According to Article 267 TFEU, a ‘court or tribunal of a Member State’ can make a preliminary reference to the Court of Justice. The Court applies a single, homogeneous definition of a ‘court or tribunal’. This has allowed it to admit references from those specialised, independent, administrative bodies that in several Member States have been established instead of administrative courts to decide claims under public law, including EU law. Whet...

The article offers a review of the most important changes in the fi eld of jurisdiction over media content providers in European law. The thematic becomes relevant in the recently closed revision process of Directive 2010/13/EU, the Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMS) which comprises the main normative tool in the field of EU media policy. The revised text of the AVMS Directive entered in effect in December 2018, member stat...