STATE AID
ANNULMENT OF THE COMMISSION'S DECISION THAT LOGISTICAL AND COMMERCIAL
ASSISTANCE FROM LA POSTE FRANÇAISE TO ITS SUBSIDIARY SFMI-CHRONOPOST WAS
NOT STATE AID
No 90/2000: 14 December 2000
Judgment of the Court of Justice in case C-99/99
Italian Republic/Commission
AGRICULTURE
No 89/2000: 7 December 2000
Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-94/99
ARGE Gewässerschutz
COMPANY LAW
No 88/2000: 7 December 2000
Judgment of the Court of Justice in Cases C-374/98,C-38/99
Commission / France
COMPETITION
THE COURT OF JUSTICE RULES ON THE 10 APPEALS BROUGHT BY UNDERTAKINGS AGAINST
THE JUDGMENTS OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE IN THE "CARTONBOARD"
CASES
FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT FOR PERSONS
THE CONTRACTS OF COMMERCIAL AGENTS MAY NOT DEROGATE FROM THE PROVISIONS OF
COMMUNITY LAW PROTECTING THEM IN THE EVENT OF BREACH
No 82/2000: 7 November 2000
Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-312/98
Warsteiner Brauerei
FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT FOR PERSONS
THE COURT REJECTS THE ACTION BROUGHT BY THE GRAND DUCHY OF LUXEMBOURG AND
CONFIRMS THE VALIDITY OF THE DIRECTIVE TO FACILITATE PRACTICE OF THE PROFESSION
OF LAWYER ON A PERMANENT BASIS IN A MEMBER STATE OTHER THAN THAT IN WHICH THE
QUALIFICATION WAS OBTAINED
ENVIRONMENT AND CONSUMERS
ONLY ENVIRONMENTAL CRITERIA MAY BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT BY MEMBER STATES WHEN
THEY PROPOSE THE LIST OF SITES OF ECOLOGICAL INTEREST ELIGIBLE FOR PROTECTION
AT COMMUNITY LEVEL
No 79/2000: 26 october 2000
Opinion of the Advocate General in the case C-379/98
PreussenElektra
COMPETITION
THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE ANNULS THE COMMISSION DECISION PENALISING THE BAYER
GROUP FOR TRYING TO PREVENT PARALLEL IMPORTS OF ADALAT INTO THE UNITED KINGDOM
No 77/2000: 19 october 2000
Judgment of the Court of Justice in joined cases C-15/98 and
C-105/99
Italian Republic and others / Commission
STATE AID
No 76/2000: 12 october 2000
Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-314/98
Snellers Auto's
APPROXIMATION OF LAWS
No 75/2000: 12 october 2000
Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-480/98
Spain / Commission
SOCIAL POLICY
PRIMARY HEALTH CARE DOCTORS MUST BE GRANTED THE BENEFIT OF COMMUNITY
LEGISLATION CONCERNING CERTAIN ASPECTS OF THE ORGANISATION OF WORKING TIME
No 69/2000: 27 September 2000
Judgment of the Court of First Instance in Case T-184/97
BP Chemicals / Commission
FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT FOR PERSONS
THE COURT GIVES A RULING ON THE COMPATIBILITY WITH THE PRINCIPLE OF FREE
MOVEMENT FOR WORKERS OF NATIONAL LEGISLATION CONCERNING OVERLAPPING PENSIONS
No 67/2000: 26 September 2000
Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-478/98
Commission / Belgium
FREE MOVEMENT OF CAPITAL
No 66/2000: 26 September 2000
Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-175/99
Mayeur
FREE MOVEMENT OF GOODS
SPARE PARTS FOR MOTOR VEHICLES WHICH ARE LAWFULLY PRODUCED AND MARKETED IN
MEMBER STATES MUST BE ABLE TO CIRCULATE FREELY WITHIN THE COMMUNITY
STATE AID
THE TAX CONCESSION PROVIDED FOR IN ORDER TO ENCOURAGE INVESTMENT IN THE NEW
