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The Court also produces
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of the most important decisions. Résumés are primarily intended for an informed public, particularly lawyers, who wish to have a more detailed overview of the decisions adopted by the Court of Justice and the General Court.
No 184/2014
: 18 December 2014
Approximation of laws
Creditors must prove that they have fulfilled their pre-contractual obligations to provide information and to check the creditworthiness of borrowers
No 183/2014
: 18 December 2014
Principles of Community law
Obesity can constitute a ‘disability’ within the meaning of the Employment Equality Directive
No 182/2014
: 18 December 2014
Citizenship of the Union
Where third-country nationals hold a ‘residence card of a family member of a Union citizen’, the United Kingdom cannot make their right of entry subject to the requirement that they must first obtain a visa
No 181/2014
: 18 December 2014
Approximation of laws
An organism which is incapable of developing into a human being does not constitute a human embryo within the meaning of the Biotech Directive
No 180/2014
: 18 December 2014
The Court of Justice delivers its opinion on the draft agreement on the accession of the European Union to the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms and identifies problems with regard to its compatibility with EU law
No 179/2014
: 17 December 2014
Competition
For the first time the General Court rules on the Commission’s rejection of a complaint on the ground that the competition authority of a Member State is already dealing with the case
No 178/2014
: 17 December 2014
External relations
The Court annuls, on procedural grounds, the Council measures maintaining Hamas on the European list of terrorist organisations
No 177/2014
: 17 December 2014
Competition
The General Court upholds the Commission’s decision concerning the Pilkington group’s participation in the car glass cartel
No 176/2014
: 12 December 2014
State aid
The General Court confirms the Commission decision ordering the recovery of State aid granted by Portugal to Banco Privado Português
No 175/2014
: 11 December 2014
Approximation of laws
The Data Protection Directive applies to a video recording made with a surveillance camera installed by a person on his family home and directed towards the public footpath
No 174/2014
: 11 December 2014
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
The Court clarifies the extent of the right of illegally staying third-country nationals to be heard
No 173/2014
: 11 December 2014
Freedom of establishment
Emergency ambulance services may be entrusted on a preferential basis and by direct award to voluntary associations
No 172/2014
: 11 December 2014
State aid
The General Court confirms the Commission’s decision that the partial exemption from the obligation of purchasing green electricity, which Austria plans to grant to energy-intensive businesses, constitutes unlawful State aid
No 171/2014
: 11 December 2014
Environment and consumers
According to Advocate General Wathelet, Poland has failed to fulfil its obligation to transpose the Renewable Energy Directive
No 170/2014
: 11 December 2014
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
Advocate General Jääskinen: victims of an illegal cartel may claim compensation for their loss before the courts where one of the participants in the infringement is domiciled
No 169/2014
: 10 December 2014
Solemn undertaking by the President and the Members of the European Commission before the Court of Justice of the European Union
No 168/2014
: 10 December 2014
Competition
The General Court confirms that the French Ordre national des pharmaciens restricted competition on the clinical biology analysis market
No 167/2014
: 5 December 2014
Public procurement
The President of the General Court orders the Commission to suspend the decision awarding an insurance contract to a broker
No 166/2014
: 4 December 2014
Environment and consumers
Sweden is fined for failure to implement a 2012 judgment of the Court finding incorrect transposition of the IPPC Directive
No 165/2014
: 3 December 2014
State aid
Aid to Spanish coal power plants granted in order to ensure a secure supply of electricity in Spain is compatible with EU rules on State aid
No 164/2014
: 2 December 2014
Law governing the institutions
Greece is ordered to pay financial penalties for failing to comply with a 2005 judgment of the Court establishing its failure to fulfil obligations under the ‘Waste Directive’
No 163/2014
: 2 December 2014
Approximation of laws
Italy is ordered to pay financial penalties for failing to comply with a 2007 judgment of the Court establishing failure to fulfil obligations under the waste directives
No 162/2014
: 2 December 2014
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
