Press Release: Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-431/07 P. Bouygues SA, Bouygues Télécom SA v Commission, French Republic, Orange France SA, Société française du radiotéléphone – SFR

The retroactive reduction of fees due from Orange and SFR for 3G licences does not constitute State aid. The Court of First Instance did not err in law by holding that the Commission was right to find that the alignment of the fees due from Orange and SFR with those charged to Bouygues Télécom did not constitute State aid and did not infringe the principle of non-discrimination.