Europa Way s.r.l. v. Italy, No. 64356/19, ECtHR (First Section), 27 November 2025

Competitive pluralism in the media sector. The principles of freedom of expression and freedom of enterprise in the allocation of a tender procedure. State interference and responsibility in preventing arbitrary allocation.

Art. 10 ECHR

128. In light of the above considerations, the Court concludes that the legislative and administrative framework governing the allocation of digital terrestrial frequencies was not foreseeable and did not provide adequate safeguards against arbitrariness, as required by the rule of law in a democratic society.