The Court clarifies the methods by which national authorities may assess the credibility of the declared sexual orientation of applicants for asylum
No 161/2014
: 26 November 2014
No 160/2014
: 25 November 2014
Competition
The General Court confirms the decisions ordering an inspection taken by the Commission against Orange in connection with a possible abuse of a dominant position
No 159/2014
: 25 November 2014
State aid
The Court partially annuls a Commission Decision declaring that the exemption of transfer and transit passengers from payment of the Irish air travel tax did not constitute State aid
No 158/2014
: 25 November 2014
Intellectual and industrial property
Registration of the shape of the Rubik’s Cube as a Community trade mark is valid
No 157/2014
: 21 November 2014
Transport
Mobile boarding stairs colliding with an aircraft does not constitute "extraordinary circumstances" relieving the air carrier of its obligation to pay compensation for a flight delay of more than three hours
No 156/2014
: 20 November 2014
Intellectual and industrial property
The Court of Justice partially sets aside the judgments of the General Court regarding registration of the sign GOLDEN BALLS as a Community trade mark
No 155/2014
: 20 November 2014
Competition
According to Advocate General Wathelet, the proprietor of a standard-essential patent may be required, before seeking an injunction against a company that has infringed that patent, to make that company a specific licensing offer
No 154/2014
: 20 November 2014
Freedom of establishment
Advocate General Jääskinen considers that the EU legislation limiting the ratio of bankers bonuses compared to their basic salary is valid
No 153/2014
: 19 November 2014
Environment and consumers
The Court clarifies Member States’ obligations as regards respecting the limit values for nitrogen dioxide
No 152/2014
: 18 November 2014
No 151/2014
: 13 November 2014
Agriculture and fisheries
The Commission was correct in introducing compulsory labelling for citrus fruits that are subject to post-harvest processing using preserving agents or other chemical substances
No 150/2014
: 13 November 2014
Agriculture and fisheries
Poultry retailers may be penalised if they sell salmonella-contaminated fresh meat
No 149/2014
: 13 November 2014
No 148/2014
: 12 November 2014
Competition
The Court of Justice reduces the fine imposed on Guardian for its role in the flat-glass cartel from €148 million to €103.6 million
No 147/2014
: 11 November 2014
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
According to Advocate General Sharpston, non-combat military personnel may claim asylum if they consider themselves to be at risk of prosecution or punishment for refusal to perform military service where so doing might involve commission of war crimes
No 146/2014
: 11 November 2014
No 145/2014
: 7 November 2014
State aid
The Court annuls the Commission decisions declaring the Spanish tax regime allowing for the deduction of shareholdings in foreign companies to be incompatible with the internal market
No 144/2014
: 6 November 2014
Economic, social and territorial cohesion
The Court upholds the Commission’s decisions not to pay financial aid to Italy in respect of waste management and disposal in Campania
No 143/2014
: 5 November 2014
External relations
The General Court confirms that the restrictive measures adopted against Mr Adib Mayaleh, Governor of the Central Bank of Syria, are valid
No 142/2014
: 5 November 2014
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
Third-country nationals who have been duly heard on the illegality of their stay need not necessarily be heard again before the adoption of a return decision
No 141/2014
: 24 October 2014
Official visit of a delegation from the Court of Justice of the European Union to Spain
No 140/2014
: 23 October 2014
Approximation of laws
Consumers supplied with electricity and gas within the framework of a universal supply obligation must be informed, with adequate notice before any price increase comes into effect, as to the reasons and preconditions for that increase and its scope
No 139/2014
: 22 October 2014
Freedom of establishment
By taxing winnings from games of chance obtained in other Member States although it exempts such winnings obtained on its territory, Italian legislation restricts the freedom to provide services
No 138/2014
: 16 October 2014
External relations
The Court annuls, on procedural grounds, the Council measures maintaining the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam on the European list of terrorist organisations
No 137/2014
: 14 October 2014
Agriculture and fisheries
The Commission did not act unlawfully by prohibiting French fishermen in 2008 from fishing bluefin tuna before the end of the validity of fishing licences
No 136/2014
: 9 October 2014
Taxation
