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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7868

21 December 2000
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/court of justice
Preferential interconnection charges for Belgian press must be reviewed

Luxembourg, 20/12/2000 (Agence Europe) - The third (enlarged) Chamber of the European Court of Justice, presided by Claus Gulmann, has found Belgium guilty of incorrectly transposing European Directive 97/33/EC on universal telecommunications services. The European Commission contended that subsidies provided to the Belgian media for telephone communications weres incompatible with European law.

In its ruling, the Court of First Instance points out that the Commission is currently examining...

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