R v HM Treasury ex p British Telecommunications [1996] ECR I-1631
Country:
United Kingdom
Reviewed By Oxbridge Law Team
Updated 2024-01-04 07:14:16 UTC
The UK implemented a bill concerning the ability of EU companies to operate in any EU country under the same conditions as national companies e.g. regarding supply and provision.
-
UK tried to exempt certain companies from an EU directive:
ECJ held that (1) it was not up to the UK to decide which companies would and would not be covered by a directive
Any comments or edits about this case?
Get in touch Similar cases
41/74 Van Duyn
Article 48 EEC was self-executing, directly impacted the legal orders of member states, and conferred individual rights enforceable by national courts. A member state's exercise of rights under Artic...
Case C-212/04 Adeneler
This was a case concerning a directive’s attempts to convert a long series of fixed term contracts into one employment relationship, unless there was objective justification for the arrangement versu...
Flaminio Costa v ENEL
This case was concerned with the nationalisation of the Italian electricity industry, whose bills Costa refused to pay in protest (he had a stake in the private energy firm) since he said its creatio...
Cases C-397/01 to C-403/01 Pfeiffer etc
This case concerned an inadequately implemented working time directive (the implementing legislation contained improper exceptions). Confirmed that legislation post-dating (as well as legislation pre...
C-188/89 Foster v British Gas
Dispute concerned whether British Gas (privatised) was part of the ‘state’ and therefore susceptible to direct vertical effect of unimplemented directives, once the implementation deadline was passed...
Ambitious and intelligent students
choose Oxbridge Notes.
- Customer Support
- Sellers FAQ
- Contact Us
- Privacy Policy
- Terms and Conditions
©2024 Oxbridge Notes. All right reserved.