CELEX: 62008CN0389
Language: en
Date: 2008-09-08 00:00:00
Title: Case C-389/08: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Grondwettelijk Hof (Belgium) lodged on 8 September 2008 — Base NV, Euphony Benelux NV, Mobistar NV, Uninet International NV, T2 Belgium NV and KPN Belgium NV v Ministerraad, other party: Belgacom NV

8.11.2008   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 285/27
            
         Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Grondwettelijk Hof (Belgium) lodged on 8 September 2008 — Base NV, Euphony Benelux NV, Mobistar NV, Uninet International NV, T2 Belgium NV and KPN Belgium NV v Ministerraad, other party: Belgacom NV
   (Case C-389/08)
   (2008/C 285/44)
   Language of the case: Dutch
   Referring court
   Grondwettelijk Hof
   Parties to the main proceedings
   
      Applicants: Base NV, Euphony Benelux NV, Mobistar NV, Uninet International NV, T2 Belgium NV and KPN Belgium NV
   
      Defendant: Ministerraad
   
      Other Party: Belgacom NV
   Question referred
   Can Article 12 of Directive 2002/22/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 March 2002 on universal service and users' rights relating to electronic communications networks and services (Universal Service Directive) (1) be interpreted as allowing the competent legislature of a Member State, acting in the capacity of the national regulatory authority, to determine generally and on the basis of the calculation of the net costs of the universal service provider — previously the sole provider — that the provision of universal service may represent an ‘unfair burden’ for those undertakings designated as universal service providers?
   
      (1)  OJ 2002 L 108, p. 51.