LÄNDER AND WEST BERLIN IS STATE AID WHICH IS INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE COMMON
MARKET
ENVIRONMENT AND CONSUMERS
THE ADOPTION IN A LAW OF A PROJECT LIKELY TO HAVE SIGNIFICANT EFFECTS ON THE
ENVIRONMENT DOES NOT ENABLE THE NORMAL REQUIREMENTS AS TO INFORMATION LAID DOWN
BY COMMUNITY LEGISLATION TO BE AVOIDED
No 61/2000: 19 September 2000
Judgment of the Court of Justice in joined cases C-177/99 and
C-181/99
Ampafrance
TAXATION
No 60/2000: 14 September 2000
Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-343/98
Collino
TAXATION
VAT MUST BE LEVIED ON ROAD TOLLS IN FRANCE, IRELAND AND THE UNITED KINGDOM, AS
IT IS ALREADY IN THE MAJORITY OF MEMBER STATES WHICH OPERATE ROAD TOLLS
SOCIAL POLICY
WOMEN IN THE PUBLIC SERVICE MAY NOT ENJOY AUTOMATIC PREFERENTIAL RECRUITMENT
BASED SOLELY ON THEIR BELONGING TO THE UNDER-REPRESENTED SEX IF THEIR
QUALIFICATIONS, ASSESSED OBJECTIVELY, ARE NOT EQUAL TO THOSE OF THE MALE
CANDIDATES
ENVIRONMENT AND CONSUMERS
ACTIONS BROUGHT BY UNDERTAKINGS SEEKING ANNULMENT OF THE COMMUNITY DIRECTIVE
PROHIBITING ADVERTISING OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS ARE INADMISSIBLE
APPROXIMATION OF LAWS
ADVOCATE GENERAL FENNELLY PROPOSES THAT THE COURT OF JUSTICE ANNUL DIRECTIVE ON
THE ADVERTISING AND SPONSORSHIP OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS
No 44/2000: 15 June 2000
Judgments of the Court of First Instance in cases T-298/97 and
others
Alzetta
STATE AID
No 43/2000: 8 June 2000
Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-258/98
Carra
FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT FOR PERSONS
AN EXEMPTION FROM INCOME TAX GRANTED BY A MEMBER STATE TO NATURAL PERSONS WHO
RECEIVE DIVIDENDS CANNOT BE LIMITED TO THOSE PAID BY AN UNDERTAKING WHOSE SEAT
IS IN THAT MEMBER STATE
FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT FOR PERSONS
A PRIVATE UNDERTAKING MAY NOT MAKE EMPLOYMENT CONDITIONAL UPON POSSESSION OF A
CERTIFICATE OF BILINGUALISM ISSUED ONLY IN ONE PROVINCE OF A MEMBER
STATE
No 40/2000: 23 May 2000
Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-104/98
Buchner
FREEDOM TO PROVIDE SERVICES
THE ADVOCATE GENERAL PROPOSES THAT THE COURT UPHOLD THE SYSTEM UNDER WHICH
PRIOR AUTHORISATION IS NECESSARY FOR A PATIENT TO BE HOSPITALISED IN ANOTHER
MEMBER STATE AT AN ESTABLISHMENT WHICH HAS NOT CONCLUDED AN AGREEMENT WITH THE
PATIENT'S SICKNESS INSURANCE FUND
No 37/2000: 18 May 2000
Opinion of the Advocate General in the case C-290/98
Commission/Austria
SOCIAL POLICY
THE COURT OF JUSTICE HOLDS THAT THE LIMITATION TO TWO YEARS OF PART-TIME
WORKERS' ENTITLEMENT TO RETROACTIVE MEMBERSHIP OF AN OCCUPATIONAL PENSION
SCHEME IS CONTRARY TO COMMUNITY LAW
THE PRESIDENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE MAKES AN ORDER
FOR INTERIM MEASURES IN A CASE BROUGHT BY 71 MEMBERS OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
CONCERNING THE MANNER IN WHICH INVESTIGATIONS ARE CONDUCTED BY THE EUROPEAN
ANTI-FRAUD OFFICE (OLAF)
FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT FOR PERSONS
RULES PREVENTING PROFESSIONAL SPORTSMEN FROM TAKING PART IN COMPETITIONS IF
THEY HAVE BEEN TRANSFERRED AFTER A SPECIFIED DATE MAY CONSTITUTE AN OBSTACLE TO
FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT FOR WORKERS
