Reports of Cases

2008 I-00144*

Pub somm

Subject-matter

Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Failure to adopt, within the prescribed period, the measures necessary to comply with Article 26(3) of Directive 2002/22/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 March 2002 on universal service and users’ rights relating to electronic communications networks and services (Universal Service Directive) (OJ L 108, p. 51)

Systematic classification scheme

Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

• Court of Justice - Rules of Procedure (1991) -A69P2 : paragraph 22
• Court of Justice - Rules of Procedure (1991) -A69P4L1 : paragraph 22
• Directive 2002/22 -A26P3 : paragraphs 1, 2, 10, 18, 21
• Directive 2002/22 -A38P1 : paragraph 3
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -45/91 : paragraph 17
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -71/97 : paragraph 16
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -152/98 : paragraph 16
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -333/99 : paragraph 16
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -168/03 : paragraph 19
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -23/05 : paragraph 19
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -274/07 : paragraph 18

Operative part

• Reference : Directive 2002/22 -A26P3

Opinion

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Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

• 08/05/2007

Date of the Opinion

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Date of the hearing

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Date of delivery

09/10/2008

References

Publication in the Official Journal

Application: OJ C 155 from 07.07.2007, p.16

Judgment: OJ C 69 from 21.03.2009, p.5

Name of the parties

Commission v Netherlands

Notes on Academic Writings

1. Jost, Julien: Le numéro d'urgence unique européen: état des lieux et exigences nouvelles, Revue européenne de droit de la consommation 2007-08 p.619-632

Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

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Subject-matter

• Approximation of laws
  
• Consumer protection
  
• Telecommunications
  

Provisions of national law referred to

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Provisions of international law referred to

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Procedure and result

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

Formation of the Court

huitième chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

von Danwitz

Advocate General

Ruiz-Jarabo Colomer

Language(s) of the Case

• Dutch
  

Language(s) of the Opinion

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