1) A system of territorial exclusivity for broadcasting football matches that prohibits viewers from watching broadcasts from other member states using decoder cards violates EU law.
2) The screening of football broadcasts containing copyrighted works like videos or music in a pub requires authorization from the copyright holders.
3) Exclusive licensing agreements that prohibit supplying decoder cards to viewers outside the territory violate EU competition law by partitioning markets between members.
Differentiation between entrepreneurs and its legal consequences. case commentMichal
The discussed judgment was rendered in relation to the dispute between the
President of the Polish Competition Authority (hereafter, UOKiK President) on the
one hand and the Polish Football Association and the broadcaster Canal+ on the
other hand. These two undertakings were party to an agreement on exercising media
rights to football games of the two highest classes of the Polish league. The core of
the dispute consisted of the possibility of deeming the pre-emption right reserved
for Canal+ as a contractual provision restricting competition. The Courts involved
were also forced to answer the question whether performing tasks of a public service
character justified a decrease in the fine imposed by the competition authority
Legislative and jurisprudential developments in the telecommunications sector...Michal
The Telecommunications Law Act1 (in Polish: Prawo Telekomunikacyjne,
hereafter: PT) was subject to a number of amendments in 2011 introduced by
the Amendment Act of 14 April 2011 and the Amendment Act of 16 September
2011 as well as by the separate Act of 30 June 2011 on the implementation of
digital terrestrial television.
In response to the reservations expressed by the European Commission
regarding the compatibility of the way in which regulatory obligations
concerning the setting of wholesale prices are imposed in Poland, the
Amendment Act of 14 April 2011 changed Articles 39 and 40 PT2. The direct
reason for this amendment was set out in a reasoned opinion prepared by the
Commission in October 2010 under Article 258 TFEU3. It was stated therein
that Polish rules regarding the establishment of wholesale prices may give
rise to legal uncertainty and may be discriminatory towards certain telecoms
operators.
Legislative Developments in Rail Transport in 2010Michal
Polish rail transport law did not overcome such important amendments
in 2010 as in 2009. There was a lengthy amendment act transposing several
directives supposed to be enacted in 2010, which is unfortunately still
proceeded by the Polish Parliament. The act transposes Directive 2008/57/EC
of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 June 2008 on the
interoperability of the rail system within the Community1, Commission
Directive 2009/131/EC of 16 October 2009 amending Annex VII to
Directive 2008/57/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on
the interoperability of the rail system within the Community2 and Directive
2008/110/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December
2008 amending Directive 2004/49/EC on safety on the Community’s railways3.
This draft mainly concerns the interoperability of the Polish trans-European
rail system with the Community trans-European rail system which has to be
ensured while constructing and operating the parts of this system. It also
particularizes the competences of the President of the Rail Transport Office
(in Polish: Urząd Transportu Kolejowego; hereafter, UTK) in this area. This
act is supposed to be enacted by September 2010 and to enter into force at
the end of the year.
Differentiation between entrepreneurs and its legal consequences. case commentMichal
The discussed judgment was rendered in relation to the dispute between the
President of the Polish Competition Authority (hereafter, UOKiK President) on the
one hand and the Polish Football Association and the broadcaster Canal+ on the
other hand. These two undertakings were party to an agreement on exercising media
rights to football games of the two highest classes of the Polish league. The core of
the dispute consisted of the possibility of deeming the pre-emption right reserved
for Canal+ as a contractual provision restricting competition. The Courts involved
were also forced to answer the question whether performing tasks of a public service
character justified a decrease in the fine imposed by the competition authority
Legislative and jurisprudential developments in the telecommunications sector...Michal
The Telecommunications Law Act1 (in Polish: Prawo Telekomunikacyjne,
hereafter: PT) was subject to a number of amendments in 2011 introduced by
the Amendment Act of 14 April 2011 and the Amendment Act of 16 September
2011 as well as by the separate Act of 30 June 2011 on the implementation of
digital terrestrial television.
In response to the reservations expressed by the European Commission
regarding the compatibility of the way in which regulatory obligations
concerning the setting of wholesale prices are imposed in Poland, the
Amendment Act of 14 April 2011 changed Articles 39 and 40 PT2. The direct
reason for this amendment was set out in a reasoned opinion prepared by the
Commission in October 2010 under Article 258 TFEU3. It was stated therein
that Polish rules regarding the establishment of wholesale prices may give
rise to legal uncertainty and may be discriminatory towards certain telecoms
operators.
Legislative Developments in Rail Transport in 2010Michal
Polish rail transport law did not overcome such important amendments
in 2010 as in 2009. There was a lengthy amendment act transposing several
directives supposed to be enacted in 2010, which is unfortunately still
proceeded by the Polish Parliament. The act transposes Directive 2008/57/EC
of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 June 2008 on the
interoperability of the rail system within the Community1, Commission
Directive 2009/131/EC of 16 October 2009 amending Annex VII to
Directive 2008/57/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on
the interoperability of the rail system within the Community2 and Directive
2008/110/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December
2008 amending Directive 2004/49/EC on safety on the Community’s railways3.