FREEDOM TO PROVIDE SERVICES
THE SELECTION RULES FOR INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENTS LAID DOWN BY SPORTS
FEDERATIONS ARE NOT IN THEMSELVES CONTRARY TO COMMUNITY LAW
COMMERCIAL POLICY
THE COMMUNITY'S 'ANTI-PIRACY' REGULATION ALSO APPLIES TO COUNTERFEIT GOODS
IMPORTED FROM A NON-MEMBER COUNTRY AND PASSING THROUGH THE TERRITORY OF A
MEMBER STATE ON THEIR WAY TO ANOTHER NON-MEMBER COUNTRY
No 26/2000: 4 April 2000
Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-465/98
A. Darbo
APPROXIMATION OF LAWS
No 24/2000: 30 March 2000
Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-236/98
Jämställdhetsombudsmannen
COMPETITION
COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE DECLARES THAT THE TARIFF FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
CHARGED BY ITALIAN CUSTOMS AGENTS CONSTITUTES A RESTRICTION OF COMPETITION
ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE CNSD AND LIKELY TO AFFECT INTRA-COMMUNITY TRADE
SOCIAL POLICY
NATIONAL RULES FACILITATING THE APPOINTMENT AND PROMOTION OF WOMEN IN THE
PUBLIC SERVICE WHICH GUARANTEE AN OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT OF CANDIDATURES ARE
COMPATIBLE WITH COMMUNITY LAW
FREE MOVEMENT OF CAPITAL
THE FRENCH LEGISLATION ESTABLISHING A SYSTEM OF PRIOR AUTHORISATION FOR DIRECT
FOREIGN INVESTMENTS IS INCOMPATIBLE - ON THE GROUND THAT IT IS TOO IMPRECISE -
WITH THE PRINCIPLE OF THE FREE MOVEMENT OF CAPITAL
No 13/2000: 14 March 2000
Judgment of the Court of Justice in Joined Cases C-102/98,
C-211/98
Kocak-Örs
EXTERNAL RELATIONS
No 12/2000: 9 March 2000
Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-437/97
Evangelischer Krankenhausverein
TRANSPORT
ADVOCATE GENERAL SAGGIO SUGGESTS THAT THE COURT SHOULD DECLARE THAT THE TOLLS
LEVIED ON THE BRENNER MOTORWAY ARE CONTRARY TO THE DIRECTIVE CONCERNING THE
CARRIAGE OF GOODS BY ROAD
FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT FOR PERSONS
PERSONS RESIDENT IN FRANCE BUT WORKING IN ANOTHER MEMBER STATE CANNOT BE
REQUIRED TO PAY THE CSG (GENERAL SOCIAL CONTRIBUTION) AND THE CRDS (SOCIAL DEBT
REPAYMENT CONTRIBUTION)
No 8/2000: 10 February 2000
Judgment of the Court of Justice in Cases C-50/96, C-234/96,
C-270/97, C-271/97
Schröder
FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT FOR PERSONS
EMPLOYEES POSTED TO ANOTHER MEMBER STATE BY AN UNDERTAKING PROVIDING TEMPORARY
PERSONNEL MAY REMAIN AFFILIATED TO THE SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM OF THE MEMBER
STATE IN WHICH THE UNDERTAKING HAS ITS HEADQUARTERS PROVIDED THAT THE
UNDERTAKING NORMALLY CARRIES ON SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES THERE
COMPETITION
INTERNAL POSTAL CHARGES IMPOSED ON ITEMS SENT IN LARGE QUANTITIES TO A MEMBER
STATE BY MEANS OF REMAILING ARE NOT, IN PRINCIPLE, CONTRARY TO COMMUNITY
COMPETITION LAW
SOCIAL POLICY
GERMAN PROVISIONS ON THE PROTECTION OF PREGNANT WOMEN CANNOT JUSTIFY A REFUSAL
TO APPOINT A PREGNANT WOMAN TO A POST FOR AN INDEFINITE PERIOD
FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT FOR PERSONS
AN EMPLOYEE WHO RESIGNS CANNOT RELY ON FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT FOR PERSONS TO
OBTAIN A COMPENSATION PAYMENT MADE BY EMPLOYERS ON TERMINATION OF
EMPLOYMENT