CELEX: 62008CA0058
Language: en
Date: 2010-06-08 00:00:00
Title: Case C-58/08: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 8 June 2010 (Reference for a preliminary ruling from the High Court of Justice of England and Wales, Queens’s Bench Division (Administrative Court) (United Kingdom)) — The Queen on the application of Vodafone Ltd, Telefónica O2 Europe plc, T-Mobile International AG, Orange Personal Communications Services Ltd v Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (Regulation (EC) No 717/2007 — Roaming on public mobile telephone networks within the Community — Validity — Legal basis — Article 95 EC — Principles of proportionality and subsidiarity)

31.7.2010   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 209/4
            
         Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 8 June 2010 (Reference for a preliminary ruling from the High Court of Justice of England and Wales, Queens’s Bench Division (Administrative Court) (United Kingdom)) — The Queen on the application of Vodafone Ltd, Telefónica O2 Europe plc, T-Mobile International AG, Orange Personal Communications Services Ltd v Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
   (Case C-58/08) (1)
   
   (Regulation (EC) No 717/2007 - Roaming on public mobile telephone networks within the Community - Validity - Legal basis - Article 95 EC - Principles of proportionality and subsidiarity)
   2010/C 209/04
   Language of the case: English
   
      Referring court
   
   High Court of Justice of England and Wales, Queens’s Bench Division (Administrative Court)
   
      Parties to the main proceedings
   
   
      Applicants: The Queen on the application of Vodafone Ltd, Telefónica O2 Europe plc, T-Mobile International AG, Orange Personal Communications Services Ltd
   
      Defendant: Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
   
      Interested parties: Office of Communications, Hutchison 3G UK Ltd, GSM Association
   
      Re:
   
   Reference for a preliminary ruling — High Court of Justice of England and Wales, Queens’s Bench Division (Administrative Court) — Validity of Regulation (EC) No 717/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 June 2007 on roaming on public mobile telephone networks within the Community and amending Directive 2002/21/EC (OJ 2007 L 171, p. 32) — Choice of legal basis — Validity of Articles 4, 2(a) and 6(3) of the regulation, imposing a maximum charge for roaming calls, in light of the principles of proportionality and subsidiarity
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   Consideration of the questions raised has disclosed no factor of such a kind as to affect the validity of Regulation (EC) No 717/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 June 2007 on roaming on public mobile telephone networks within the Community and amending Directive 2002/21/EC.
   
      (1)  OJ C 107, 26.4.2008.