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Telenor Magyarország Zrt. v. Nemzeti Média- És Hírközlési Hatóság Elnöke (C.J.E.U.)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 April 2021

Jason A. Biros
Jason A. Biros*
Affiliation:
Jason A. Biros is the Deputy Head of Legal Affairs at the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). From 2015 to 2018, he served as the Legal Adviser to the U.S. Mission to the European Union. The views expressed herein are made entirely in the author's personal capacity and in no way reflect the position of the OSCE.
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Extract

An important ruling, with international implications regarding the increasingly fraught and unsettled realm of state regulation in the digital sphere, came from the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) on September 15, 2020. In its ruling in the case of Telenor Magyarország Zrt. v Nemzeti Média- és Hírközlési Hatóság Elnöke, the CJEU stepped in to make a strong defense of legislation intended to secure so-called “net neutrality”—the principle of internet regulation meant to ensure that internet service providers cannot unduly restrict end-user access to certain internet applications or services based solely on commercial considerations. The ruling continues the CJEU's strict legal interpretations in furtherance of EU regulation and protection of consumer and individual rights in the digital sphere, with a clear eye toward cementing Europe's position in the vanguard of digital regulation and in the hope that such principles will be replicated and upheld elsewhere.

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International Legal Documents
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International Legal Materials , Volume 60 , Issue 4 , August 2021 , pp. 653 - 666
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The American Society of International Law

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1 Regulation 2015/2120 of the European Parliament and of the Council of Nov. 25, 2015, laying down measures concerning open internet access and amending Directive 2002/22/EC on universal service and users' rights relating to electronic communications networks and services and Regulation 531/2012 on roaming on public mobile communications networks within the Union, 2015 O.J. (L 310), 1, Recital (1) [hereinafter Regulation 2015/2120].

2 Id., Recital 6.

3 Id., Recital 9, art. 3(3).

4 Case C-807/18, Telenor Magyarország Zrt. v. Nemzeti Média-és Hírközlési Hatóság Elnöke, ECLI:EU:C:2020:708 (Sept. 15, 2020) ¶ 9.

5 Id., ¶¶ 10–11.

6 Id., ¶ 12.

7 Id., ¶¶ 13–14.

8 Regulation 2015/2120, art. 3(1).

9 Id., art. 3(2).

10 Id., art. 3(3).

11 Id., ¶ 15.

12 Id.

13 Id., ¶ 16.

14 Id.

15 Id., ¶¶ 23–25.

16 Id., ¶ 26.

17 Id., ¶ 28.

18 Id.

19 Id., ¶¶ 30–35.

20 Id., ¶¶ 36–42.

21 Id., ¶ 45.

22 Id., ¶ 46.

23 Id., ¶ 48.

24 Id.

25 Id., ¶ 49.

26 Id., ¶ 50.