Reports of Cases

2011 I-11811

Subject-matter

Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Infringement of Article 3(2) and Article 18(2) of Council Directive 89/552/EEC of 3 October 1989 on the coordination of certain provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in Member States concerning the pursuit of television broadcasting activities (OJ 1989 L 298, p. 23) – Transmission time granted to spot advertising

Systematic classification scheme

Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 10 : paragraph 1
• Directive 89/552 : paragraphs 41, 47, 48, 52
• Directive 89/552 -A01LC : paragraphs 3, 47
• Directive 89/552 -A03P2 : paragraphs 1, 4, 38, 56
• Directive 89/552 -A17P1 : paragraph 5
• Directive 89/552 -A18 : paragraphs 6, 7
• Directive 89/552 -A18P1 : paragraphs 40, 43, 44, 49 - 53
• Directive 89/552 -A18P2 : paragraphs 1, 38, 40 - 47, 50 - 53, 55, 56
• Directive 89/552 -C27 : paragraphs 2, 44, 46
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -320/94 : paragraphs 50, 51
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -6/98 : paragraph 48
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -245/01 : paragraph 44
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -195/06 : paragraphs 42 - 46
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -396/09 : paragraph 42

Operative part

• Reference : Directive 89/552 -A03P2
• Reference : Directive 89/552 -A18P2

Opinion

• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 10 : point 87
  
• Directive 89/552 : points 1 - 3, 5, 12, 20, 59, 60
  
• Directive 89/552 -A01 : point 64
  
• Directive 89/552 -A01LC : points 13, 70
  
• Directive 89/552 -A01LE : points 14, 71
  
• Directive 89/552 -A01LF : point 15
  
• Directive 89/552 -A03P2 : points 24, 87
  
• Directive 89/552 -A10 : point 16
  
• Directive 89/552 -A11P3 : point 66
  
• Directive 89/552 -A17 : point 85
  
• Directive 89/552 -A17P1LC : point 17
  
• Directive 89/552 -A18 : points 18, 62, 77
  
• Directive 89/552 -A18P1 : points 58, 63, 68, 70, 73, 74
  
• Directive 89/552 -A18P2 : points 57, 58, 69, 72, 74, 81, 87
  
• Directive 89/552 -C11 : point 10
  
• Directive 89/552 -C27 : point 11
  
• Directive 89/552 -C5 : point 10
  
• Court of Justice - Rules of Procedure (1991) -A69P2 : point 86
  
• Court of Justice - Rules of Procedure (1991) -A69P4L1 : point 86
  
• Directive 97/36 : points 1, 21, 68, 87
  
• Directive 97/36 -A18 : points 21, 23
  
• Directive 97/36 -A18BIS : points 22, 23
  
• Directive 97/36 -C36 : point 68
  
• Directive 97/36 -C37 : point 68
  
• Directive 2007/65 : points 23, 72, 79
  
• Directive 2007/65 -C59 : point 79
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -320/94 : points 67, 80
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -6/98 : points 66, 75
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -195/06 : points 64, 76
  

Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

• 22/07/2009

Date of the Opinion

• 07/04/2011

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

24/11/2011

References

Publication in the Official Journal

Application: OJ C 256 from 24.10.2009, p.7

Judgment: OJ C 25 from 28.01.2012, p.3

Name of the parties

Commission v Spain

Notes on Academic Writings

1. Anagnostaras, Georgios: Dikaio Meson Enimerosis & Epikoinonias 2011 p.564-567 (EL)
2. Iráculis Arregui, Nerea: Limitación horaria de la publicidad televisiva: a propósito del asunto C-281/2009, Diario La ley 2011 nº 7684 p.10-12 (ES)
3. Michel, Valérie: Spot publicitaire, Europe 2012 Janvier Comm. nº 1 p.30 (FR)

Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Information not available

Subject-matter

• Freedom of establishment
  
• Freedom to provide services
  

Provisions of national law referred to

Information not available

Provisions of international law referred to

Information not available

Procedure and result

• Action for a declaration of failure to fulfil obligations : application granted
  

Formation of the Court

première chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Berger

Advocate General

Bot

Language(s) of the Case

• Spanish
  

Language(s) of the Opinion

• French