[LITIGATION] 21 May 2015 – Lazio Administrative Court upholds Mr. Vaccaro defense on international interference across-seas (Italy-France)

May 21st, 2015 – Upon request filed by Mr. Felice Vaccaro, acting on behalf of Italian TV broadcaster TeleItalia, the Administrative Court of Lazio, with Ordinance no. 2168/2015, suspended the decision of the Italian Authority for Communications Guarantees ordering the Italian broadcaster to cease the harmful interference allegedly caused from its broadcasting station in Tuscany to a French TV broadcasting stationed in Côte d’Azur.

The suspension order granted is indeed exceptional, considering the otherwise established case law rejecting this kind of request in comparable circumstances.

UPDATE 11 Sept. 2015: With Ordinance no. 4144/2015, the State Council (the highest administrative instance in the Country) rejected the appeal to the above mentioned Ordinance no. 2168/2015 of the Administrative Court of Lazio filed by the Authority for Communications Guarantees.

UPDATE 30 Nov. 2015: In connection with the ongoing proceedings above mentioned, with decree inaudita altera parte, the President of Lazio Adminsitrative Court upheld Mr. Felice Vaccaro request and suspended the decision of the Director General of the Italian Ministry of Economic Development where it subjected TeleItalia’s consideration for the renewal and expansion of its broadcasting license to the withdrawal from the ongoing administrative court proceedings, or anyway to giving up any rights that may be there recognized.