The minimum excise duty of 115% applied by Italy to cigarettes with a retail price lower than the most popular price category of cigarettes is contrary to EU law
No 135/2014
: 9 October 2014
SOPO
According to Advocate General Bot, a provision of the Spanish law on the calculation of permanent invalidity pensions is contrary to EU law
No 134/2014
: 9 October 2014
Social security for migrant workers
The reimbursement of medical expenses incurred in another Member State cannot be refused where a lack of basic medical supplies and infrastructure makes it impossible for the insured person to receive hospital treatment in good time in his Member State of residence
No 133/2014
: 8 October 2014
No 132/2014
: 6 October 2014
Official visit of a delegation from the Court of Justice of the European Union to the United Kingdom
No 131/2014
: 24 September 2014
External relations
The General Court annuls the retention of Mr Qadhaf Al Dam, cousin of Muammar Qadhafi, on the list of persons subject to restrictive measures against Libya
No 130/2014
: 23 September 2014
External relations
The General Court annuls the entry of a Belarusian journalist in the list of persons subject to restrictive measures against Belarus
No 129/2014
: 18 September 2014
SERV
The minimum wage fixed in the context of the award of public contracts may not be extended to employees of a subcontractor established in another Member State, where those employees perform the contract at issue exclusively in that State
No 128/2014
: 18 September 2014
Approximation of laws
Registration as a trade mark of shapes required by the function of a product and of shapes which give substantial value to a product with several characteristics may be precluded under EU law
No 127/2014
: 18 September 2014
Transport
Spanish law requiring airlines to carry checked-in baggage without a surcharge, infringes EU law.
No 126/2014
: 18 September 2014
External relations
The General Court rejects the claim for damages brought by Mr Georgias, Deputy Minister of the Government of Zimbabwe
No 125/2014
: 11 September 2014
DISC
The Flemish green energy certificate scheme is compatible with EU law
No 124/2014
: 11 September 2014
Freedom of establishment
A Member State may authorise libraries to digitise, without the consent of the rightholders, books they hold in their collection so as to make them available at electronic reading points
No 123/2014
: 11 September 2014
Competition
The Court of Justice holds that the General Court could not properly conclude that the pricing measures adopted by the French Groupement des cartes bancaires had as ‘their object’ the restriction of competition
No 122/2014
: 11 September 2014
Competition
The Court of Justice confirms the judgment of the General Court and thus validates the Commission’s decision prohibiting the multilateral interchange fees applied by MasterCard
No 121/2014
: 10 September 2014
Approximation of laws
The Court clarifies the scope of consumer protection in the case of a charge on the family home
No 120/2014
: 10 September 2014
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
Member States are obliged to admit to their territory third-country nationals who wish to stay for more than three months for study purposes, where they meet the conditions for admission exhaustively listed by EU law
No 119/2014
: 5 September 2014
Competition
The General Court dismisses the action brought by Odile Jacob in connection with the purchase of Vivendi Universal Publishing by Lagardère
No 118/2014
: 4 September 2014
Competition
By providing that the price of haulage services may not be lower than minimum operating costs, Italian legislation infringes EU law
No 117/2014
: 4 September 2014
Approximation of laws
The Court clarifies the scope of the protection of victims of accidents caused by vehicles
No 116/2014
: 4 September 2014
Transport
The actual arrival time of a flight corresponds to the time at which at least one of the doors of the aircraft is opened
No 115/2014
: 4 September 2014
State aid
The Court of Justice upholds the partial annulment of a decision by which the Commission approved various measures taken by France in favour of SNCM
No 114/2014
: 4 September 2014
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
Third-country nationals may enter the territory of the European Union even if they present a valid passport without a visa and a valid visa inside an invalid passport
No 113/2014
: 3 September 2014
Freedom of establishment
If a parody conveys a discriminatory message, a person holding rights in the parodied work may demand that that work should not be associated with that message
No 112/2014
: 17 July 2014
Principles of Community law
Advocate General Jääskinen considers that morbid obesity may amount to a ‘disability’ for the purposes of the Equal Treatment in Employment Directive
No 111/2014
