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No 147/2016
: 21 December 2016
Advocate General Sharpston considers that the Singapore Free Trade Agreement can only be concluded by the European Union and the Member States acting jointly
No 146/2016
: 21 December 2016
Agriculture and fisheries
The Association and Liberalisation Agreements concluded between the EU and Morocco are not applicable to Western Sahara
No 145/2016
: 21 December 2016
Approximation of laws
The Members States may not impose a general obligation to retain data on providers of electronic communications services
No 144/2016
: 21 December 2016
Approximation of laws
Spanish case-law placing a temporal limitation on the effects of the invalidity of ‘floor clauses’ included in mortgage loan contracts in Spain is incompatible with EU law
No 143/2016
: 21 December 2016
Approximation of laws
EU law does not, in principle, prevent a Member State from opposing collective redundancies in certain circumstances in the interests of the protection of workers and of employment
No 142/2016
: 21 December 2016
State aid
The Court confirms that Ireland must recover the sum of €8 per passenger from airlines benefiting from unlawful State aid
No 141/2016
: 21 December 2016
Law governing the institutions
Advocate General Bobek proposes broader access to Court documents
No 140/2016
: 21 December 2016
Freedom of establishment
The guarantee granted by Belgium to the ARCO Group financial cooperatives infringes EU law
No 139/2016
: 21 December 2016
State aid
The Court states that the General Court of the EU erred in law in setting aside the Commission decisions declaring a Spanish tax scheme incompatible with the internal market
No 138/2016
: 15 December 2016
Intellectual and industrial property
EUIPO must re-examine whether the three-dimensional shape corresponding to the product ‘Kit Kat 4 fingers’ may be maintained as an EU trade mark, according to the General Court
No 137/2016
: 15 December 2016
Freedom of movement for persons
A child in a reconstituted family may be regarded as the child of a step-parent for the purposes of a cross-frontier social advantage
No 136/2016
: 15 December 2016
Competition
The General Court dismisses the actions of Philips and Infineon in the smart card chip market cartel
No 135/2016
: 15 December 2016
Environment and consumers
The General Court confirms the legality of the Commission decision to dismiss as unfounded a request for review of a market authorisation decision on products containing genetically modified soybeans
No 134/2016
: 14 December 2016
Solemn undertaking before the Court of Justice of the European Union by the new Commissioner
No 133/2016
: 14 December 2016
Freedom of movement for persons
By making the receipt of a study grant by the child of a frontier worker conditional on the frontier worker having worked in Luxembourg for a continuous period of five years at the time the application for the grant is made, Luxembourg has infringed EU law
No 132/2016
: 30 November 2016
Solemn undertaking before the Court of Justice of the European Union by two new Members of the European Court of Auditors
No 131/2016
: 30 November 2016
External relations
The General Court confirms the fund-freezing measures imposed on Mr Arkady Rotenberg for the period 2015-2016
No 130/2016
: 30 November 2016
State aid
The Court dismisses the Commission’s appeal in the case involving shareholder loans offered to France Télécom by the French authorities at a time when the telephone operator was undergoing a major crisis
No 129/2016
: 24 November 2016
No 128/2016
: 23 November 2016
When a person requests access to environmental documents, the concept of ‘information on emissions into the environment’ covers, inter alia, information concerning the nature and effects of the release of a pesticide into air, water or soil, or onto plants
No 127/2016
: 16 November 2016
Freedom of establishment
Under the Services Directive, applicants for a licence cannot be required to pay costs relating to the management and enforcement of the licencing regime when submitting their application
No 126/2016
: 16 November 2016
The copyright directive precludes national legislation authorising the digital reproduction of out-of-print books in breach of the exclusive rights of authors
No 125/2016
: 15 November 2016
Principles of Community law
The exclusion of candidates more than 35 years of age from a competition for the recruitment of police officers required to perform operational duties is compatible with EU law
No 124/2016
: 10 November 2016
Approximation of laws
According to Advocate General Szpunar, the cost of a call to an after-sales telephone number must not exceed the cost of a standard call
No 123/2016
: 10 November 2016
Freedom of establishment
The lending of an electronic book (e-book) may, under certain conditions, be treated in the same way as the lending of a traditional book
No 122/2016
: 10 November 2016
Intellectual and industrial property
