Electronic communications: The French Supreme Administrative Court rejects the appeal for excess of power against the decree on the fees for the use of 5G frequencies (PRIARTEM et Agir pour l’environnement)

*This article is an automatic translation of the original article, provided here for your convenience. Read the original article. In a ruling dated April 8, 2021, the Conseil d'État dismissed the appeal for excess of power brought against Decree No. 2019-1592 of December 31, 2019 amending Decree No. 2007-1532 of October 24, 2007, as amended, relating to the fees for the use of radio frequencies payable by holders of frequency use authorizations issued by ARCEP. It should first be recalled that, on the basis of Articles L. 42-1 and L. 42-2 of the French Post and Electronic Communications Code, ARCEP proposed to the Minister in charge of electronic communications, on November 21, 2019, the terms and conditions for the allocation, through an auction procedure, of authorizations to use