Telefónica Móviles España SA v Administración del Estado

Subject Matter

EUROPEAN UNION — Telecommunications — Licensing — National legislation levying fee on telecommunications operators holding licence for use of radio frequencies — Directive requiring that charge for use of scarce resources be used to ensure their optimal use and foster innovative services and competition — Whether requirement obliging member states to use fee in particular way — Whether state permitted to establish distinction in charges between digital and other technologies — Parliament and Council Directive 97/13/EC, art 11(2)

(Case C-85/10); [2012] Bus LR 737