Makeleio

Provisional text OPINION OF ADVOCATE GENERALĆAPETAdelivered on 30 January 2025 (1)Joined Cases C‑555/23 and C‑556/23 Makeleio EPE (C‑555/23)Zougla G. R. AE (C‑556/23)v Ethniko Symvoulio Radiotileorasis (ESR)(Requests for a preliminary ruling from the Symvoulio tis Epikrateias (Council of State, Greece))( Reference for a preliminary ruling – Directive 2010/13 – Provision of audiovisual media services (AVMS) – Internet news portal also broadcasting AVMS – Respect for human dignity – Prohibition of broadcasting programmes of poor quality – Principle of conforming interpretation – Limits – Principle of legality )I.      Introduction 1.        Two Greek internet news portals were fined by the competent national audiovisual media services (AVMS) authority for broadcasts that violate human dignity.2.        Before the Symvoulio tis Epikrateias (Council of State, Greece), which is the referring court in the present cases, those portals have challenged the fines imposed on them, claiming that the relevant legislation prohibiting such broadcasts was not aimed at internet news portals also broadcasting AVMS.3.        In the context of those national proceedings, several questions of interpretation of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive (2) (‘the AVMS Directive’) and of the limits of the principle of conforming interpretation arose. II.    The facts in the main proceedings, the questions referred for a preliminary ruling and the procedure before the Court 4.        Makeleio and...