: 17 July 2014
SANT
According to Advocate General Mengozzi, a sexual relationship between two men does not, in or of itself alone, constitute conduct that justifies permanent exclusion from giving blood
No 110/2014
: 17 July 2014
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
Advocate General Sharpston considers that when verifying an asylum seeker’s claimed sexual orientation, Member States’ freedom of action is constrained by the Charter of Fundamental Rights
No 109/2014
: 17 July 2014
Approximation of laws
According to Advocate General Cruz Villalón, an ovum whose development has been stimulated without fertilisation and which is not capable of becoming a human being cannot be considered a human embryo
No 108/2014
: 17 July 2014
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
For third country nationals, the reunification of spouses may be subject to a condition that both spouses have reached the age of 21 by the date the application is lodged
No 107/2014
: 17 July 2014
Staff Regulations of Officials
According to Advocate General Jääskinen, decisions adopted by the European Parliament’s Petitions Committee may not be challenged before a Court
No 106/2014
: 17 July 2014
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
In order to be able to acquire the long-term resident status provided for under EU law, third-country nationals must be personally legally and continuously resident in the host Member State for five years before submitting their application
No 105/2014
: 17 July 2014
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
A Member State cannot rely on the fact that there are no specialised facilities in a part of its territory to justify detaining third-country nationals in prison pending their removal
No 104/2014
: 17 July 2014
Environment and consumers
By not prohibiting the uncontrolled management of a landfill site in the National Marine Park of Zakinthos (Zante), Greece has infringed European Union environmental legislation
No 103/2014
: 17 July 2014
Freedom of movement for persons
Returning to a Member State in order to practise there the profession of lawyer under the title obtained in another Member State does not constitute an abuse
No 102/2014
: 17 July 2014
SOPO
French rules on certain pension-related advantages granted to civil servants give rise to indirect discrimination on grounds of sex
No 101/2014
: 17 July 2014
SOPO
According to Advocate General Szpunar, the Italian legislation on fixed-term contracts in the education sector is contrary to EU law
No 100/2014
: 17 July 2014
SOPO
According to Advocate General Mengozzi, a maximum age of 30 for participation in a recruitment procedure for the local police service is contrary to EU law
No 99/2014
: 10 July 2014
Free movement of goods
Mixtures of herbs containing synthetic cannabinoids consumed as a marijuana substitute are not medicinal products
No 98/2014
: 10 July 2014
Approximation of laws
The representation of the layout of a retail store, such as an ‘Apple’ flagship store, may, subject to certain conditions, be registered as a trade mark
No 97/2014
: 10 July 2014
Agriculture and fisheries
The Court confirms the withdrawal from Greece of more than €250 million because of recurrent deficiencies in the sectors of aid for olive oil and for arable crops
No 96/2014
: 10 July 2014
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
The requirement of a basic knowledge of the German language imposed by Germany as a condition for the issue of a visa for the purpose of reunification of spouses of Turkish nationals residing lawfully in its territory is contrary to EU law
No 95/2014
: 10 July 2014
Competition
The Court dismisses the appeal lodged by Telefónica and Telefónica de Espaħa concerning its abuse of a dominant position on the Spanish broadband market
No 94/2014
: 8 July 2014
SERV
A company established in an EEA State which is proprietor of a vessel flying the flag of a third country may rely on the freedom to provide services where it provides maritime transport services from or to an EEA State
No 93/2014
: 3 July 2014
External relations
The General Court annuls the restrictive measures imposed on Mr Mohamad Nedal Alchaar solely because of his status as a former Syrian Minister of Economy and Trade
No 92/2014
: 3 July 2014
SOPO
By setting a maximum period of one year for successive fixed-term contracts for seafarers and by laying down a penalty in the event of misuse of such contracts, Italian law complies with the principles of EU law
No 91/2014
: 3 July 2014
External relations
The General Court annuls the listing of a university as an entity subject to restrictive measures against Iran
No 90/2014
: 1 July 2014
Free movement of goods
The Swedish support scheme promoting green energy production in the national territory is compatible with EU law
No 89/2014
: 25 June 2014
Law governing the institutions