The Court sets aside the judgment of the General Court and annuls the EUIPO decision which confirmed registration of the shape of the Rubik’s Cube as an EU trade mark
No 121/2016
: 10 November 2016
The Court confirms that the financing of the Spanish public television system (RTVE) is compatible with the EU rules regarding State aid
No 120/2016
: 10 November 2016
Environment and consumers
The Court finds that Greece has failed to fulfil its obligation to protect the sea turtle Caretta caretta in the Bay of Kyparissia
No 119/2016
: 9 November 2016
Approximation of laws
The failure by a lender granting consumer credit to include in the agreement certain essential information may be penalised by depriving the lender of entitlement to interest and charges
No 118/2016
: 8 November 2016
Freedom of establishment
EU law does not preclude an increase in the share capital of a bank without the agreement of the general meeting of the shareholders in a situation where there is a serious disturbance of the economy and the financial system of a Member State
No 117/2016
: 8 November 2016
Justice and Home Affairs
The custodial sentence of a prisoner may not be reduced, when he is transferred from one Member State to another, by reason of time spent working in prison in the first Member State if that Member State has not, under its national law, granted such a reduction in sentence
No 116/2016
: 26 October 2016
State aid
The extension of the period of validity of existing State aid must be regarded as the alteration of that aid and, therefore, as new aid
No 115/2016
: 26 October 2016
State aid
The Court rejects France Télécom’s appeal in the case involving the reform of the arrangements for financing the pensions of civil servants working for that company
No 114/2016
: 20 October 2016
Competition
Advocate General Wahl considers that Intel’s appeal against the imposition of a €1.06 billion fine for abuse of its dominant position should be upheld
No 113/2016
: 19 October 2016
Free movement of goods
Fixed prices set in Germany for prescription-only medicinal products are contrary to EU law
No 112/2016
: 19 October 2016
Approximation of laws
The operator of a website may have a legitimate interest in storing certain personal data relating to visitors to that website in order to protect itself against cyberattacks
No 111/2016
: 13 October 2016
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
EU law applies to an action for annulment of marriage brought by a third party following the death of one of the spouses
No 110/2016
: 12 October 2016
Intellectual and industrial property
The initial acquirer of a copy of a computer program, accompanied by an unlimited user licence, may resell that copy and his licence to a new acquirer
No 109/2016
: 11 October 2016
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
By failing to guarantee just and appropriate compensation for victims of all violent intentional crimes committed in cross-border situations, Italy has failed to fulfil its obligations under EU law
No 108/2016
: 22 September 2016
External relations
Advocate General Sharpston considers that the Court should annul the measures maintaining Hamas and LTTE on the EU list of terrorist organisations on procedural grounds
No 107/2016
: 22 September 2016
Free movement of goods
By refusing to recognise hallmarks for precious metals affixed by WaarborgHolland, a Netherlands assay office, the Czech Republic has infringed EU law
No 106/2016
: 22 September 2016
No 105/2016
: 21 September 2016
Approximation of laws
EU law protects the EU market from cosmetic products containing ingredients which have been tested on animals
No 104/2016
: 20 September 2016
Mr Marc van der Woude is elected Vice-President of the General Court of the European Union
No 103/2016
: 20 September 2016
No 102/2016
: 20 September 2016
Economic policy
The Court of Justice confirms the dismissal of the actions for annulment and dismisses on the merits the actions for compensation concerning the restructuring of the Cypriot banking sector
No 101/2016
: 19 September 2016
Entry into office of new Members at the Court of Justice and the General Court of the European Union
No 100/2016
: 15 September 2016
Competition
The General Court of the European Union confirms the Commission’s decision to accept the commitments of Thomson Reuters intended to remedy its abuse of a dominant position in the market for consolidated real-time datafeeds
No 99/2016
: 15 September 2016
SERV
The operator of a shop who offers a Wi-Fi network free of charge to the public is not liable for copyright infringements committed by users of that network
No 98/2016
: 15 September 2016
Approximation of laws
Advocate General Sharpston considers that bodies monitoring the quality system of manufacturers of medical devices may be liable to patients for failure to fulfil their duties arising from EU product safety rules
No 97/2016
: 15 September 2016
External relations
The General Court of the EU confirms the freezing of funds of three Ukrainians, one being Viktor Yanukovych, former President of Ukraine, for the period from 6 March 2015 until 6 March 2016