This draft mainly concerns the interoperability of the Polish trans-European
rail system with the Community trans-European rail system which has to be
ensured while constructing and operating the parts of this system. It also
particularizes the competences of the President of the Rail Transport Office
(in Polish: Urząd Transportu Kolejowego; hereafter, UTK) in this area. This
act is supposed to be enacted by September 2010 and to enter into force at
the end of the year.
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Is making the conclusion of contracts for the provision of broadband internet...Michal
In its preliminary ruling delivered on 11 March 2010, the Court of Justice had
yet another opportunity, after the VTB-VAB and Galatea cases1, to express its views
on the legality of national legislation prohibiting combined sales (that is bundling
and tying). The preliminary question arose in a dispute between Telekomunikacja
Polska SA (hereafter TP SA), the Polish incumbent telecoms operator, and the
UKE President (in Polish: Urząd Komunikacji Elektronicznej; herefater, UKE),
the Polish national regulatory authority (NRA) responsible for the telecoms field.
The original case concerned the conditions for the provision of broadband internet
access services, ‘Neostrada TP’ by TP SA. According to Article 57(1)(1) of the Polish
Telecommunications Law of 2004 (in Polish: Prawo Telekomunikacyjne; hereafter,
PT)2 ‘A service provider may not make the conclusion of a contract for the provision
of publicly available telecommunications services, including connection to a public
telecommunications network, conditional upon the conclusion by the end-user of
a contract for the provision of other services (…)’
Intersection between the activities of two regulators – shall prior actions t...Michal
The commented judgment of the Polish Supreme Court concerns Telekomunikacja
Polska S.A. (hereafter, TPSA)1 and the fines imposed upon the incumbent operator
by the President of the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (in Polish:
Urząd Ochrony Konkurencji i Konsumentów; hereafter, UOKiK) for the abuse of its
dominant position. TPSA is a Polish telecoms provider formally established in 1991.
It is a public company – its shares are traded on the Warsaw Stock Exchange with the
controlling stake owned by France Télécom2. TPSA is often the subject of competition
law decisions issued not only by the UOKiK President but also by the European
Commission, particularly with respect to dominant position abuse
State aid: main developments
Authors:
Ms Alessandra Forzano (European Commission)
Dr Danilo Samà (European Commission)
Abstract:
The Competition Policy Newsletter contains information on EU competition policy and cases. Articles are written by staff of the Directorate-General for Competition of the European Commission.
Editor:
Competition Policy Newsletter
European Commission
Directorate-General for Competition (DG COMP)
Keywords:
competition policy, EU case-law, state aids
JEL classification:
K21; L44
Year:
2012
Pages:
19-25
Citation:
Forzano, Alessandra, Samà, Danilo (2012), State aid: main developments, Competition Policy Newsletter, Vol. 3, Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission, Brussels, Belgium, pp. 19-25.
2010 Legislative Developments in TelecommunicationsMichal
The Act from 9 April 2010 on the amendment of the Telecommunications
Law Act1 (in Polish: Prawo Telekomunikacyjne; hereafter, PT) introduced a broad
range of changes concerning the principles in accordance to which telecoms
services are to be provided to end users in Poland. It is important to stress first
the change in the definition of a ‘subscriber’ [Article 2(1) PT]. Accordingly,
every entity that is party to an agreement for the provision of telecoms services
concluded with a provider of publicly available telecoms services, irrespective
of whether the agreement is concluded in a written or any other form, is now
considered a ‘subscriber’. This amendment results from the ECJ judgment of
22 anuary 20092. The Court declared therein that the limitation of the definition
of a ‘subscriber’ to entities that are party to written telecoms agreements only
is incompatible with Article 2(k) of the Framework Directive.
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Is making the conclusion of contracts for the provision of broadband internet...Michal
In its preliminary ruling delivered on 11 March 2010, the Court of Justice had
yet another opportunity, after the VTB-VAB and Galatea cases1, to express its views
on the legality of national legislation prohibiting combined sales (that is bundling
and tying). The preliminary question arose in a dispute between Telekomunikacja
Polska SA (hereafter TP SA), the Polish incumbent telecoms operator, and the
UKE President (in Polish: Urząd Komunikacji Elektronicznej; herefater, UKE),
the Polish national regulatory authority (NRA) responsible for the telecoms field.
