The Court of Justice of the European Union upheld, by ruling given on 8 June 2010, the legal validity of the European roaming regulation (Regulation (EC) No. 717/2007 of 27 June). The Court confirmed that the Regulation, which set price caps on mobile phone costs while users are in another EU member state, has a correct legal basis (the European Treaty standards which ensure the smooth functioning of the internal market), is proportional to the purpose of protecting consumers against high levels of charges and is justified on grounds of subsidiarity (the same objective could not be achieved without a common approach at Union level).
The European Commission will take the European Court's ruling into account when it reviews the roaming regulation before a 30 June 2011 deadline.
Further information:
- Judgment of the Court of 8 June 2010 - Regulation (EC) No 717/2007 http://curia.europa.eu/jurisp/cgi-bin/form.pl?lang=en&alljur=alljur&jurcdj=jurcdj&jurtpi=jurtpi&jurtfp=jurtfp&numaff=C-58/08&nomusuel=&docnodecision=docnodecision&allcommjo=allcommjo&affint=affint&affclose=affclose&alldocrec=alldocrec&docor=docor&docav=docav&docsom=docsom&docinf=docinf&alldocnorec=alldocnorec&docnoor=docnoor&radtypeord=on&newform=newform&docj=docj&docop=docop&docnoj=docnoj&typeord=ALL&domaine=&mots=&resmax=100&Submit=Rechercher