No 96/2016
: 14 September 2016
Recourse to successive fixed-term contracts to cover permanent needs in the healthcare sector is contrary to EU law
No 95/2016
: 13 September 2016
Citizenship of the Union
EU law does not permit a national of a non-EU country who has the sole care of an EU citizen who is a minor to be automatically refused a residence permit or to be expelled from the territory of the European Union on the sole ground that he has a criminal record
No 94/2016
: 13 September 2016
Agriculture and fisheries
According to Advocate General Wathelet, neither the EU-Morocco Association Agreement nor the EU-Morocco Agreement on the liberalisation of trade in agricultural and fishery products apply to Western Sahara
No 93/2016
: 13 September 2016
Intellectual and industrial property
According to the General Court of the European Union, the standard ringing of an alarm or a telephone may not be registered as an EU trade mark on account of its banality
No 92/2016
: 8 September 2016
Approximation of laws
The posting of a hyperlink on a website to works protected by copyright and published without the author’s consent on another website does not constitute a ‘communication to the public’ when the person who posts that link does not seek financial gain and acts without knowledge that those works have been published illegally
No 91/2016
: 8 September 2016
Taxation
In the view of Advocate General Kokott, the exclusion of electronically supplied digital books, newspapers and periodicals from the reduced rate of value added tax is compatible with the principle of equal treatment
No 90/2016
: 8 September 2016
Competition
The General Court of the European Union confirms the fines of almost €150 million imposed on several undertakings in the context of an infringement intended to delay the marketing of generic versions of the antidepressant citalopram
No 89/2016
: 8 September 2016
No 88/2016
: 7 September 2016
Approximation of laws
Security of supply and territorial cohesion are objectives of general interest which may justify State intervention in fixing the price of supply of natural gas
No 87/2016
: 7 September 2016
Law governing the institutions
Since it delayed implementing the EU law relating to waste, Greece is ordered to pay a lump sum of €10 million and a penalty payment of €30 000 per day of delay
No 86/2016
: 7 September 2016
Environment and consumers
The sale of a computer equipped with pre-installed software does not constitute, in itself, an unfair commercial practice
No 85/2016
: 7 September 2016
Competition
The Court of Justice confirms the fine of €357 million imposed by the Commission on Pilkington Group for its participation in the ‘car glass’ cartel
No 84/2016
: 6 September 2016
DISC
A Member State is not required to grant every Union citizen who has moved within its territory the same protection against extradition as that granted to its own nationals
No 83/2016
: 28 July 2016
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
The Member State that issued a European arrest warrant is required to consider, for the purposes of deducting the period of detention served in the executing Member State, whether the measures taken against the person concerned in the executing State have the effect of depriving a person of liberty
No 82/2016
: 28 July 2016
External relations
The Court of Justice confirms the restrictive measures imposed on Johannes Tomana, Attorney-General of Zimbabwe, and 120 other individuals and companies in Zimbabwe
No 81/2016
: 20 July 2016
Freedom of movement for persons
When he himself puts an end to his employment relationship, a worker is entitled to an allowance if he could not use up all or part of his right to paid annual leave
No 80/2016
: 19 July 2016
State aid
The Communication from the Commission on aid to the banking sector is valid
No 79/2016
: 19 July 2016
Approximation of laws
According to Advocate General Saugmandsgaard Øe, a general obligation to retain data imposed by a Member State on providers of electronic communication services may be compatible with EU law
No 78/2016
: 18 July 2016
The Court of Justice of the European Union adds its voice to the tributes paid to the victims of the attack of 14 July in Nice
No 77/2016
: 14 July 2016
Freedom of establishment
EU law precludes concessions for the exercise of tourist and leisure-orientated business activities on State-owned maritime and lakeside property from being extended automatically without any selection procedure for potential candidates
No 76/2016
: 14 July 2016
State aid
The General Court sets aside the Commission decision ordering Germany to recover from Deutsche Post part of the subsidies paid in respect of former civil servant postal workers’ pensions
No 75/2016
: 13 July 2016
Approximation of laws
According to Advocate General Mengozzi, the temporal limit on the effects of the invalidity of ‘floor’ clauses included in mortgage loan agreements in Spain is compatible with EU law
No 74/2016
: 13 July 2016
