CELEX: 62013CN0685
Language: en
Date: 2013-12-27 00:00:00
Title: Case C-685/13: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal de première instance de Liège (Belgium) lodged on 27 December 2013 — Belgacom SA v Commune de Fléron

1.3.2014   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 61/6
            
         Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal de première instance de Liège (Belgium) lodged on 27 December 2013 — Belgacom SA v Commune de Fléron
   (Case C-685/13)
   2014/C 61/09
   Language of the case: French
   
      Referring court
   
   Tribunal de première instance de Liège
   
      Parties to the main proceedings
   
   
      Applicant: Belgacom SA
   
      Defendant: Commune de Fléron
   
      Question referred
   
   Do the provisions of the Authorisation Directive, (1) and in particular Article 13 thereof pertaining to the methods of imposition of fees for rights of use for radiofrequencies and rights to install facilities on or under public or private property, preclude the imposition on mobile telecommunications operators by the communal administrative authorities of a Member State, by way of a municipal regulation, of a tax comprising a single and flat-rate fee of EUR 2 500 per pylon or mast, the fact giving rise to which is the presence of such pylon or mast on the territory of the commune on 1 January of the year of assessment, in the case where that tax does not represent remuneration and is motivated by budgetary and environmental objectives?
   
      (1)  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 (Authorisation Directive) (OJ 2002 L 108, p. 21).