23In those circumstances, the Hof van beroep te Antwerpen decided to stay the proceedings and refer, in both Case C‑256/13 and Case C‑264/13, the following question to the Court:‘Must Article 6 and/or Article 13 of [the Authorisation] Directive 2002/20/EC … be interpreted as precluding a public authority of a Member State from being allowed to tax, for budgetary or other reasons, the economic activity of telecommunications operators which arises in the territory or a part thereof through the presence on public or private property of [cellular telephone communication] masts, pylons or antennae which are used for that activity?’
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