Official Journal of the European Union

C 35/6

(Case C-49/19) (<span class="oj-super oj-note-tag">1</span>)

(Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Electronic communications - Universal service and users’ rights relating to electronic communications networks and services - Directive 2002/22/EC - Networks and services - Article 13 - Financing of universal service obligations - Sharing mechanism - Principles of transparency, least market distortion, non-discrimination and proportionality)

(2021/C 35/07)

Language of the case: Portuguese

Parties

Applicant: European Commission (represented: initially by L. Nicolae, P. Costa de Oliveira and G. Braga da Cruz, and subsequently by L. Nicolae and G. Braga da Cruz, acting as Agents)

Defendant: Portuguese Republic (represented by: L. Inez Fernandes, P. Barros da Costa and J. Marques, acting as Agents, and D. Silva Morais, advogado)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.Dismisses the action;

2.Orders the European Commission to pay the costs.

(<span class="oj-super">1</span>) OJ C 112, 25.3.2019.