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No. 100/99: 16 December 1999: Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-382/98
Taylor; THE WINTER FUEL PAYMENT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM MUST BE MADE UNDER THE SAME CONDITIONS TO MEN AND WOMEN
No. 99/99: 15 December 1999: Formal sitting
No. 98/99: 15 December 1999: Formal sitting; NEW MEMBER OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
No. 97/99: 15 December 1999: Judgment of the Court of First Instance in Case T-132/96
Freistaat Sachsen / Commission; THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE DISMISSES THE ACTION BROUGHT BY VOLKSWAGEN AND SUPPORTED BY GERMANY
No. 96/99: 7 December 1999: Judgment of the Court of First Instance in Case T-92/98
Interporc/Commission; THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE HAS PARTIALLY ANNULLED A COMMISSION DECISION REFUSING ACCESS TO CERTAIN DOCUMENTS
No. 95/99: 1 December 1999: Judgment in Joined Cases T-125/96 and T-152/96
Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica GmbH and C.H. Boehringer Sohn / Council; THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE PUTS PROTECTION OF PUBLIC HEALTH BEFORE ALL OTHER CONSIDERATIONS
No. 93/99: 25 November 1999: Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-96/98
Commission / France; FAILURE BY FRANCE TO COMPLY WITH THE LEGISLATION ON THE PROTECTION OF WILD BIRDS IN THE POITEVIN MARSH RESULTS IN ANOTHER RULING AGAINST IT BY THE COURT OF JUSTICE
No. 92/99: 23 November 1999: Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-376/96
Leloup-Arblade; THE COURT OF JUSTICE RULES ON THE POSITION OF WORKERS TEMPORARILY DEPLOYED IN ANOTHER MEMBER STATE IN THE LIGHT OF FREEDOM TO PROVIDE SERVICES
No. 91/99: 22 November 1999: Inauguration ceremony of finnish works of art at the Court of Justice, Luxembourg
No. 90/99: 29 October 1999: Official visit of the Court of Justice in Spain
No. 89/99: 28 October 1999: Official visit to the Court of Justice
No. 88/99: 28 October 1999: Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-81/98
Alcatel; COMPANY LAW
No. 87/99: 28 October 1999: Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-6/98
ARD; FREEDOM TO PROVIDE SERVICES
No. 86/99: 28 October 1999: Judgment of the Court of First Instance in Case T-180/98
CEDEFOP; FIRST JUDGMENT DELIVERED BY SINGLE JUDGE AT COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
No. 85/99: 28 October 1999: Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-328/96
Austria/Commission; COMPANY LAW
No. 84/99: 26 October 1999: Opinion of the Advocate General in the Case C-285/98
Kreil; ADVOCATE GENERAL LA PERGOLA PROPOSES WIDER SCOPE FOR WOMEN IN THE GERMAN ARMED FORCES
No. 83/99: 26 October 1999: Judgment in Case C-273/97
Sirdar; NATIONAL DECISIONS CONCERNING THE ORGANISATION AND MANAGEMENT OF THE ARMED FORCES MUST GENERALLY OBSERVE THE PRINCIPLE OF EQUAL TREATMENT BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN
No. 82/99: 21 October 1999: Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-333/97
Lewen; SOCIAL POLICY
No. 81/99: 21 October 1999: Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-67/98
Zenatti; FREEDOM TO PROVIDE SERVICES
No. 80/99: 19 October 1999: Tenth anniversary of the Court of First Instance of the European Communities
No. 79/99: 18 October 1999: Formal sitting of the Court of Justice of the European Communities in memory of Judge Giuseppe Federico Mancini
No. 78/99: 14 October 1999: Judgment of the Court of First Instance in case T-309/97
Bavarian Lager / Commission; REFUSAL TO DISCLOSE A DRAFT REASONED OPINION IS JUSTIFIED IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST
No. 77/99: 14 October 1999: Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-223/98
Adidas; THE OWNER OF A TRADE MARK MUST BE ABLE TO OBTAIN INFORMATION ABOUT PIRATED GOODS FROM THE CUSTOMS AUTHORITIES
No. 76/99: 11 October 1999: Official visit to the Court of Justice
No. 75/99: 7 October 1999: Judgment of the Court of First Instance in case T-228/97
Irish Sugar / Commission; COMPETITION
No. 74/99: 6 October 1999: Official visit to the Court of Justice
No. 73/99: 5 October 1999: New member of the Court of Justice of the European Communities; FORMAL SITTING
No. 72/99: 29 September 1999: Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-56/98
Modelo; PAYMENT OF FEES TO NOTARIES WHO ARE STATE EMPLOYEES FOR THE REGISTRATION OF AN INCREASE IN CAPITAL IS NOT IN PRINCIPLE CONSISTENT WITH COMMUNITY LAW
No. 71/99: 28 September 1999: Opinion of the Advocate General in case C-387/97
Commission / Hellenic Republic; FIRST HEARING CONCERNING A REQUEST FOR A MEMBER STATE TO BE ORDERED TO PAY A PERIODIC PENALTY PAYMENT
No. 70/99: 21 September 1999: Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-44/987
BASF AG v Präsident des Deutschen Patentamts; A EUROPEAN PATENT NOT TRANSLATED INTO THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGE OF A MEMBER STATE MAY BE RULED VOID AB INITIO IN THAT STATE
No. 69/99: 21 September 1999: Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-378/97
Wijsenbeek; THE MEMBER STATES RETAIN THE RIGHT TO CHECK THE NATIONALITY OF EUROPEAN UNION CITIZENS ENTERING THEIR TERRITORY BY AN INTERNAL COMMUNITY FRONTIER UNTIL HARMONISATION MEASURES CONCERNING THE CROSSING OF EXTERNAL FRONTIERS ARE ADOPTED
No. 68/99: 21 September 1999: Judgment in Case C-124/97
Läärä, CMS and TAS v District Prosecutor and Finnish State; THE FINNISH LEGISLATION RELATING TO SLOT MACHINES IS NOT CONTRARY TO THE RULES ON FREEDOM TO PROVIDE SERVICES
No. 67/99: 17 September 1999: Taking of the oath by the new Commissioners
No. 66/99: 16 September 1999: Opinion of the Advocate General in case C-104/98
Buchner; SOCIAL POLICY
No. 65/99: 16 September 1999: Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-435/97
World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and Others / Autonome Provinz Bozen and Others; A MEMBER STATE MAY NOT REMOVE A PROJECT LIKELY TO HAVE SIGNIFICANT EFFECTS ON THE ENVIRONMENT FROM THE SCOPE OF THE COMMUNITY DIRECTIVE ON THE ASSESSMENT OF THE EFFECTS OF CERTAIN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PROJECTS ON THE ENVIRONMENT
No. 64/99: 14 September 1999: Opinion of the Advocate General in Case C-78/98
Shirley Preston and Others / Wolverhampton Healthcare NHS Trust and Others; ADVOCATE GENERAL PHILIPPE LÉGER PROPOSES THAT THE COURT DECLARE TO BE CONTRARY TO COMMUNITY LAW THE LIMITATION TO TWO YEARS OF PART-TIME WORKERS' ENTITLEMENT TO RETROACTIVE MEMBERSHIP OF AN OCCUPATIONAL PENSION SCHEME
No. 63/99: 14 September 1999: Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-391/97
Gschwind; FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT FOR PERSONS
No. 62/99: 14 September 1999: Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-249/97
Gruber; SOCIAL POLICY
No. 61/99: 9 September 1999: Judgment of the Court of First Instance in Case T-110/98
Mining / Commission; THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE REJECTS THE MAIN ARGUMENTS PUT FORWARD BY RJB MINING FOR ANNULMENT OF THE COMMISSION'S AUTHORISATION OF STATE AID TO THE GERMAN COAL INDUSTRY FOR 1997
No. 60/99: 9 September 1999: Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-281/97
Krüger; SOCIAL POLICY
No. 59/99: 9 September 1999: Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-217/97
