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Base NV and Others v Ministerraad (C-389/08)
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Consideration of the question referred
As regards the national legislature ac…
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Base NV and Others v Ministerraad (C-389/08)

Judgment of 6 Oct 2010law://eu/cjeu/2008/c-389-08/para_23@2026-11-12

23Neither the Framework Directive nor Directive 2002/22 designates to which of their bodies the Member States must entrust the regulatory tasks assigned to that authority.

Source: EUR-Lex, © European Union, 1998-2026. Reuse authorised under Decision 2011/833/EU.

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Court: Court of Justice · Fourth Chamber
Case: C-389/08 · ECLI:EU:C:2010:584
Decided: 6 Oct 2010
Procedure: Preliminary reference · referred by the Grondwettelijk Hof (Belgium)
Applicant: Base NV and Others
Defendant: Ministerraad
Rapporteur: J.-C. Bonichot
Advocate General: P. Cruz Villalón
Bench: 5 judges
J.-C. Bonichot, C. Toader, K. Schiemann, P. Kūris, L. Bay Larsen
Language: Dutch
Official: CURIA · EUR-Lex 62008CJ0389

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Information and Communications Technology

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Interprets 2: Directive 2002/21/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 March 2002 on a common regulatory framework for electronic communications networks and services (Framework Directive); 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)
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Cites 8: Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (consolidated 2016); Directive 2002/21/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 March 2002 on a common regulatory framework for electronic communications networks and services (Framework Directive); 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); Impact v Minister for Agriculture and Food and Others (C-268/06); Comisión del Mercado de las Telecomunicaciones v Administración del Estado (C-82/07); Firma ING. AUER - Die Bausoftware GmbH v Finanzamt Freistadt Rohrbach Urfahr (C-251/06); Commission of the European Communities v Ireland (C-216/05); Commission of the European Communities v French Republic (C-220/07)