The original case concerned the conditions for the provision of broadband internet
access services, ‘Neostrada TP’ by TP SA. According to Article 57(1)(1) of the Polish
Telecommunications Law of 2004 (in Polish: Prawo Telekomunikacyjne; hereafter,
PT)2 ‘A service provider may not make the conclusion of a contract for the provision
of publicly available telecommunications services, including connection to a public
telecommunications network, conditional upon the conclusion by the end-user of
a contract for the provision of other services (…)’
Intersection between the activities of two regulators – shall prior actions t...Michal
The commented judgment of the Polish Supreme Court concerns Telekomunikacja
Polska S.A. (hereafter, TPSA)1 and the fines imposed upon the incumbent operator
by the President of the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (in Polish:
Urząd Ochrony Konkurencji i Konsumentów; hereafter, UOKiK) for the abuse of its
dominant position. TPSA is a Polish telecoms provider formally established in 1991.
It is a public company – its shares are traded on the Warsaw Stock Exchange with the
controlling stake owned by France Télécom2. TPSA is often the subject of competition
law decisions issued not only by the UOKiK President but also by the European
Commission, particularly with respect to dominant position abuse
State aid: main developments
Authors:
Ms Alessandra Forzano (European Commission)
Dr Danilo Samà (European Commission)
Abstract:
The Competition Policy Newsletter contains information on EU competition policy and cases. Articles are written by staff of the Directorate-General for Competition of the European Commission.
Editor:
Competition Policy Newsletter
European Commission
Directorate-General for Competition (DG COMP)
Keywords:
competition policy, EU case-law, state aids
JEL classification:
K21; L44
Year:
2012
Pages:
19-25
Citation:
Forzano, Alessandra, Samà, Danilo (2012), State aid: main developments, Competition Policy Newsletter, Vol. 3, Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission, Brussels, Belgium, pp. 19-25.
2010 Legislative Developments in TelecommunicationsMichal
The Act from 9 April 2010 on the amendment of the Telecommunications
Law Act1 (in Polish: Prawo Telekomunikacyjne; hereafter, PT) introduced a broad
range of changes concerning the principles in accordance to which telecoms
services are to be provided to end users in Poland. It is important to stress first
the change in the definition of a ‘subscriber’ [Article 2(1) PT]. Accordingly,
every entity that is party to an agreement for the provision of telecoms services
concluded with a provider of publicly available telecoms services, irrespective
of whether the agreement is concluded in a written or any other form, is now
considered a ‘subscriber’. This amendment results from the ECJ judgment of
22 anuary 20092. The Court declared therein that the limitation of the definition
of a ‘subscriber’ to entities that are party to written telecoms agreements only
is incompatible with Article 2(k) of the Framework Directive.
The unitary patent and unified patent courtJane Lambert
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calculation by the Polish National Regulatory Agency (NRA): the UKE President. It
analyses the provisions of Polish telecommunications law of 20041 with respect to the
rights and obligations of the UKE President. It invokes specific cases showing how
problematic rates calculation is for mobile operators. The Polkomtel, PTK Centertel,
PTC sp. z o.o. cases clearly show how unclear the calculation process may be in
practice and illustrate how broad the discretionary powers of the UKE President
are in this respect on the grounds of Polish telecommunications law. Highlighted
is also the dispute between the Polish NRA and the European Commission. Even
though the UKE President acts on the grounds of Polish law, its actions have to be
compliant with the European telecoms package and take into utmost account the
recommendations and comments issued by the European Commission.
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European Court on the TV rights in football
1. Court of Justice of the European Union
PRESS RELEASE No 102/11
Luxembourg, 4 October 2011
Judgment in Cases C-403/08 and C-429/08
Football Association Premier League and Others v QC Leisure and Others
Press and Information Karen Murphy v Media Protection Services Ltd
A system of licences for the broadcasting of football matches which grants
broadcasters territorial exclusivity on a Member State basis and which prohibits
television viewers from watching the broadcasts with a decoder card in other
Member States is contrary to EU law
The screening in a pub of football-match broadcasts containing protected works requires the
authorisation of the author of those works
The Football Association Premier League (‘the FAPL’) runs the Premier League, the leading
professional football league competition in England, and markets the television broadcasting rights
for Premier League matches. It grants broadcasters, under an open competitive tender procedure,
an exclusive live broadcasting right for Premier League matches on a territorial basis. As the
territorial basis generally corresponds to a single Member State, television viewers can watch only
the matches transmitted by the broadcasters established in the Member State where they reside.
In order to protect such territorial exclusivity and to prevent the public from receiving broadcasts
outside the relevant Member State, each broadcaster undertakes, in the licence agreement
concluded with the FAPL, to encrypt its satellite signal and to transmit the signal, so encrypted, by
satellite solely to subscribers in the territory which it has been awarded. Consequently, the licence
agreement prohibits the broadcasters from supplying decoder cards to persons who wish to watch
their broadcasts outside the Member State for which the licence is granted.
The disputes giving rise to the present cases concern attempts to circumvent that exclusivity.
