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Subject-matter

Information not available

Systematic classification scheme

Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 234 : paragraph 27
• Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007) : paragraph 48
• Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 11 : paragraphs 52, 66
• Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 11 -P1 : paragraph 51
• Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 11 -P2 : paragraph 51
• Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 16 : paragraphs 30, 41, 42, 46, 66
• Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 17 -P1 : paragraphs 30, 31, 34, 38 - 40
• Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 52 -P1 : paragraph 47
• Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 52 -P7 : paragraph 42
• TFEU - Protocol No 30 -A01 : paragraph 30
• TFEU, Article 267 : paragraphs 25, 26, 28
• TEU, Article 6 -P1L3 : paragraph 42
• Directive 89/552 : paragraph 7
• Directive 89/552 -A03DUODECIES : paragraphs 3, 33
• Directive 89/552 -A03DUODECIESP6 : paragraph 4
• Directive 2007/65 : paragraphs 33, 37 - 39
• Directive 2007/65 -A01PT9 : paragraph 3
• Directive 2007/65 -A03P1L1 : paragraph 5
• Directive 2007/65 -A04 : paragraph 6
• Directive 2010/13 -A15 : paragraphs 51, 52, 64 - 66
• Directive 2010/13 -A15P1 : paragraphs 9, 32
• Directive 2010/13 -A15P2 : paragraph 9
• Directive 2010/13 -A15P3 : paragraphs 9, 32, 63
• Directive 2010/13 -A15P4 : paragraph 9
• Directive 2010/13 -A15P5 : paragraphs 9, 62, 63
• Directive 2010/13 -A15P6 : paragraphs 1, 24, 30, 32, 44, 49, 53, 55 - 58, 63, 67, 68
• Directive 2010/13 -A34L1 : paragraph 7
• Directive 2010/13 -C48 : paragraphs 7, 51
• Directive 2010/13 -C55 : paragraphs 8, 51, 62, 63
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -90/90 : paragraph 43
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -184/02 : paragraph 45
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -437/04 : paragraph 43
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -120/06 : paragraph 34
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -195/06 : paragraphs 27, 28
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -250/06 : paragraph 52
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -275/06 : paragraph 60
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -336/07 : paragraph 52
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -196/09 : paragraph 26
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -279/09 : paragraph 42
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -343/09 : paragraph 50
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -163/10 : paragraph 52
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -213/10 : paragraph 43
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -544/10 : paragraphs 45, 60
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -581/10 : paragraph 50
• Court of Justice - Opinion C -283/11 : paragraph 44
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -283/11 : paragraphs 36, 64, 65

Operative part

• Validates : Directive 2010/13 -A15P6

Opinion

• Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 11 : points 40, 44
  
• Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 11 -P1 : point 44
  
• Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 11 -P2 : point 44
  
• Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 16 : points 25, 27, 30, 31, 39, 45, 79
  
• Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 17 : points 25, 30, 31, 39, 45, 79
  
• Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 17 -P1 : point 28
  
• Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 52 -P1 : points 30, 38, 39
  
• Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 52 -P3 : point 28
  
• TFEU - Protocol No 30 -A01 : points 28, 74
  
• TFEU, Article 119 -P1 : point 27
  
• TFEU, Article 119 -P3 : point 27
  
• Directive 89/552 : point 81
  
• Directive 2001/29 -C35 : point 75
  
• Directive 2007/65 : point 81
  
• Directive 2007/65 -A04 : point 81
  
• Directive 2007/65 -C1 : point 81
  
• Directive 2010/13 -A04P1 : point 51
  
• Directive 2010/13 -A14P1 : point 8
  
• Directive 2010/13 -A15 : points 2, 9, 32, 35, 36, 51, 55, 69, 70
  
• Directive 2010/13 -A15P1 : points 64, 65
  
• Directive 2010/13 -A15P3 : point 66
  
• Directive 2010/13 -A15P5 : point 65
  
• Directive 2010/13 -A15P6 : points 1, 3, 25, 26, 31, 37, 39, 40, 42, 45, 50, 53, 54, 56, 58, 61, 66 - 68, 71, 72, 79
  
• Directive 2010/13 -C2 : point 52
  
• Directive 2010/13 -C11 : points 42, 51, 52, 59
  
• Directive 2010/13 -C48 : points 5, 40, 42
  
• Directive 2010/13 -C55 : points 6, 41, 42, 65, 67
  
• Directive 2010/13 -C56 : point 7
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -11/70 : point 52
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -4/73 : point 27
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -151/78 : point 27
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -230/78 : point 27
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -260/89 : point 43
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -240/97 : point 27
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -347/03 : point 36
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -380/03 : point 49
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -402/05 : point 48
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -195/06 : point 19
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -250/06 : point 43
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -275/06 : point 68
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -222/07 : point 51
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -92/09 : point 47
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -461/10 : point 68
  

Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

• 08/06/2011

Date of the Opinion

• 12/06/2012

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

22/01/2013

References

Publication in the Official Journal

Application: OJ C 269 from 10.09.2011, p.25

Judgment:

Name of the parties

Sky Österreich

Notes on Academic Writings

1. Gazin, Fabienne: Conciliation des droits et libertés. Intéressante affaire donnant l'occasion au juge de l'Union de construire un raisonnement complet permettant de vérifier la conformité du droit dérivé de l'Union au regard des droits fondamentaux, Europe 2013 Mars Comm. nº 3 p.11-12 (FR)
2. Ziegenhorn, Gero: EU-Grundrechte: Beschränkung der Kostenerstattung für Kurzberichterstattung über Ereignisse von großem öffentlichen Interesse, Europäische Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsrecht 2013 p.351-352 (DE)
3. Takeva, Milena: Predizvikatelstvata pred sada na ES pri balansiraneto na osnovite prava i svobodi, Evropeyski praven pregled 2013 nº 6 p.145-162 (BG)
4. Van Malleghem, Pieter-Augustijn: S.E.W. ; Sociaal-economische wetgeving 2013 p.447-453 (NL)
5. Beijer, Malu: Het toegangsrecht voor korte nieuwsverslagen in de Richtlijn audiovisuele mediadiensten, Mediaforum: Tijdschrift voor Media- en Communicatierecht 2013 p.277-279 (NL)
6. Wimmer, Norbert: Europäische Öffentlichkeit als Argument - Überlegungen zum Kurzberichterstattungs-Urteil des EuGH, Beharren. Bewegen. Festschrift für Michael Kloepfer zum 70. Geburtstag (Ed. Duncker & Humblot - Berlin) 2013 p.751-772 (DE)
7. Reich, Norbert: Consumer/Citizen Access to Information - A New Fundamental Right under the EU Charter, Landmark cases of EU consumer law: in honour of Jules Stuyck (Ed. Intersentia - Cambridge) 2013 p.41-51 (EN)
8. Anagnostaras, Georgios: Balancing conflicting fundamental rights: the Sky Osterreich paradigm, European Law Review 2014 p.111-124 (EN)
9. Hins, Wouter: The freedom to conduct a business and the right to receive information for free: Sky Österreich, Common Market Law Review 2014 p.665-677 (EN)
10. Büchele, Manfred: Österreichische Blätter für gewerblichen Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht 2014 p.71-73 (DE)
11. Anagnostaras, Georgios: Balancing Conflicting Fundamental Rights the Sky Österreich Paradigm, European Current Law 2014 Issue 5 p.493-506 (EN)
12. Engin-Deniz, Egon: Aktuelle Entwicklungen im Recht der Kurzberichterstattung, Festschrift Johannes Reich-Rohrwig (Ed. Manz'sche Verlags- und Universitätsbuchhandlung - Wien) 2014 p.431-451 (DE)
13. Gazin, Fabienne: Principe de proportionnalité et liberté d'entreprendre, Europe 2017 décembre nº 12 p.15 (FR)
14. Martin, Denis: Cachez ce voile que je ne saurais voir!, Droit social 2018 n° 4 p.314-322 (FR)
15. Mattera, Rosa: Il caso Sky Austria: l'accesso del pubblico all'informazione come limite al diritto di proprietà e alla libertà di impresa, Casi decisi dalla Corte di Giustizia dell’Unione europea sui diritti fondamentali in materia contrattuale (G.Giappichelli Editore) 2018 p. 185-195 (IT)

Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Bundeskommunikationssenat - Austria

Subject-matter

• Freedom of establishment
  
• Freedom to provide services
  
• Fundamental rights
  
• - Charter of Fundamental Rights
  

Provisions of national law referred to

Bundesgesetz über die Ausübung exklusiver Fernsehübertragungsrechte (Fernseh-Exklusivrechtegesetz - FERG), Paragraph 5

Provisions of international law referred to

Information not available

Procedure and result

• Reference for a preliminary ruling
  

Formation of the Court

grande chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

von Danwitz

Advocate General

Bot

Language(s) of the Case

• German
  

Language(s) of the Opinion

• French