EU takes Greece back to court over broadcast liberalisation T

The European Commission on Thursday announced it would take Greece to court over its failure to liberalise its broadcasting services, seeking heavy fines as punishment. ‘The European Commission has decided to refer Greece to the European Court of Justice for failure to fully comply with the court’s ruling of April 14, 2005,’ the EU’s executive arm said in a statement. That ruling confirmed that Greece had failed to implement EU competition law for its television and radio services, particularly digital broadcasting. The Commission is therefore referring Greece back to the court, seeking fines, consisting of daily lump sums totalling EUR 48,442.80 for Greece’s continued infringement. A 2002 EU directive aims at ensuring that competitive market conditions prevail across the European Union in electronic communications networks and services. All member states except Greece have notified measures to implement it. (AFP via EU Business,March 26, 2007)

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