Portugal is ordered to pay a lump sum of €3 million and a penalty payment of €10 000 for every day of delay in complying with an earlier Court judgment
No 88/2014
: 19 June 2014
DGEN
In infringement actions, an unregistered Community design must be presumed to be valid if its holder indicates what elements give it its individual character
No 87/2014
: 19 June 2014
Social security for migrant workers
According to Advocate General Cruz Villalón, a Member State is obliged to authorise the provision of a service in another EU State when the fact that the service cannot be provided in its territory is the result of an occasional, temporary deficiency in its hospital facilities
No 86/2014
: 19 June 2014
Citizenship of the Union
A woman who gives up work or seeking work, because of the physical constraints of the late stages of pregnancy and the aftermath of childbirth can retain the status of ‘worker’
No 85/2014
: 12 June 2014
SERV
The more liberal policy adopted temporarily by the Land Schleswig-Holstein on games of chance does not damage the consistency of the stricter policy pursued by the other German Länder
No 84/2014
: 12 June 2014
Free movement of goods
According to Advocate General Bot, products consisting of aromatic herbs and synthetically produced cannabinoids and which are sold exclusively for recreational purposes are not medicinal products
No 83/2014
: 12 June 2014
SOPO
The death of a worker does not extinguish his right to paid annual leave
No 82/2014
: 12 June 2014
Competition
The General Court upholds the fine of €1.06 billion imposed on Intel for having abused its dominant position on the market for x86 central processing units between 2002 and 2007
No 81/2014
: 11 June 2014
External relations
The General Court annuls the inclusion of Syria International Islamic Bank in the list of entities subject to the restrictive measures against Syria
No 80/2014
: 5 June 2014
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
A court’s review of an extension of detention must permit it to substitute its own decision for that of the authority which ordered the initial detention of an illegally staying third-country national
No 79/2014
: 5 June 2014
Competition
Where a cartel has the effect of leading competitors to raise their prices, the members of the cartel may be held liable for the loss caused as a result
No 78/2014
: 5 June 2014
Freedom of establishment
According to Advocate General Jääskinen, a Member State may authorise libraries to digitise, without the consent of the rightholders, books they hold in their collection so as to make them available at electronic reading points
No 77/2014
: 27 May 2014
DFON
The rule, in the Schengen Area, restricting the application of the ne bis in idem principle to cases in which the penalty imposed in a Member State has been enforced or is actually in the process of being enforced is not contrary to the Charter of Fundamental Rights
No 76/2014
: 22 May 2014
SOPO
A salesperson’s holiday pay cannot be limited to their basic salary
No 75/2014
: 20 May 2014
Citizenship of the Union
According to Advocate General Szpunar, a Member State may not make a third-country national’s right of entry subject to the prior obtaining of a visa, when he already holds a ‘Residence card of a family member of a Union citizen’ issued by another Member State
No 74/2014
: 20 May 2014
DISC
According to Advocate General Wathelet, Germany may refuse, on the basis of a general criterion that demonstrates the absence of a genuine link with the host Member State, nationals of other Member States ‘social security benefits for jobseekers who are in need of assistance’
No 73/2014
: 14 May 2014
Approximation of laws
Advocate General Maciej Szpunar considers that EU law precludes registration as trade marks of shapes which result from the functionality of the goods and shapes whose aesthetic characteristics determine the attractiveness of the goods concerned
No 72/2014
: 14 May 2014
SANT
The General Court confirms the Commission’s decision according to which Germany may not maintain its current limit values for arsenic, antimony and mercury in toys, but annuls the decision in part as regards lead
No 71/2014
: 13 May 2014
Law governing the institutions
Spain is ordered to pay a lump sum of €30 million for having failed to comply with a judgment finding a failure to fulfil obligations
No 70/2014
: 13 May 2014
Approximation of laws
An internet search engine operator is responsible for the processing that it carries out of personal data which appear on web pages published by third parties
No 69/2014
: 6 May 2014
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
The Court annuls the directive on cross-border exchange of information on road safety related traffic offences
No 68/2014
: 30 April 2014
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
