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Document C2005/019/06
Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 25 November 2004 in Case C-109/03 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the College van Beroep voor het bedrijfsleven): KPN Telecom BVv Onafhankelijke Post en Telecommunicatie Autoriteit (OPTA) (Telecommunications — Directive 98/10/EC — Application of open network provision to voice telephony — Supply of information on subscribers — Determination of prices)
Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 25 November 2004 in Case C-109/03 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the College van Beroep voor het bedrijfsleven): KPN Telecom BVv Onafhankelijke Post en Telecommunicatie Autoriteit (OPTA) (Telecommunications — Directive 98/10/EC — Application of open network provision to voice telephony — Supply of information on subscribers — Determination of prices)
Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 25 November 2004 in Case C-109/03 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the College van Beroep voor het bedrijfsleven): KPN Telecom BVv Onafhankelijke Post en Telecommunicatie Autoriteit (OPTA) (Telecommunications — Directive 98/10/EC — Application of open network provision to voice telephony — Supply of information on subscribers — Determination of prices)
OJ C 19, 22.1.2005, p. 4–4
(ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, NL, PL, PT, SK, SL, FI, SV)
22.1.2005 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
C 19/4 |
JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
(First Chamber)
of 25 November 2004
in Case C-109/03 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the College van Beroep voor het bedrijfsleven): KPN Telecom BVv Onafhankelijke Post en Telecommunicatie Autoriteit (OPTA) (1)
(Telecommunications - Directive 98/10/EC - Application of open network provision to voice telephony - Supply of information on subscribers - Determination of prices)
(2005/C 19/06)
Language of the case: Dutch
In Case C-109/03: reference for a preliminary ruling under Article 234 EC from the College van Beroep voor het bedrijfsleven (Netherlands), by decision of 8 January 2003, received at the Court on 10 March 2003, in the proceedings between KPN Telecom BV and Onafhankelijke Post en Telecommunicatie Autoriteit (OPTA), in the presence of: Denda Multimedia BV, Denda Directory Services BV – the Court (First Chamber), composed of: P. Jann (Rapporteur), President of Chamber, A. Rosas, K. Lenaerts, S. von Bahr and K. Schiemann, Judges; M. Poiares Maduro, Advocate General; H. von Holstein, Deputy Registrar, for the Registrar, has given a judgment on 25 November 2004, in which it has ruled:
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Article 6(3) of Directive 98/10/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 1998 on the application of open network provision (ONP) to voice telephony and on universal service for telecommunications in a competitive environment must be interpreted as meaning that the words ‘relevant information’ refer only to data relating to subscribers who have not expressly objected to being listed in a published directory and which are sufficient to enable users of a directory to identify the subscribers they are looking for. Those data include in principle the name and address, including postcode, of subscribers, together with any telephone numbers allocated to them by the entity concerned. However, it is open to the Member States to provide that other data are to be made available to users where, in light of specific national circumstances, they appear to be necessary in order to identify subscribers. |
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Article 6(3) of Directive 98/10, in so far as it provides that the relevant information must be provided to third parties on terms which are fair, cost oriented and non-discriminatory, must be interpreted as meaning that:
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