The Spanish authorities therefore established the state aid scheme under investigation, for upgrading the existing transmission centres and building new ones, in order to ensure that the residents, who until then had received private and public channels via analogue terrestrial TV, would continue to receive all the channels via DTT.

Only DTT operators could fulfil these requirements (and only such operators have in fact participated in these tenders).Spain argues that references in the tender to DTT, or specifications referring to DTT equipment and transmission centres, do not mean that the use of such centres was compulsory for the bidders.

In terrestrial broadcasting, the television signal is sent from a TV studio to a transmission centre (head-end), usually belonging to and operated by a network operator.

A. whereas, following its ruling in Shevill, the Court of Justice has held in eDate Advertising that Article 5(3) of Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 must be interpreted as meaning that, in the event of an alleged infringement of personality rights by means of content placed online on an internet website, the person who considers that his or her rights have been infringed has the option of bringing an action for liability, in respect of all the damage caused, either before the courts of the Member State in which the publisher of that content is established or before the courts of the Member State in which the centre of his or her interests is ...[+++] based.

A. whereas, following its ruling in Shevill, the Court of Justice has held in eDate Advertising that Article 5(3) of Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 must be interpreted as meaning that, in the event of an alleged infringement of personality rights by means of content placed online on an internet website, the person who considers that his or her rights have been infringed has the option of bringing an action for liability, in respect of all the damage caused, either before the courts of the Member State in which the publisher of that content is established or before the courts of the Member State in which the centre of his or her interests is ...[+++]based.

51. Emphasises that Europe should be at the cutting edge in the development of energy related Internet and ICT low-carbon technologies and applications; stresses that ICT can and should play a major role in promoting responsible energy consumption in households, transport, electricity generation and distribution as well as in the ICT sector itself (accounting for some 8% of electricity consumption); calls therefore to assess in particular the energy efficiency potential of data centres; considers that enhanced support for innovation must always be accompanied by a reduction of red tape for applicants; acknowledges the need to support ...[+++] partnerships between the ICT sector and major emitting sectors to improve the energy efficiency and emissions of these sectors;