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ECJ declares Italy freeze on Vivendi's Mediaset stake unlawful
2020-09-04 11:38:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) The EU court of justice has ruled that the Italian law requiring French media giant Vivendi to freeze its stake in broadcaster Mediaset on anti-trust grounds infringed the union's regulations. The decision was in line with the opinion of the ECJ's advocate general, who declared in December that national legislation must be be "proportionate to the objective of protecting information pluralism" and that Vivendi was not "effectively in a position to exert a considerable influence" on Mediaset.
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Facebook required to take down illegal content worldwide - ECJ
2019-10-03 15:44:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) Facebook can be ordered to take down content deemed illegal by an individual EU country on a global basis following a landmark ruling handed down by the European Court of Justice. The continent's top court ruled that "EU law does not preclude a host provider like Facebook from being ordered to remove identical and, in certain circumstances, equivalent comments previously declared to be illegal," before finding that "EU law does not preclude such an injunction from producing effects worldwide, within the framework of the relevant international law."
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ECJ says Schrems privacy case against Facebook can go ahead in Vienna
2018-01-25 14:40:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) The lawyer Max Schrems' case against Facebook for alleged privacy violations will go ahead in a court in Vienna, but the activist will not be allowed to form a class action with others, the EU Court of Justice ruled. The final opinion of the EU court largely followed the preliminary view issued by its advocate general last November.
EC refers Luxembourg, Belgium to ECJ over telecom regulation
2014-10-17 11:58:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) The European Commission has decided to refer Luxembourg and Belgium to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) for their breach of EU telecoms rules. Luxembourg is accused of not having conducted regular analyses of its telecoms sector with a view to determining whether obligations need to be imposed on operators to promote competition. National regulators such as Luxembourg's ILR are required to carry out reviews of the wholesale and retail parts of the telecoms market every three years, but the ILR hasn't conducted an analysis of the retail market for fixed voice calls and the wholesale market for leased broadband lines since 2007, meaning ex ante regulation may have to be withdrawn, according to the EC. In Belgium's case, the EC said the country has failed to heed a formal request issued in April to amend its laws to guarantee the independence of its telecoms regulator, BIPT. The EC ordered the government to give up its powers to suspend decisions taken by the BIPT and require the BIPT to submit its multi-annual strategy for approval, which could "limit the independence of the BIPT when implementing EU telecom rules and have negative consequences for competition in the sector," according to the EC.
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HUNGARY: SpiritsEurope applauds ECJ ruling on pálinka
2014-04-10 18:35:40| Daily beverage news and comment - from just-drinks.com
Trade body SpiritsEurope has welcomed a ruling that strikes down a Hungarian law exempting distillers of home-made pálinka from paying excise tax for the first 50 litres per year.
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