Electronic communications: The Council of State rules on a refusal to assign radio frequencies for broadcasting services (Radio 13)

*This article is an automatic translation of the original article, provided here for your convenience. Read the original article. CE, 30 January 2012, Radio 13, No. 335966 Although Article 1 of the Act of 30 September 1986 on freedom of communication states that "communication to the public by electronic means is free", this freedom may be restricted, however, in particular because of "technical constraints inherent in the means of communication". In such a framework, the intervention of a regulatory authority is necessary in order to allocate scarce resources among operators. Litigation relating to the allocation of these resources is particularly