CELEX: 62006CA0296
Language: en
Date: 2008-02-21 00:00:00
Title: Case C-296/06: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 21 February 2008 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale amministrativo regionale del Lazio — Italy) — Telecom Italia SpA v Ministero dell'Economia e delle Finanze, Ministero delle Comunicazioni (Telecommunications services — Directive 97/13/EC — Articles 6, 11, 22 and 25 — Fees and charges for general authorisations and individual licences — Obligation on former holders of exclusive rights — Temporary continuation)

12.4.2008   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 92/5
            
         Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 21 February 2008 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale amministrativo regionale del Lazio — Italy) — Telecom Italia SpA v Ministero dell'Economia e delle Finanze, Ministero delle Comunicazioni
   (Case C-296/06) (1)
   
   (Telecommunications services - Directive 97/13/EC - Articles 6, 11, 22 and 25 - Fees and charges for general authorisations and individual licences - Obligation on former holders of exclusive rights - Temporary continuation)
   (2008/C 92/07)
   Language of the case: Italian
   Referring court
   Tribunale amministrativo regionale del Lazio
   Parties to the main proceedings
   
      Applicant: Telecom Italia SpA
   
      Defendants: Ministero dell'Economia e delle Finanze, Ministero delle Comunicazioni
   Re:
   Reference for a preliminary ruling — Tribunale amministrativo regionale del Lazio — Interpretation of Articles 11, 22 and 25 of Directive 97/13/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 April 1997 on a common framework for general authorisations and individual licences in the field of telecommunications services (OJ 1997 L 117, p. 15) — Whether it is possible to impose fees and charges other than those permitted by the directive
   Operative part of the judgment
   Articles 6, 11, 22 and 25 of Directive 97/13/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 April 1997 on a common framework for general authorisations and individual licences in the field of telecommunications services preclude a Member State from requiring an operator, formerly the holder of an exclusive right to provide public telecommunications services and then the holder of a general authorisation, to pay a pecuniary charge such as the charge in the main proceedings, corresponding to the amount previously demanded for that exclusive right, for one year from the final date laid down for transposition of that directive into national law, namely 31 December 1998.
   
      (1)  OJ C 224, 16.9.2006.