compatibility of national legislation introducing an additional charge on electronic telecommunications operators
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the action.
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders the European Commission to pay the costs.
            
         
               3.
            
            
               Orders the Kingdom of Spain and Hungary to bear their own costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 355, 3.12.2011.