Principles of Community law
Advocate General Sharpston considers that a company policy requiring an employee to remove her Islamic headscarf when in contact with clients constitutes unlawful direct discrimination
No 73/2016
: 7 July 2016
Competition
The beneficiary of a patent licence must pay the agreed royalty even if it does not infringe the patented technology
No 72/2016
: 7 July 2016
Approximation of laws
The operator of a physical marketplace may be forced to put an end to trademark infringements committed by market-traders
No 71/2016
: 6 July 2016
No 70/2016
: 4 July 2016
Intellectual and industrial property
According to the General Court, the repute of McDonald’s trade marks makes it possible to prevent the registration, for foods or beverages, of trade marks combining the prefix ‘Mac’ or ‘Mc’ with the name of a foodstuff or beverage
No 69/2016
: 29 June 2016
DFON
Fresh proceedings may be brought against a suspect in a Schengen State where previous criminal proceedings in another Schengen State were terminated without a detailed investigation
No 68/2016
: 28 June 2016
Competition
The General Court confirms the unlawfulness of the clause relating to non-competition between Portugal Telecom and Telefónica in connection with Telefónica’s acquisition of the Brazilian mobile operator Vivo
No 67/2016
: 22 June 2016
Law governing the institutions
For having delayed in implementing the Urban Waste Water Directive, Portugal is ordered to pay a lump sum payment of € 3 000 000 and a penalty payment of € 8 000 per day of delay
No 66/2016
: 21 June 2016
Freedom of movement for persons
The obligation to draw up cross-border invoices exclusively in a particular language, failing which they are null and void, infringes EU law
No 65/2016
: 16 June 2016
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
The occurrence of purely financial damage in a Member State does not justify in itself the jurisdiction of the courts of that State
No 64/2016
: 16 June 2016
Freedom of establishment
In the view of Advocate General Szpunar, the lending of electronic books is comparable to the lending of traditional books
No 63/2016
: 14 June 2016
Social security for migrant workers
The UK can require recipients of child benefit and child tax credit to have a right to reside in the UK
No 62/2016
: 9 June 2016
Freedom of movement for persons
Advocate General Wathelet considers that a child in a reconstituted family may be regarded as the child of the stepparent for the purposes of a cross-frontier social advantage
No 61/2016
: 9 June 2016
Agriculture and fisheries
The Commission may require Member States to remove all plants capable of being infected by the Xylella fastidiosa bacterium, even when there are no symptoms of infection, when such plants are in the vicinity of plants already affected by that bacterium
No 60/2016
: 9 June 2016
Approximation of laws
The copyright directive precludes fair compensation due to authors for private copying of their works from being financed by a budgetary scheme such as that established in Spain
No 59/2016
: 8 June 2016
No 58/2016
: 7 June 2016
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
The Return Directive prevents a national of a non-EU country who has not yet been subject to the return procedure being imprisoned solely because he or she has entered the territory of a Member State illegally across an internal border of the Schengen area
No 57/2016
: 2 June 2016
Competition
The General Court dismisses the actions brought by the four Spanish companies which had participated in the cartel on the European pre-stressing steel market
No 56/2016
: 2 June 2016
Principles of Community law
A name containing several tokens of nobility and freely chosen by a German in another Member State of which he also holds the nationality does not necessarily have to be recognised in Germany
No 55/2016
: 2 June 2016
Freedom of establishment
In Advocate General Kokott’s view, Belgium’s guarantee for ARCO financial cooperatives infringes EU law
No 54/2016
: 31 May 2016
Principles of Community law
In the view of Advocate General Kokott, a ban on wearing headscarves in companies may be admissible
No 53/2016
: 26 May 2016
State aid
The General Court annuls the Commission’s decision classifying the unlimited implied guarantee granted by the French State to the Institut français du pétrole (French Petroleum Institute) as State aid
No 52/2016
: 25 May 2016
Intellectual and industrial property
Advocate General Szpunar considers that the EU trade mark representing the shape of a Rubik’s Cube must be declared invalid
No 51/2016
: 11 May 2016
The Court of Justice of the European Union launches its first application for smartphones and tablets
No 50/2016
: 10 May 2016
Citizenship of the Union
The General Court confirms that the proposed European citizens’ initiative intended to promote the development of geographical areas populated by national minorities cannot be registered
No 49/2016
: 10 May 2016
State aid
The General Court confirms that the German law on renewable energy of 2012 (the EEG 2012) involved State aid