Certain pubs in the United Kingdom have begun to use foreign decoder cards, issued by a Greek
broadcaster to subscribers resident in Greece, to access Premier League matches. The pubs buy
a card and a decoder box from a dealer at prices lower than those of Sky, the holder of the
broadcasting rights in the United Kingdom.
Since the FAPL takes the view that such activities undermine the exclusivity of the television
broadcasting rights and the value of those rights, it is seeking to bring them to an end by means of
legal proceedings. The first case (C-403/08) concerns a civil action brought by the FAPL against
pubs that have screened Premier League matches by using Greek decoder cards and against the
suppliers of such decoder cards to those pubs. The second case (C-429/08) has arisen from
criminal proceedings against Karen Murphy, the landlady of a pub that screened Premier League
matches using a Greek decoder card. In those two cases, the High Court of Justice of England and
Wales has referred a number of questions concerning the interpretation of European Union law to
the Court of Justice.
In its judgment delivered today, the Court of Justice holds that national legislation which
prohibits the import, sale or use of foreign decoder cards is contrary to the freedom to
provide services and cannot be justified either in light of the objective of protecting intellectual
property rights or by the objective of encouraging the public to attend football stadiums.
So far as concerns the possibility of justifying that restriction in light of the objective of protecting
intellectual property rights, the Court observes that the FAPL cannot claim copyright in the Premier
League matches themselves, as those sporting events cannot be considered to be an author’s own
www.curia.europa.eu
2. intellectual creation and, therefore, to be ‘works’ for the purposes of copyright in the European
Union.
Also, even if national law were to confer comparable protection upon sporting events – which
would, in principle, be compatible with EU law – a prohibition on using foreign decoder cards would
go beyond what is necessary to ensure appropriate remuneration for the holders of the rights
concerned.
In this regard, the Court observes, first, that when calculating such appropriate remuneration it is
possible to take account of the actual and potential audience both in the Member State of
broadcast and in any other Member State where the broadcasts are received, and that it is thus not
necessary to limit the free movement of services within the European Union. Second, payment by
the television stations of a premium in order to ensure themselves absolute territorial exclusivity
goes beyond what is necessary to ensure the right holders appropriate remuneration, because
such a practice may result in artificial price differences between the partitioned national markets.
Such partitioning and such an artificial price difference are irreconcilable with the fundamental aim
of the Treaty, which is completion of the internal market.
For similar reasons, a system of exclusive licences is also contrary to European Union
competition law if the licence agreements prohibit the supply of decoder cards to television
viewers who wish to watch the broadcasts outside the Member State for which the licence
is granted.
It is true that European Union competition law does not, in principle, preclude a right holder from
granting to a sole licensee the exclusive right to broadcast protected subject-matter by satellite,
during a specified period, from a single Member State of broadcast or from a number of Member
States of broadcast. However, the licence agreements must not prohibit the broadcasters from
effecting any cross-border provision of services that relates to the sporting events concerned,
because such an agreement would enable each broadcaster to be granted absolute territorial
exclusivity in the area covered by its licence, would therefore eliminate all competition between
broadcasters in the field of those services and would thus partition the national markets in
accordance with national borders.
Finally, as regards the questions asked concerning the interpretation of the Copyright Directive 1 ,
the Court notes first of all that only the opening video sequence, the Premier League anthem, pre-
recorded films showing highlights of recent Premier League matches and various graphics can be
regarded as ‘works’ and are therefore protected by copyright. By contrast, the matches themselves
are not works enjoying such protection.
That being so, the Court decides that transmission in a pub of the broadcasts containing
those protected works, such as the opening video sequence or the Premier League anthem,
constitutes a ‘communication to the public’ within the meaning of the copyright directive, for
which the authorisation of the author of the works is necessary, because when a pub
transmits those works to the customers present on the premises the works are transmitted to an
additional public which was not considered by the authors when they authorised the broadcasting
of their works.
NOTE: A reference for a preliminary ruling allows the courts and tribunals of the Member States, in disputes
which have been brought before them, to refer questions to the Court of Justice about the interpretation of
European Union law or the validity of a European Union act. The Court of Justice does not decide the
dispute itself. It is for the national court or tribunal to dispose of the case in accordance with the Court’s
decision, which is similarly binding on other national courts or tribunals before which a similar issue is raised.
1
Directive 2001/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2001 on the harmonisation of certain
aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society (OJ 2001 L 167, p. 10, corrigendum at OJ 2002 L 6,
p. 70).
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3. Unofficial document for media use, not binding on the Court of Justice.
The full text of the judgment is published on the CURIA website on the day of delivery.
Press contact: Christopher Fretwell (+352) 4303 3355
Pictures of the delivery of the judgment are available from "Europe by Satellite" (+32) 2 2964106
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