CELEX: 62018CA0259
Language: en
Date: 2019-05-02 00:00:00
Title: Case C-259/18: Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 2 May 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Juzgado de lo Mercantil no 3 de Madrid — Spain) — Sociedad Estatal Correos y Telégrafos SA v Asendia Spain SLU (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Directive 97/67/EC — Common rules for the development of the internal market in postal services — Provision of the universal postal service — Exclusive rights of the designated operator — Issue of means of payment for postage other than postage stamps)

1.7.2019   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 220/9
            
         
      Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 2 May 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Juzgado de lo Mercantil no 3 de Madrid — Spain) — Sociedad Estatal Correos y Telégrafos SA v Asendia Spain SLU
      (Case C-259/18) (1)
      
      (Reference for a preliminary ruling - Directive 97/67/EC - Common rules for the development of the internal market in postal services - Provision of the universal postal service - Exclusive rights of the designated operator - Issue of means of payment for postage other than postage stamps)
      (2019/C 220/12)
      Language of the case: Spanish
      
         Referring court
      
      Juzgado de lo Mercantil no 3 de Madrid
      
         Parties to the main proceedings
      
      
         Applicant: Sociedad Estatal Correos y Telégrafos SA
      
         Defendant: Asendia Spain SLU
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      Article 7(1) and Article 8 of Directive 97/67/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 December 1997 on common rules for the development of the internal market of Community postal services and the improvement of quality of service, as amended by Directive 2008/6/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 February 2008, must be interpreted as precluding national legislation, such as that at issue in the main proceedings, which guarantees to the postal operator designated for the provision of the universal postal service an exclusive right to distribute means of payment for postage other than postage stamps.
      
         (1)  OJ C 221, 25.6.2018.