Meta Platforms Ireland Limited v Autorità per le Garanzie nelle Comunicazioni (C-797/23)

Judgment of 12 May 2026

law://eu/cjeu/2023/c-797-23/para_96@2026-11-12

96Lastly, as to whether that legislation is proportionate in the strict sense, it is necessary to ascertain whether the measures provided for are not disproportionate to the objectives pursued, bearing in mind that, where several fundamental rights are at hand, such as, in the present case, the freedom to conduct a business guaranteed in Article 16 of the Charter, on the one hand, and the right to intellectual property enshrined in Article 17(2) of the Charter and the right to freedom and pluralism of the media guaranteed in Article 11(2) of the Charter, on the other, that assessment must be carried out with a view to the need to reconcile the requirements of the protection of those different rights and a fair balance between them (see judgments of 29 January 2008, Promusicae, C‑275/06, EU:C:2008:54, paragraphs 65 and 66, and of 22 January 2013, Sky Österreich, C‑283/11, EU:C:2013:28, paragraph 60).

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Court: Court of Justice · Grand Chamber
Case: C-797/23 · ECLI:EU:C:2026:395
Decided: 12 May 2026
Procedure: Preliminary reference · referred by the Tribunale amministrativo regionale per il Lazio (Regional Administrative Court, Lazio, Italy)
Applicant: Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd
Defendant: Autorità per le Garanzie nelle Comunicazioni
Interveners: Federazione Italiana Editori Giornali (FIEG); Società italiana degli Autori ed Editori (SIAE); Gedi Gruppo Editoriale SpA
Rapporteur: I. Ziemele
Advocate General: M. Szpunar
Bench: 13 judges
K. Lenaerts, T. von Danwitz, F. Biltgen, K. Jürimäe, C. Lycourgos, I. Ziemele, F. Schalin, S. Rodin, E. Regan, A. Kumin, M. Gavalec, N. Fenger, R. Frendo
Language: Italian
Official: CURIA · EUR-Lex 62023CJ0797

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Interprets 2: Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (consolidated 2016)3 provisions; Directive (EU) 2019/7902 provisions
Cites 2: Productores de Música de España (Promusicae) v Telefónica de España SAU (C-275/06); Sky Österreich GmbH v Österreichischer Rundfunk (C-283/11)