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14.1.2019 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
C 16/9 |
Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 7 November 2018 — Commission v Hungary
(Case C-171/17) (1)
((Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Directive 2006/123/EC - Articles 15 to 17 - Article 49 TFEU - Freedom of establishment - Article 56 TFEU - Freedom to provide services - National mobile payment system - Monopoly))
(2019/C 16/10)
Language of the case: Hungarian
Parties
Applicant: European Commission (represented by: V. Bottka and H. Tserepa-Lacombe, acting as Agents)
Defendant: Hungary (represented by: M.Z. Fehér and G. Koós, acting as Agents)
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
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Declares that, by instituting and maintaining in force the national mobile payment system governed by a nemzeti mobil fizetési rendszerről szóló 2011. évi CC. törvény (Law CC of 2011 on the national mobile payment system) and by 356/2012. (XII. 13.) Korm. rendelet a nemzeti mobil fizetési rendszerről szóló törvény végrehajtásáról (Governmental Decree No 356/2012 implementing the mobile payment system law), Hungary has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 15(2)(d) of Directive 2006/123/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 on services in the internal market and Article 56 TFEU; |
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Dismisses the action as to the remainder; |
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Orders the European Commission and Hungary to bear their own costs. |