Commission / Germany; ENVIRONMENT AND CONSUMERS
No. 58/99: 7 September 1999: Opinion of the Advocate General in cases C-34/98,C-169/98
Commission / France; FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT FOR PERSONS
No. 57/99: 30 July 1999: Following the renumbering of the Treaties prescribed by the Treaty of Amsterdam, the Court of Justice and the Court of First Instance set out their system for the uniform citation of the provisions of the Treaties
No. 56/99: 26 July 1999: Death of Judge Federico Mancini
No. 55/99: 19 July 1999: Judgment of the Court of First Instance in Case T-14/98
Hautala / Council; THE COUNCIL MUST CONSIDER THE POSSIBILITY OF PARTIAL ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS
No. 54/99: 19 July 1999: Judgment of the Court of First Instance in Case T-188/97
Rothmans / Commission; THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE ANNULS A DECISION BY THE COMMISSION TO REFUSE ACCESS TO THE MINUTES OF THE CUSTOMS CODE COMMITTEE
No. 53/99: 8 July 1999: Term of office of Mr Roger Grass, Registrar of the Court of Justice renewed by the Court of Justice; INFORMATION FOR THE PRESS
No. 52/99: 8 July 1999: Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-254/97
Baxter; FISCAL LEGISLATION ALLOWING ONLY UNDERTAKINGS CARRYING OUT THEIR SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH ON NATIONAL TERRITORY TO DEDUCT THOSE COSTS IS CONTRARY TO COMMUNITY LAW
No. 51/99: 7 July 1999: Judgments of the Court of First Instance in cases T-89/96 and others
British Steel and others / Commission; COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE FINDS AID FROM IRISH GOVERNMENT TO IRISH STEEL COMPATIBLE WITH COMMUNITY LAW
No. 50/99: 1 July 1999: Opinion of the Advocate General in cases C-400,C-401,C-402/97
Juntas Generales de Guipúzcoa and others; FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT FOR PERSONS
No. 49/99: 30 June 1999: The Court of First Instance of the European Communities may now give decisions when constituted by a single judge
No. 48/99: 30 June 1999: Orders of the President of the Court of First Instance in
Case T-13/99 R Pfizer Animal Health SA/NV ; Case T-70/99 R Alpharma Inc. / Council of the European Union; THE PRESIDENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE RULES THAT ECONOMIC INTERESTS CANNOT OUTWEIGH THE NEED TO PROTECT PUBLIC HEALTH
No. 47/99: 29 June 1999: Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-206/97
Sweden / Council; SWEDEN NOT PERMITTED TO INCREASE ITS COD CATCH
No. 46/99: 24 June 1999: Opinion of the Advocate General in the case C-6/98
ARD; THE "GROSS" PRINCIPLE CAN BE USED FOR THE CALCULATION OF THE NUMBER OF INTERRUPTIONS BY ADVERTISEMENTS OF FILMS SHOWN ON TELEVISION
No. 45/99: 22 June 1999: Case C-387/97
Commission / Hellenic Republic; FIRST HEARING CONCERNING A REQUEST FOR A MEMBER STATE TO BE ORDERED PAY A PERIODIC PENALTY PAYMENT
No. 44/99: 22 June 1999: Opinion of the Advocate General in the case C-176/96
Lehtonen; THE ADVOCATE GENERAL REGARDS TRANSFER DEADLINES IN BASKETBALL AS COMPATIBLE WITH THE FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT OF WORKERS UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS
No. 43/99: 17 June 1999: Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-75/97
Belgium/Commission; INCREASED REDUCTIONS IN SOCIAL SECURITY CONTRIBUTIONS GRANTED UNDER THE MARIBEL BIS/TER SCHEME TO CERTAIN ECONOMIC SECTORS EMPLOYING LARGE NUMBERS OF MANUAL WORKERS ARE FOUND TO CONSTITUTE STATE AID
No. 42/99: 15 June 1999: Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-394/97
Heinonen; FINLAND MAY MAINTAIN RESTRICTIONS ON IMPORTS OF ALCOHOLIC DRINKS FROM NON-MEMBER COUNTRIES