No 48/2016
: 4 May 2016
Principles of Community law
The new EU directive on tobacco products is valid
No 47/2016
: 28 April 2016
Environment and consumers
The Court declares invalid the maximum annual amount of free allowances for greenhouse gas emissions determined by the Commission for the period 2013-2020
No 46/2016
: 27 April 2016
Fisheries policy
The General Court dismisses the action for damages brought by Italian fishermen following the Commission’s early ban on bluefin tuna fishing in 2008
No 45/2016
: 22 April 2016
State aid
The General Court confirms the decision of the Commission ordering the repayment of the tax exemptions granted by France, Ireland and Italy for alumina production
No 44/2016
: 21 April 2016
Economic policy
According to Advocates General Wathelet and Wahl, the General Court was fully entitled to dismiss the actions for annulment and damages concerning the restructuring of the Cypriot banking sector
No 43/2016
: 21 April 2016
Approximation of laws
The Court finds that the obligation of the national court to examine of its own motion compliance with the rules of EU consumer protection law applies to insolvency proceedings
No 42/2016
: 21 April 2016
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
The Member States may refuse an application for family reunification if it is apparent from a prospective assessment that the sponsor will not have stable and regular resources which are sufficient in the year following the date of submission of the application
No 41/2016
: 21 April 2016
Freedom of movement for persons
According to Advocate General Henrik Saugmandsgaard Øe, the obligation laid down by a decree of the Flemish Community requiring cross-border invoices to be drawn up exclusively in Dutch, failing which they are to be declared null and void, infringes EU law
No 40/2016
: 14 April 2016
Law governing the institutions
The Court has confirmed the inadmissibility of the action brought by former Commissioner John Dalli in relation to his resignation allegedly requested by ex-President Barroso
No 39/2016
: 14 April 2016
All European Final of the European Law Moot Court Competition will take place at the Court of Justice of the European Union in Luxembourg on 15 April
No 38/2016
: 12 April 2016
Entry into office of new Judges at the General Court of the European Union and the European Union Civil Service Tribunal
No 37/2016
: 7 April 2016
Approximation of laws
According to Advocate General Wathelet, the posting of a hyperlink to a website which published photos without authorisation does not in itself constitute a copyright infringement
No 36/2016
: 5 April 2016
Justice and Home Affairs
The execution of a European arrest warrant must be deferred if there is a real risk of inhuman or degrading treatment because of the conditions of detention of the person concerned in the Member State where the warrant was issued
No 35/2016
: 4 April 2016
No 34/2016
: 18 March 2016
No 33/2016
: 18 March 2016
Intellectual and industrial property
The General Court upholds publisher Karl-May’s action against the EU Trademark Office’s decision to annul the Community trade mark WINNETOU
No 32/2016
: 17 March 2016
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
The Dublin III Regulation allows Member States to send an applicant for international protection to a safe third country, irrespective of whether it is the Member State responsible for processing the application or another Member State
No 31/2016
: 17 March 2016
Transport
National authorities carry out general monitoring activities in order to guarantee air passengers’ rights but are not required to act on individual complaints
No 30/2016
: 16 March 2016
Environment and consumers
The General Court confirms that a number of health claims relating to glucose may not be authorised
No 29/2016
: 16 March 2016
Intellectual and industrial property
The Body Shop cannot register ‘SPA WISDOM’ as a Community trade mark
No 28/2016
: 16 March 2016
SERV
Advocate General Szpunar: the operator of a shop, hotel or bar who offers a Wi-Fi network free of charge to the public is not liable for copyright infringements committed by users of that network
No 27/2016
: 10 March 2016
Competition
The Court of Justice annuls the Commission decisions relating to requests for information directed at cement manufacturers
No 26/2016
: 8 March 2016
State aid
The Court confirms the obligation on the Greek State to recover from Greek farmers unlawful State aid of €425 million paid as a result of adverse weather conditions
No 25/2016
: 7 March 2016
A delegation from the European Court of Human Rights visits the Court of Justice of the European Union
No 24/2016
: 3 March 2016
Agriculture and fisheries
The Court confirms that citrus fruit labelling indicating the preserving agents and other chemical substances used in post-harvest processing is compulsory
No 23/2016
: 3 March 2016
Approximation of laws
