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Case C-449/14 P: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 10 November 2016 — DTS Distribuidora de Televisión Digital SA v European Commission, Telefónica de España SA, Telefónica Móviles España SA, Kingdom of Spain, Corporación de Radio y Televisión Española SA (RTVE) (Appeal — State aid — State aid scheme in favour of the national public broadcast organisation — Public service obligations — Set-off — Article 106(2) TFEU — Decision declaring the aid scheme compatible with the internal market — Alteration of the method of financing — Tax measures — Tax imposed on pay-television operators — Decision declaring the amended aid scheme compatible with the internal market — Taking into account of the method of financing — Existence of hypothecation between the tax and the aid scheme — Direct impact of the revenue from the tax on the amount of the aid — Coverage of the net costs of fulfilling the public service mandate — Competitive relationship between the person liable to pay the tax and the beneficiary of the aid — Distortion of national law)
Case C-449/14 P: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 10 November 2016 — DTS Distribuidora de Televisión Digital SA v European Commission, Telefónica de España SA, Telefónica Móviles España SA, Kingdom of Spain, Corporación de Radio y Televisión Española SA (RTVE) (Appeal — State aid — State aid scheme in favour of the national public broadcast organisation — Public service obligations — Set-off — Article 106(2) TFEU — Decision declaring the aid scheme compatible with the internal market — Alteration of the method of financing — Tax measures — Tax imposed on pay-television operators — Decision declaring the amended aid scheme compatible with the internal market — Taking into account of the method of financing — Existence of hypothecation between the tax and the aid scheme — Direct impact of the revenue from the tax on the amount of the aid — Coverage of the net costs of fulfilling the public service mandate — Competitive relationship between the person liable to pay the tax and the beneficiary of the aid — Distortion of national law)
Case C-449/14 P: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 10 November 2016 — DTS Distribuidora de Televisión Digital SA v European Commission, Telefónica de España SA, Telefónica Móviles España SA, Kingdom of Spain, Corporación de Radio y Televisión Española SA (RTVE) (Appeal — State aid — State aid scheme in favour of the national public broadcast organisation — Public service obligations — Set-off — Article 106(2) TFEU — Decision declaring the aid scheme compatible with the internal market — Alteration of the method of financing — Tax measures — Tax imposed on pay-television operators — Decision declaring the amended aid scheme compatible with the internal market — Taking into account of the method of financing — Existence of hypothecation between the tax and the aid scheme — Direct impact of the revenue from the tax on the amount of the aid — Coverage of the net costs of fulfilling the public service mandate — Competitive relationship between the person liable to pay the tax and the beneficiary of the aid — Distortion of national law)
OJ C 14, 16.1.2017, pp. 2–2
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
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16.1.2017 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
C 14/2 |
Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 10 November 2016 — DTS Distribuidora de Televisión Digital SA v European Commission, Telefónica de España SA, Telefónica Móviles España SA, Kingdom of Spain, Corporación de Radio y Televisión Española SA (RTVE)
(Case C-449/14 P) (1)
((Appeal - State aid - State aid scheme in favour of the national public broadcast organisation - Public service obligations - Set-off - Article 106(2) TFEU - Decision declaring the aid scheme compatible with the internal market - Alteration of the method of financing - Tax measures - Tax imposed on pay-television operators - Decision declaring the amended aid scheme compatible with the internal market - Taking into account of the method of financing - Existence of hypothecation between the tax and the aid scheme - Direct impact of the revenue from the tax on the amount of the aid - Coverage of the net costs of fulfilling the public service mandate - Competitive relationship between the person liable to pay the tax and the beneficiary of the aid - Distortion of national law))
(2017/C 014/02)
Language of the case: Spanish
Parties
Appellant: DTS Distribuidora de Televisión Digital SA (represented by: H. Brokelmann and M. Ganino, abogados)
Other parties to the proceedings: European Commission (represented by: C. Urraca Caviedes, B. Stromsky and G. Valero Jordana, acting as Agents), Telefónica de España SA, Telefónica Móviles España SA (represented by: F. González Díaz, F. Salerno and V. Romero Algarra, abogados), Kingdom of Spain (represented by: A. Sampol Pucurull, acting as Agent), Corporación de Radio y Televisión Española SA (RTVE) (represented by: A. Martínez Sánchez and J. Rodríguez Ordóñez, abogados)
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
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Dismisses the appeal; |
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Orders DTS Distribuidora de Televisión Digital SA to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission in respect of the appeal in the main proceedings; |
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Orders Telefónica de España SA and Telefónica Móviles España SA to bear their own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission in respect of the cross-appeal; |
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Orders Corporación de Radio y Televisión Española SA (RTVE) and the Kingdom of Spain to bear their own costs. |