No. 41/99: 15 June 1999: Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-140/97
Rechberger; AUSTRIAN LEGISLATION ON THE PROTECTION OF HOLIDAYMAKERS IN THE EVENT OF AN ORGANISER'S INSOLVENCY OR BANKRUPTCY IS INCOMPATIBLE WITH COMMUNITY LAW
No. 40/99: 10 June 1999: Opinion of the Advocate General in the case C-81/98
Alcatel Austria; COMPANY LAW
No. 39/99: 8 June 1999: Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-198/97
Commission / Germany; ENVIRONMENT AND CONSUMERS
No. 38/99: 8 June 1999: Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-338/97 and others
Erna Pelzl m.fl.; TAXATION
No. 37/99 : 7 June 1999: Formal sitting
No. 36/99: 28 May 1999: The President of the Court of Justice presents the Council of Justice Ministers with a number of proposals and ideas on the future of the judicial system of the European Union

No. 35/99 : 20 May 1999: Hearing of the Court of First Instance in Case T-163/98
Procter & Gamble; FIRST APPEAL TO THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE AGAINST A DECISION OF THE OFFICE FOR HARMONISATION IN THE INTERNAL MARKET ("OHIM" - ALICANTE)
No. 34/99 : 20 May 1999: Opinion of the Advocate General in the case C-67/98
Zenatti; NATIONAL LEGISLATION RESTRICTING THE TAKING OF BETS UPHELD BY THE ADVOCATE GENERAL
No.33/99 : 19 May 1999: Judgment of the Court of First Instance in Case T-34/96,T-163/96
Connolly / Commission; THE FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION OF COMMUNITY OFFICIALS MUST BE EXERCISED WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THEIR STATUTORY OBLIGATIONS. THE REASONABLE CHARACTER OF THE LIMITATIONS ARISING FROM THE STATUTE IS APPRECIATED SCRUPULOUSLY BY THE COMMUNITY JUDGE
No. 32/99 : 18 May 1999: Opinion of the Advocate General in the case C-273/97
Sirdar; ACCORDING TO ADVOCATE GENERAL LA PERGOLA, EMPLOYMENT IN THE ARMY DOES NOT FALL WITHIN THE EXCLUSIVE COMPETENCE OF A MEMBER STATE
No.31/99 : 18 May 1999: Opinion of the Advocate General in the case C-51/96
Deliège; IF AMATEUR SPORT WHICH IS PRACTISED AT ADVANCED LEVEL CAN BE DESCRIBED AS AN ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, THE ADVOCATE GENERAL CONCLUDES THAT COMMUNITY LAW IS NOT OPPOSED TO REGULATIONS OF INTERNATIONAL FEDERATIONS WHICH IMPOSE CERTAIN LIMITS ON THE ACTIVITY OF ATHLETES FOR REASONS WHICH ARE PURELY RELATED TO SPORT.
No.30/99: 11 May 1999: Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-350/97
Monsees; FREE MOVEMENT OF GOODS
No.29/99: 11 May 1999: Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-309/97
Angestelltenbetriebsrat der Wiener Gebietskrankenkasse; NO OBLIGATION TO PAY THE SAME SALARIES TO PSYCHOTHERAPISTS WITH DIFFERENT TRAINING AND QUALIFICATIONS EMPLOYED BY THE SAME INSTITUTION
No. 28/99: 30 April 1999: OFFICIAL VISIT
No. 27/99: 29 April 1999: OFFICIAL VISIT TO THE COURT OF JUSTICE
No. 26/99: 29 April 1999: Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-311/97
Royal Bank of Scotland; FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT FOR PERSONS
No. 25/99: 27 April 1999: Visit to the Court of Justice of Ms Joyce Quin Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office; OFFICIAL VISIT TO THE COURT OF JUSTICE
No. 24/99: 26 April 1999: The President of the Court of Justice of the European Communities delivers a lecture at the conference held by the Danish Parliament to commemorate the 150th Anniversary of the Danish Constitution in Copenhagen; OFFICIAL VISIT
No. 23/99: 21 April 1999: ADDRESS IN COMMEMORATION
No.22/99: 20 April 1999: Judgments of the Court of First Instance in cases T-305/94 and others