According to Advocate General Bot, a Member State may not, except in exceptional circumstances, rely on the lack of specialised centres in part of its territory in order to detain in prison a third-country national awaiting his removal, even with the consent of that third-country national
No 67/2014
: 30 April 2014
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
Advocate General Mengozzi considers that the age limit laid down by EU law for those seeking family reunification with their spouse may also be reached after the relevant application has been submitted
No 66/2014
: 30 April 2014
Approximation of laws
Consumers who contract a loan in foreign currency must be able to assess the economic consequences of the application of a rate of exchange (the selling rate) to the repayment of the loan which is different from that applicable to the calculation of the amount of the loan when it is made available (the buying rate)
No 65/2014
: 30 April 2014
Taxation
The Court dismisses the action brought by the United Kingdom against the decision authorising eleven Member States to establish enhanced cooperation in the area of financial transaction tax
No 64/2014
: 30 April 2014
Approximation of laws
Member States can monitor whether companies which supply electronic communications services in their territory, but are established in another Member State, are complying with consumer protection rules
No 63/2014
: 30 April 2014
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
According to Advocate General Mengozzi, the requirement of having a basic knowledge of the German language, which Germany imposes for the grant of a visa for the purposes of family reunification of spouses who are third-country nationals, is contrary to EU law
No 62/2014
: 10 April 2014
Taxation
In exempting the private production of small quantities of spirits from excise duty, Hungary has infringed EU law
No 61/2014
: 10 April 2014
Free movement of capital
A Member State may not exclude from a tax exemption dividends paid by nationally established companies to an investment fund established in a nonMember State if there exists between the two States an obligation of mutual administrative assistance
No 60/2014
: 10 April 2014
Competition
The Court in part allows the appeals in the cases concerning the cartel on the gas insulated switchgear market
No 59/2014
: 10 April 2014
Freedom of movement for persons
According to Advocate General Nils Wahl, the mere fact that a citizen chooses to acquire the title of lawyer in another Member State for the purpose of benefitting from more favourable legislation is not an abuse of rights
No 58/2014
: 10 April 2014
Approximation of laws
The amount of the levy payable for making private copies of a protected work may not take unlawful reproductions into account
No 57/2014
: 9 April 2014
Official visit of the Court of Justice of the European Union to Poland
No 56/2014
: 9 April 2014
Agriculture and fisheries
The General Court confirms the Commission Decision ordering Greece to recover aid granted to cereal producers and agricultural cooperatives in 2008
No 55/2014
: 9 April 2014
Freedom of establishment
Payees may be generally prohibited from levying charges on the payer whatever the payment instrument selected
No 54/2014
: 8 April 2014
Approximation of laws
The Court of Justice declares the Data Retention Directive to be invalid
No 53/2014
: 8 April 2014
Approximation of laws
By prematurely bringing to an end the term served by its Data Protection Supervisor, Hungary has infringed EU law
No 52/2014
: 8 April 2014
State aid
The General Court confirms the prohibition on ABN Amro making acquisitions
No 51/2014
: 3 April 2014
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
The exclusive jurisdiction in matters relating to immovable property attributed by the Brussels I Regulation to the courts of a Member State is not affected by the fact that the court of another Member State was first seised
No 50/2014
: 3 April 2014
Environment and consumers
Member States are required to propose the declassification of a site of Community importance when that site has become irretrievably unsuitable to achieve the objectives of the Habitats Directive
No 49/2014
: 3 April 2014
State aid
The Court of Justice confirms the partial annulment of the Commission’s decision relating to aid granted to ING because of the financial crisis
No 48/2014
: 3 April 2014
State aid
The Court confirms that the implied unlimited guarantee granted by the French State in favour of La Poste constitutes unlawful State aid
No 47/2014
: 2 April 2014
External relations
The General Court annuls the extension of Mr Mehdi Ben Ali’s inclusion on the list of persons whose funds are to be frozen in view of the situation in Tunisia
No 46/2014
: 1 April 2014
Freedom of establishment
