16.8.2021

Official Journal of the European Union

C 329/12

(Case C-339/21)

(2021/C 329/15)

Language of the case: Italian

Referring court

Parties to the main proceedings

Appellants: Colt Technology Services SpA, Wind Tre SpA, Telecom Italia SpA, Ministero dello Sviluppo economico, Ministero della Giustizia, Procura della Repubblica presso il Tribunale di Roma, Procura della Repubblica presso il Tribunale di Cagliari, Procura generale della Repubblica presso la Corte d’appello di Reggio Calabria, Vodafone Italia SpA

Respondents: Ministero della Giustizia, Ministero dello Sviluppo Economico, Ministero dell’Economia e delle Finanze, Procura Generale della Repubblica (presso Corte d’appello di Reggio Calabria), Procura della Repubblica di Cagliari, Procura della Repubblica (presso il Tribunale di Roma), Procura della Repubblica (presso il Tribunale di Locri)

Question referred

1.Do Articles 18, 26, 49, 54 and 55 TFEU, Articles 3 and 13 of Directive 2018/1972/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018, (1) and Articles 16 and 52 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union preclude a provision of national law that delegates to the administrative authorities the task of determining the remuneration to be paid to telecommunications operators for the mandatory performance of activities ordered by the judicial authorities consisting in the interception of communication flows, where that provision does not require compliance with the principle of the full reimbursement of the costs actually incurred and duly documented by the operators in relation to those activities and, furthermore, requires that the administrative authorities achieve cost savings compared to previous criteria for calculating remuneration?

Directive (EU) 2018/1972 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 establishing the European Electronic Communications Code (Recast) (OJ 2018 L 321, p. 36).