Limburgse Vinyl Maatschappij NV and others / Commission; THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE GENERALLY CONFIRMS THE COMMISSION DECISION FINING 12 PVC PRODUCERS FOR PARTICIPATING IN AN ILLEGAL CARTEL
No 21/99: 25 March 1999: Judgment of the Court of First Instance in Case T-102/96
Gencor v Commission; THE CONCENTRATION BETWEEN GENCOR AND LONRHO IS INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE COMMON MARKET
No.20/99: 18 March 1999: Opinion of the Advocate General in the case C-338/97 and others
Erna Pelzl and others; TAXATION
No.19/99: 18 March 1999: Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-166/97
Commission / France; THE COURT OF JUSTICE FINDS FRANCE GUILTY OF FAILURE TO COMPLY, WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED PERIOD, WITH REQUIREMENTS OF THE COMMUNITY DIRECTIVE ON THE PROTECTION OF WILD BIRDS SO FAR AS THE SEINE ESTUARY IS CONCERNED
No.18/99 bis: 18 March 1999: Annual Report of the Court of Justice of the European Communities; MAIN CASES DEALT WITH BY THE COURT OF JUSTICE AND THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE IN 1998
No. 18/99: 18 March 1999: Annual Report of the Court of Justice of the European Communities; THE CASES DEALT WITH IN 1998 ONCE AGAIN DEMONSTRATE THE IMPORTANCE OF COMMUNITY LAW IN THE DAY-TO-DAY LIFE OF CITIZENS OF THE UNION
No. 17/99: 16 March 1999: Judgment of the Court in Joined Cases C-289/96, C-293/96 and C-299/96
Denmark, Germany and France v Commission, supported by Greece; REGISTRATION OF THE NAME "FETA" AS A PROTECTED DESIGNATION OF ORIGIN IS ANNULLED
No. 16/99: 15 March 1999: OFFICIAL VISIT TO THE COURT OF JUSTICE
No. 15/99: 11 March 1999: Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-100/96
British Agrochemicals Association; PLACING OF IMPORTED PESTICIDES ON THE MARKET
No. 14/99: 11 March 1999: Judgments of the Court of First Instance in cases T-134/94 and others
NMH Stahlwerke and others / Commission; FINES UPHELD IN THE "STEEL BEAMS" CASES
No. 13/99: 10 March 1999: DEATH OF JUDGE KRATEROS IOANNOU
No. 12/99: 08 March 1999: OFFICIAL VISIT TO THE COURT OF JUSTICE
No. 11/99: 04 March 1999: Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-87/97
Gorgonzola; "CAMBOZOLA" EVOKES THE PROTECTED DESIGNATION "GORGONZOLA"
No. 10/99: 04 March 1999: Opinion of the Advocate General in the case C-124/97
Läärä; FREE MOVEMENT OF GOODS
No. 09/99: 24 February 1999: OFFICIAL VISIT TO THE COURT OF JUSTICE
No. 08/99: 23 February 1999: Opinion of the Advocate General in the case C-249/97
Gruber; SOCIAL POLICY
No. 07/99: 23 February 1999: Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-63/97
BMW; APPROXIMATION OF LAWS
No. 06/99: 09 February 1999: Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-167/97
Seymour-Smith; THE COURT OF JUSTICE CLARIFIES THE CONCEPT OF INDIRECT DISCRIMINATION
No. 05/99: 28 January 1999
: Judgment of the Court of First Instance in Case T-264/97
D v Council; A COMMUNITY OFFICIAL LIVING WITH A PARTNER OF THE SAME SEX IS NOT ENTITLED TO THE HOUSEHOLD ALLOWANCE
No. 04/99: 28 January 1999
: Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-77/97
Unilever; FREE MOVEMENT OF GOODS
No. 03/99: 26 January 1999
: Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-18/95
Terhoeve; FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT FOR PERSONS
No. 02/99: 21 January 1999
: Judgment of the Court of First Instance in Case T-129/95
Neue Maxhütte Stahlwerke; STATE AID AMOUNTING TO MORE THAN DM 275 MILLION DECLARED ILLEGAL
No. 01/99: 19 January 1999: Judgment of the Court in Case C-348/96
Criminal proceedings against Donatella Calfa; EXPULSION FOR LIFE FROM A MEMBER STATE'S TERRITORY DECLARED CONTRARY TO COMMUNITY LAW