Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 19 October 2016

Xabier Ormaetxea Garai and Bernardo Lorenzo Almendros v Administración del Estado

Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Supremo

Reference for a preliminary ruling — Electronic communications networks and services — Directive 2002/21/EC — Article 3 — Impartiality and independence of national regulatory authorities — Institutional reform — Merger of national regulatory authority with other regulatory authorities — Dismissal of the President and a board member of the merged national regulatory authority before the expiry of their terms of office — Ground for dismissal not provided for under national law

Case C-424/15


Top of the page Documents in the Case
Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
02/12/2016 Ormaetxea Garai and Lorenzo Almendros
Judgment
ECLI:EU:C:2016:780
19/10/2016 Ormaetxea Garai and Lorenzo Almendros
Judgment (Summary)
ECLI:EU:C:2016:780
19/10/2016 Ormaetxea Garai and Lorenzo Almendros
Application (OJ)
16/10/2015 Ormaetxea Garai and Lorenzo Almendros
Opinion
ECLI:EU:C:2016:503
30/06/2016 Ormaetxea Garai and Lorenzo Almendros
Top of the page Legal analysis of the decision or of the case

Reports of Cases

published in the electronic Reports of Cases (Court Reports - general)

Subject-matter

Information not available

Systematic classification scheme

1.
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.11 Information and communication technologies
      4.11.11.01 Telecommunications
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.11 Information and communication technologies
      4.11.11.01 Telecommunications


Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

Opinion


Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 31/07/2015

Date of the Opinion

  • 30/06/2016

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

19/10/2016


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Judgment: OJ C 475 from 19.12.2016, p.6

Application: OJ C 363 from 03.11.2015, p.21

Name of the parties

Ormaetxea Garai and Lorenzo Almendros

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Bruck, Véronique: Alors qu'une fusion d'autorités de régulation nationales n'est en principe pas contraire au droit de l'Union, le congédiement de membres du collège dirigeant l'autorité fusionnée viole le droit de l'Union, à moins que des règles de congédiement soient préalablement établies afin de protéger l'indépendance et l'impartialité des autorités de régulation, Europe 2016 Décembre Comm. nº 12 p.33-34 (FR)
  2. Bruck, Véronique: Impartialité et indépendance des autorités réglementaires nationales, Europe 2016 Décembre nº 12 p.33-34 (FR)



Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Tribunal Supremo - Spain

Subject-matter

  • Approximation of laws
  • Telecommunications
  • Data protection

Provisions of national law referred to

Information not available

Provisions of international law referred to

Information not available

Procedure and result

  • Reference for a preliminary ruling

Formation of the Court

deuxième chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Jarašiūnas

Advocate General

Bot

Language(s) of the Case

  • Spanish

Language(s) of the Opinion

  • French