CELEX: C2002/084/36
Language: en
Date: 2002-04-06 00:00:00
Title: Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 6 December 2001 in Case C-146/00: Commission of the European Communities v French Republic (Telecommunications — Financing of a "universal service" — contribution from new market entrants)

6.4.2002                 EN                     Official Journal of the European Communities                                            C 84/23
2.    Orders the Hellenic Republic to pay the costs.                       1.    Declares that, by failing to comply with Article 4c of
                                                                                 Commission Directive 90/388/EEC of 28 June 1990 on
                                                                                 competition in the markets for telecommunications services, as
(1) OJ C 163 of 10.6.2000.
                                                                                 amended by Commission Directive 96/19/EC of 13 March
                                                                                 1996, and by failing to comply with Article 5(1), (3), (4) and
                                                                                 (5) of Directive 97/33/EC of the European Parliament and
                                                                                 of the Council of 30 June 1997 on interconnection in
                                                                                 Telecommunications with regard to ensuring universal service
                                                                                 and interoperability through application of the principles of
                                                                                 Open Network Provision (ONP), the French Republic has failed
                                                                                 to fulfil its obligations under those directives;
                                                                           2.    Orders the French Republic to pay the costs.
                 JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
                                                                           (1) OJ C 163 of 10.6.2000.
                          (Sixth Chamber)
                        of 6 December 2001
in Case C-146/00: Commission of the European Communi-
                     ties v French Republic (1)
                                                                                               JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
(Telecommunications — Financing of a ‘universal service’                                               (Fourth Chamber)
          — contribution from new market entrants)
                                                                                                     of 6 December 2001
                           (2002/C 84/36)
                                                                           in Case C-148/00: Commission of the European Communi-
                    (Language of the case: French)                                                 ties v Italian Republic (1)
                                                                           (Failure of a Member State to fulfil its obligations — Failure
(Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be published                       to transpose Directive 98/51/EC)
                   in the European Court Reports)
                                                                                                         (2002/C 84/37)
In Case C-146/00: Commission of the European Communities                                          (Language of the case: Italian)
(Agents: initially by B. Doherty and F. Siredey-Garnier, and,
subsequently, by E. Gippini Fournier and F. Siredey-Garnier) v
                                                                           (Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be published
French Republic (Agents: initially by K. Rispal-Bellanger,
                                                                                                 in the European Court Reports)
F. Million and S. Pailler, and, subsequently, by G. de Bergues,
F. Million and S. Pailler) — application for a declaration that,
by failing to comply with Article 4c of Commission Directive
90/388/EEC of 28 June 1990 on competition in the markets
for telecommunications services (OJ 1990 L 192, p. 10), as                 In Case C-148/00: Commission of the European Communities
amended by Commission Directive 96/19/EC of 13 March                       (Agents: initially S. Dragone and F. P. Ruggeri Laderchi, and
1996 (OJ 1996 L 74, p. 13), and by failing to comply with                  subsequently S. Dragone and L. Visaggio) v Italian Republic
Article 5(1), (3), (4) and (5) of Directive 97/33/EC of the                (Agent: U. Leanza, assisted by G. De Bellis) — application for
European Parliament and of the Council of 30 June 1997                     a declaration that, by not adopting and, in any event, by
on interconnection in Telecommunications with regard to                    not notifying the Commission of the laws, regulations and
ensuring universal service and interoperability through appli-             administrative provisions necessary to comply with:
cation of the principles of Open Network Provision (ONP) (OJ
1997 L 199, p. 32), the French Republic has failed to fulfil its           —     Council Directive 97/41/EC of 25 June 1997 amending
obligations under the EC Treaty and under those directives —                     Directives 76/895/EEC, 86/362/EEC, 86/363/EEC and
the Court (Sixth Chamber), composed of: F. Macken, President                     90/642/EEC relating to the fixing of maximum levels for
of the Chamber, N. Colneric, C. Gulmann (Rapporteur),                            pesticide residues in and on, respectively, fruit and
J.-P. Puissochet and J.N. Cunha Rodrigues, Judges; L.A. Geel-                    vegetables, cereals, foodstuffs of animal origin, and certain
hoed, Advocate General; R. Grass, Registrar, has given a                         products of plant origin, including fruit and vegetables
judgment on 6 December 2001, in which it:                                        (OJ 1997 L 184, p. 33),