By providing that the link company must be established in the UK in order for companies to be entitled to consortium group relief, UK tax legislation infringes freedom of establishment
No 45/2014
: 28 March 2014
Economic, social and territorial cohesion
The General Court confirms that the financial aid provided by the European Regional Development Fund to the Italian region of Apulia must be reduced by almost €80 million
No 44/2014
: 27 March 2014
All European Final of the European Moot Court Competition takes place at the Court of Justice of the European Union in Luxembourg on 28 March
No 43/2014
: 27 March 2014
Competition
The General Court reduces the fine imposed on the Saint-Gobain group for the car glass cartel from €880 million to €715 million
No 42/2014
: 27 March 2014
Competition
The Court reduces Ballast Nedam’s fine for the cartel on the road pavement bitumen market in the Netherlands from €4.65 million to €3.45 million
No 41/2014
: 27 March 2014
Transport
The freedom to provide services to maritime cabotage applicable to EU shipowners who have their ships registered in a Member State governs maritime cruise services
No 40/2014
: 27 March 2014
DISC
The option to use German before the civil courts of the Province of Bolzano must not be reserved only for Italian citizens residing in that region
No 39/2014
: 27 March 2014
Approximation of laws
The Court clarifies the conditions under which application of the forfeiture of entitlement to contractual interest is, as a penalty for a creditor’s breach of its precontractual obligation to assess a borrower’s creditworthiness, compatible with EU law
No 38/2014
: 27 March 2014
Approximation of laws
An internet service provider may be ordered to block its customers’ access to a copyright-infringing website
No 37/2014
: 20 March 2014
Free movement of goods
The obligation imposed by Poland and Lithuania to reposition the steering-wheel of right-hand drive passenger vehicles to the left-hand side infringes EU law
No 36/2014
: 18 March 2014
Approximation of laws
EU law does not require that a mother who has had a baby through a surrogacy agreement should be entitled to maternity leave or its equivalent
No 35/2014
: 14 March 2014
Competition
The General Court confirms, on the whole, the lawfulness of the requests for information sent by the Commission to cement manufacturers
No 34/2014
: 13 March 2014
No 33/2014
: 12 March 2014
External relations
The General Court confirms the entry of Ms Bushra al-Assad, sister of the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, on the list of persons subject to restrictive measures taken against Syria
No 32/2014
: 12 March 2014
Citizenship of the Union
The Court clarifies the rules on the right of residence of thirdcountry nationals who are family members of an EU citizen in the Member State of origin of that citizen
No 31/2014
: 10 March 2014
Solemn undertaking before the Court of Justice of the European Union by seven new Members of the European Court of Auditors
No 30/2014
: 6 March 2014
SOPO
The automatic exclusion of a female worker from a training course because she has taken compulsory maternity leave constitutes unfavourable treatment contrary to EU law
No 29/2014
: 27 February 2014
Competition
The General Court reduces the fines imposed on Innolux and LG Display for their participation in the cartel on the market for LCD panels
No 28/2014
: 27 February 2014
SOPO
Where a worker is unlawfully dismissed during part-time parental leave, the fixed-sum protective award to which a full-time worker is entitled must be calculated on the basis of full-time salary
No 27/2014
: 27 February 2014
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
Where the same dispute is brought before the courts of different Member States, the jurisdiction of the court first seised is established if it has not declined jurisdiction of its own motion and none of the parties has contested it
No 26/2014
: 27 February 2014
Taxation
Taxis and minicabs may, under certain conditions, be subject to different rates of VAT
No 25/2014
: 27 February 2014
SOPO
According to Advocate General Jääskinen, male workers do not suffer discrimination as regards retirement merely because their female counterparts automatically satisfy, thanks to compulsory maternity leave, a legal condition relating to a break in their careers
No 24/2014
: 27 February 2014
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
The financial allowances granted to asylum seekers must enable them to find, if necessary, accommodation on the private rental market
No 23/2014
: 27 February 2014
Freedom of establishment
A spa which transmits protected musical works to its guests by means of devices located in their bedrooms must pay copyright fees
No 22/2014
: 27 February 2014
Taxation
The Spanish tax on retail sales of diesel and petrol is contrary to EU law
No 21/2014
: 20 February 2014
