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Subject-matter

Reference for a preliminary ruling – Tribunale Amministrativo Regionale per il Lazio – Interpretation of Article 4 of Directive 2010/13/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 March 2010 on the coordination of certain provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in Member States concerning the provision of audiovisual media services (OJ 2010 L 95, p. 1) – Interpretation of Articles 49 TFEU, 56 TFEU and 63 TFEU and of Article 11 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union read in conjunction with Article 10 of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, as interpreted by the European Court of Human Rights – Maximum percentage of transmission time which may be devoted to advertising – National legislation laying down a lower maximum percentage for payTV channels than for other channels

Systematic classification scheme

Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

• Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 11 : paragraphs 1, 10, 27
• Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 11 -P2 : paragraph 28
• Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 20 : paragraph 15
• Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 21 : paragraph 15
• TFEU, Article 49 : paragraph 1
• TFEU, Article 56 : paragraphs 1, 24, 26
• TFEU, Article 63 : paragraph 1
• Directive 89/552 : paragraph 12
• Directive 2010/13 -A04 : paragraph 10
• Directive 2010/13 -A04P1 : paragraphs 1, 4, 11, 13, 26
• Directive 2010/13 -A23P1 : paragraphs 5, 14
• Directive 2010/13 -C41 : paragraphs 3, 13
• Directive 2010/13 -C83 : paragraphs 3, 13
• Directive 2010/13 -C87 : paragraph 3
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -320/90 : paragraphs 30, 31
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -412/93 : paragraph 12
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -6/98 : paragraph 24
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -380/05 : paragraphs 30, 31
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -195/06 : paragraph 17
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -222/07 : paragraph 12
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -550/07 : paragraph 15
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -176/09 : paragraph 16
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -281/09 : paragraphs 17, 18
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -244/10 : paragraph 12
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -498/10 : paragraph 24
• Court of Justice - Opinion C -234/12 : paragraphs 19, 25

Operative part

• Interprets : TFEU, Article 56
• Interprets : Directive 2010/13 -A04P1

Opinion

• Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 11 : point 13
  
• Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 11 -P2 : points 69, 74, 79
  
• Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 20 : point 33
  
• Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 21 : point 33
  
• TFEU, Article 49 : points 59, 80
  
• Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 51 -P1 : point 23
  
• TFEU, Article 56 : points 59, 80
  
• TFEU, Article 63 -P1 : points 59, 80
  
• Directive 89/552 : points 2, 39
  
• Directive 89/552 -A18P1 : point 27
  
• Directive 2010/13 : points 2, 23, 30, 31, 39, 43, 55, 74
  
• Directive 2010/13 -A04 : points 13, 17 - 26
  
• Directive 2010/13 -A04P1 : points 7, 20, 22, 28 - 30, 32, 80
  
• Directive 2010/13 -A23P1 : points 6, 27, 80
  
• Directive 2010/13 -C8 : points 8, 74
  
• Directive 2010/13 -C10 : points 8, 22, 55
  
• Directive 2010/13 -C41 : points 8, 22, 29
  
• Directive 2010/13 -C83 : points 8, 29, 30
  
• Directive 2010/13 -C87 : points 8, 27
  
• Directive 2010/13 -CH2 : point 29
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -117/76 : point 33
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -320/90 : point 70
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -384/93 : point 43
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -412/93 : point 29
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -34/95 : points 62, 64
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -6/98 : points 22, 62, 64
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -442/00 : point 22
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -245/01 : points 27, 39
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -429/02 : point 62
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -134/03 : point 70
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -300/04 : point 33
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -344/04 : point 34
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -13/05 : point 22
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -81/05 : point 22
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -303/05 : point 34
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -341/05 : point 63
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -380/05 : point 70
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -411/05 : point 37
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -195/06 : point 39
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -212/06 : point 60
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -500/06 : points 22, 62
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -518/06 : points 60, 63
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -42/07 : point 43
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -127/07 : points 34, 35
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -222/07 : point 29
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -388/07 : point 37
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -550/07 : point 33
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -211/08 : point 60
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -341/08 : point 37
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -176/09 : point 35
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -221/09 : point 35
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -281/09 : point 27
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -52/10 : point 30
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -244/10 : points 29, 64
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -283/11 : point 74
  

Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

• 14/05/2012

Date of the Opinion

• 16/05/2013

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

18/07/2013

References

Publication in the Official Journal

Application: OJ C 217 from 21.07.2012, p.11

Judgment: OJ C 260 from 07.09.2013, p.16

Name of the parties

Sky Italia

Notes on Academic Writings

1. Dupont-Lassalle, Julie: Conformité de la législation italienne avec la directive services de médias audiovisuels. Une législation qui fixe des limites horaires à la diffusion de la publicité télévisée différentes pour les organismes de télévision à accès libre et les organismes de télévision payante n'est pas contraire au principe de l'égalité de traitement et ne constitue pas nécessairement une restriction à la libre prestation de services , Europe 2013 Octobre Comm. nº 10 p.27-28 (FR)
2. van den Bergen, Kimberly: Advertising Restrictions versus the Freedom to Provide Services, Legal Issues of Economic Integration 2014 p.305-314 (EN)

Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Tribunale Amministrativo Regionale per il Lazio - Italy

Subject-matter

• Freedom of establishment
  
• Freedom to provide services
  

Provisions of national law referred to

Costituzione, art. 3, 21, 41, 76, 117, par. 1 et 176 decreto legislativo 15/03/2010 n° 44, art. 12 decreto legislativo 31/07/2005 n° 177, art. 38, par. 5

Provisions of international law referred to

Convention européenne de sauvegarde des Droits de l'Homme et des Libertés fondamentales (04/11/1950), art.10

Procedure and result

• Reference for a preliminary ruling
  

Formation of the Court

deuxième chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Arestis

Advocate General

Kokott

Language(s) of the Case

• Italian
  

Language(s) of the Opinion

• German