12th Jul 2016
Chargeable value added services number in Contacts infringes TMG and is therefore anti-competitive.

Chargeable value added services number in Contacts infringes TMG and is therefore anti-competitive.

The providers of telemedia services, indicating a chargeable value-added service number on its website as a possibility for a contact in addition to his e-mail address, thus providing no further communication available, of the requirements of § 5 Abs. 1 No.. 2 TMG corresponds to effective communication: For a reconciliation of the establishment of a value-added service number with § 5 Abs. 1 No.. 2 TMG and Art. 5 Abs. 1 BUCHST. c of Directive 2000/31 / EC initially speaks the text of those provisions, with indication of contact information quick, to enable direct and effective communication. As the Court of Appeal rightly pointed out, können über den üblichen Verbindungsentgelten liegende und von der vom Anrufer einer Mehrwertdienstenummer nicht immer beeinflussbaren...