An arbitral tribunal such as the Portuguese ‘Tribunal Arbitral necessário’ may refer questions to the Court of Justice for a preliminary ruling
No 20/2014
: 13 February 2014
Freedom of establishment
The owner of a website may, without the authorisation of the copyright holders, redirect internet users, via hyperlinks, to protected works available on a freely accessible basis on another site
No 19/2014
: 13 February 2014
Freedom of establishment
Demographic criteria applied in Austria in relation to the opening of new pharmacies are incompatible with the freedom of establishment
No 18/2014
: 13 February 2014
State aid
When executing a Commission decision declaring an aid scheme illegal and incompatible with the internal market, the national court is not bound by the institution’s later statements of position, but must take them into consideration by virtue of the principle of sincere cooperation
No 17/2014
: 13 February 2014
Agriculture and fisheries
The Court of Justice declares that the listing of the Slovak wine name ‘Vinohradnícka oblasť Tokaj’ in the E-Bacchus register of protected designations of origin does not constitute an actionable measure
No 16/2014
: 12 February 2014
Approximation of laws
According to Advocate General Wahl, contractual terms which provide, in respect of the advancement of a loan in foreign currency, for the use of an exchange rate which differs from that used for the repayment of the loan are not necessarily exempt from an assessment as to whether they are unfair
No 15/2014
: 12 February 2014
A delegation from the Supreme Court of the United States visits the Court of Justice of the European Union
No 14/2014
: 5 February 2014
DISC
Taxation which disadvantages undertakings linked, within a group, to companies established in another Member State constitutes indirect discrimination on the basis of the registered office of the companies
No 13/2014
: 4 February 2014
External relations
The General Court confirms the inclusion of a Lebanese bank in the list of entities subject to the restrictive measures against Syria
No 12/2014
: 30 January 2014
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
In EU law, the interpretation to be given to the concept of ‘internal armed conflict’ must be independent of the definition used in international humanitarian law
No 11/2014
: 23 January 2014
Transport
In the view of Advocate General Bot, the Spanish legislation which prohibits air carriers from charging for checking in passengers’ baggage in the form of an optional price supplement is incompatible with EU law
No 10/2014
: 23 January 2014
Approximation of laws
The limitation of compensation payable for non-material damage resulting from minor physical injuries caused by road traffic accidents is in accordance with EU law
No 9/2014
: 23 January 2014
Approximation of laws
Circumventing a protection system of a games console may, in certain circumstances, be lawful
No 8/2014
: 23 January 2014
Law governing the institutions
Advocate General Sharpston proposes that the Court impose a fine of €50 million on Spain for failing to recover aid illegally granted in the Basque Country
No 7/2014
: 22 January 2014
Economic policy
The power of the European Securities and Markets Authority to adopt emergency measures on the financial markets of the Member States in order to regulate or prohibit short selling is compatible with EU law
No 6/2014
: 16 January 2014
Citizenship of the Union
To be regarded as a dependant of an EU citizen, a descendant who is over 21 years old and a third-country national, does not have to establish that he has tried all possible means to support himself
No 5/2014
: 16 January 2014
Community Trade Mark
The General Court confirms that Steiff, the German soft toy manufacturer, is not entitled to a Community trade mark for the attachment of a button or a label attached by means of a button to the ear of a soft toy
No 4/2014
: 16 January 2014
Citizenship of the Union
Periods in prison cannot be taken into account for the purposes of the acquisition of a permanent residence permit or with a view to the grant of enhanced protection against expulsion
No 3/2014
: 15 January 2014
Visit of Mr. José Manuel Barroso to the Court of Justice of the European Union
No 2/2014
: 15 January 2014
SOPO
Article 27 of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights on the right of workers to information and consultation does not by itself suffice to confer on individuals a right which may be invoked in order to disapply a national provision that is contrary to EU law
No 1/2014
: 15 January 2014
Law governing the institutions
In the context of recovery of a penalty payment set by the Court of Justice, the Commission cannot rule on the conformity with EU law of national legislation which the Court of Justice has not examined beforehand
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