Press Release: Telecoms Rules: Commission refers Poland and Belgium to the European Court of Justice

On 31 January, 2008, in a new round of infringement proceedings for Telecoms Rules, the European Commission decided to refer two cases to the European Court of Justice, and opened two new infringement proceedings. Three reasoned opinions, the second stage of an infringement proceeding, were also sent and eight infringement cases are now closed. The most important issue of this round of telecoms infringement proceedings is the independence of national telecoms regulators.

European Commission: MEMO/08/66: New round of infringement proceedings under the EU telecoms rules: What are the issues? http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/08/67&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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