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9.11.2020 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 378/14 |
Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 3 September 2020 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht München I — Germany) — Bundesverband der Verbraucherzentralen und Verbraucherverbände — Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband eV v Telefónica Germany GmbH & Co. OHG
(Case C-539/19) (1)
(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Roaming on public mobile communications networks within the European Union - Regulation (EU) No 531/2012 - Article 6a - Article 6e(3) - Roaming provider required to automatically apply the regulated roaming tariff - Application to consumer having opted for a specific roaming tariff prior to the entry into force of Regulation (EU) No 531/2012)
(2020/C 378/17)
Language of the case: German
Referring court
Landgericht München I
Parties to the main proceedings
Applicant: Bundesverband der Verbraucherzentralen und Verbraucherverbände — Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband eV
Defendant: Telefónica Germany GmbH & Co. OHG
Operative part of the judgment
Articles 6a and 6e(3) of Regulation (EU) No 531/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 June 2012 on roaming on public mobile communications networks within the Union, as amended by Regulation (EU) 2015/2120 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2015, must be interpreted as meaning that, as from 15 June 2017, roaming service providers were required to apply automatically to all their customers the regulated roaming tariff referred to, inter alia, in Article 6a of that regulation, irrespective of whether those customers had previously opted for a regulated roaming tariff or for an alternative tariff, unless they had, before the deadline of 15 June 2017, expressly indicated their choice to benefit from such an alternative tariff, in accordance with the procedure laid down in that regard in the first subparagraph of Article 6e(3) of that regulation.