Request for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato (Italy) lodged on 3 February 2026 – Netflix International BV, Netflix Services Italy Srl v Autorità per le Garanzie nelle Comunicazioni (AGCOM)

(Case C-51/26, Netflix International and Netflix Services Italy)

(C/2026/2212)

Language of the case: Italian

Referring court

Consiglio di Stato

Parties to the main proceedings

Appellants: Netflix International BV, Netflix Services Italy Srl

Respondent: Autorità per le Garanzie nelle Comunicazioni (AGCOM)

Question referred

Must EU legislation, in particular Directive (EU) 2019/790 (1) of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 on copyright and related rights in the Digital Single Market and amending Directives 96/9/EC and 2001/29/EC, be interpreted as precluding national legislation which also confers the power to impose a contribution towards the financing of the activities of the regulatory authorities in the sector on undertakings active in the video-on-demand sector – to be understood as persons providing an online service for viewing audiovisual products at the user’s request – even without taking into account the intensity of the regulatory and monitoring activities carried out in relation to the various types of services?

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(1)   OJ 2019 L 130, p. 92.