Former authorised Daimler dealers are not responsible for advertisements which, despite their efforts to have them removed, continue to associate their name with the trade mark ‘Mercedes-Benz’ on the internet
No 22/2016
: 1 March 2016
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
The Court of Justice delivers a ruling on the relationship between the freedom of movement of beneficiaries of international protection and measures intended to facilitate their integration
No 21/2016
: 1 March 2016
External relations
The Court upholds the freezing of the National Iranian Oil Company’s funds for the period from 16 October 2012 until its removal from the list on 16 January 2016
No 20/2016
: 29 February 2016
Competition
The General Court upholds the fines imposed by the Commission on a number of companies for their participation in cartels in the international air freight forwarding services sector
No 19/2016
: 25 February 2016
SOPO
Greek seamen living in Greece and engaged by a company with its registered office in a non-member country but with its actual seat in Greece are protected under EU law in the event of the company’s insolvency
No 18/2016
: 25 February 2016
Social security for migrant workers
The Court of Justice confirms that nationals of other Member States may be refused certain social benefits in their first three months of residence
No 17/2016
: 24 February 2016
Intellectual and industrial property
adidas may oppose the registration, as a Community mark, of parallel stripes placed on the side of sports shoes
No 16/2016
: 24 February 2016
Intellectual and industrial property
The General Court dismisses the action brought by Coca-Cola seeking registration of a contour bottle without fluting as a Community trade mark
No 15/2016
: 23 February 2016
SERV
Certain aspects of the SZÉP leisure-card and Erzsébet meal-voucher schemes, under which employers in Hungary may provide their employees with benefits in kind under favourable tax conditions are incompatible with EU law
No 14/2016
: 18 February 2015
External relations
The Court of Justice confirms the annulment of the fund-freezing measures in place against Bank Mellat since 2010
No 13/2016
: 15 February 2016
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
EU law allows an asylum seeker to be detained when the protection of national security or public order so requires
No 12/2016
: 4 February 2016
Citizenship of the Union
According to Advocate General Szpunar, a non-EU national having sole care and control of a minor child who is a citizen of the EU may not be expelled from a Member State or be refused a residence permit simply because he has a criminal record
No 11/2016
: 4 February 2016
External relations
The regulation imposing an anti-dumping duty on imports into the EU of certain leather footwear originating in China and Vietnam is partially invalid
No 10/2016
: 4 February 2016
SERV
EU law may preclude the imposition of penalties in respect of the unauthorised cross-border intermediation of sporting bets carried out in Germany
No 9/2016
: 2 February 2016
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
According to Advocate General Szpunar, a foreign national who was not stopped when illegally crossing an external border of the Schengen Area cannot be imprisoned solely on the basis of his illegal entry into the territory of a Member State
No 8/2016
: 28 January 2016
State aid
The General Court confirms that the guarantee granted by Austria to BayernLB in the context of its restructuring concerning BayernLB’s credit lines in favour of Hypo Group Alpe Adria constitutes State aid which is nevertheless compatible with EU law
No 7/2016
: 28 January 2016
External relations
The General Court annuls the freezing of the assets of five Ukrainians, including Mykola Yanovych Azarov and Sergej Arbuzov, former Prime Ministers of Ukraine, for the period from 6 March 2014 to 5 March 2015
No 6/2016
: 28 January 2016
Freedom of establishment
National rules on betting and gaming may be contrary to the principle of proportionality if they require the licensee to transfer free of charge the equipment used for the collection of bets
No 5/2016
: 28 January 2016
Competition
The Court dismisses Odile Jacob’s appeal in the case concerning Lagardère’s purchase of Vivendi Universal Publishing
No 4/2016
: 21 January 2016
Freedom of movement for persons
Cypriot legislation on pension entitlement which places migrant workers at a disadvantage in relation to those who do not leave Cyprus is contrary to EU law
No 3/2016
: 20 January 2016
Competition
In the field of competition law, the leniency programmes of the EU and of the Member States coexist autonomously
No 2/2016
: 19 January 2016
Competition
The General Court upholds the fines of €131 million imposed on Toshiba and Mitsubishi Electric for their participation in the cartel on the market for gas insulated switchgear
No 1/2016
: 14 January 2016
Agriculture and fisheries
The General Court holds that the Commission did not err in fixing the export refunds in the poultry meat sector at €0 in July 2013
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