Judgment_paragraph 27 · Telefónica Móviles España SA v Administración del Estado and Secretaría de Estado de Telecomunicaciones (C-85/10)

27It is also apparent from the European Commission’s written observations that the authorisation to use public property which constitutes a scarce resource enables the holder of that authorisation to make significant economic gains and grants that holder advantages as compared with other operators who are also seeking to use and exploit that resource, which justifies imposing a charge which reflects, inter alia, the value of the use of the scarce resource at issue.