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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 210/2023
: 21 December 2023
Law governing the institutions
Termination of the UPS-TNT merger agreement: the irregularity committed by the Commission is not the determining cause of UPS’ alleged loss of profit and therefore cannot justify a compensation payment
No 209/2023
: 21 December 2023
Transport
Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations: the Court of Justice dismisses the Commission’s action against Denmark concerning the maximum parking time on motorway lay-bys
No 208/2023
: 21 December 2023
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
European Public Prosecutor's Office: the Court clarifies the exercise of judicial review of cross-border investigation measures by national courts
No 207/2023
: 21 December 2023
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
European arrest warrant: the surrender of a requested person cannot be refused on the sole ground that she is the mother of young children
No 206/2023
: 21 December 2023
Law governing the institutions
Polish judicial system: an adjudicating panel of the Extraordinary Review and Public Affairs Chamber of the Supreme Court does not constitute an independent and impartial tribunal previously established by law
No 205/2023
: 21 December 2023
Freedom of movement for persons
Football: the rules of UEFA and the Belgian football association on ‘home-grown players’ could be contrary to EU law No 204/2023
: 21 December 2023
Freedom of movement for persons
Free movement: the mother of an EU migrant worker may, where she is dependent on that worker, apply for social assistance without that application calling her right of residence into question
No 203/2023
: 21 December 2023
Competition
The FIFA and UEFA rules on prior approval of interclub football competitions, such as the Super League, are contrary to EU law No 202/2023
: 21 December 2023
Competition
The rules of the International Skating Union on the prior authorisation of skating competitions infringe EU law No 201/2023
: 21 December 2023
Environment and consumers
A consumer who concludes a car leasing agreement without an obligation to purchase does not have a right of withdrawal
No 200/2023
: 20 December 2023
Competition
Competition in the area of Euro Interest Rate Derivatives: the General Court dismisses most of the pleas in the actions brought by JPMorgan Chase and Crédit agricole
No 199/2023
: 20 December 2023
Economic policy
Calculation of the 2021 ex ante contributions to the Single Resolution Fund: the General Court annuls the decision of the Single Resolution Board relating to certain French and German banks due to a failure to state adequate reasons
No 198/2023
: 20 December 2023
State aid
State aid in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic: the General Court annuls the Commission’s decisions approving the financial aid granted by France to Air France and Air France-KLM
No 197/2023
: 20 December 2023
Competition
The actions of 11 German municipal authorities against the Commission’s approval of the acquisition of the distribution and retail energy business as well as some generation assets of Innogy by E.ON are dismissed
No 196/2023
: 20 December 2023
The European Union does not have to pay compensation for the damage allegedly suffered by Banca Popolare di Bari as a result of a Commission decision on the Italian aid measure in favour of Banca Tercas
No 195/2023
: 20 December 2023
External relations
War in Ukraine: the General Court of the European Union dismisses the action brought by Mr Roman Arkadyevich Abramovich, thereby upholding the restrictive measures taken against him
No 194/2023
: 20 December 2023
External relations
The restrictive measures against Russia do not in principle prohibit a Russian citizen holding a private license from piloting a plane in the European Union
No 193/2023
: 14 December 2023
Environment and consumers
Advocate General Kokott comments on the Ilva steelworks in southern Italy
No 192/2023
: 14 December 2023
Environment and consumers
Waste: the Court imposes financial penalties on Romania for having failed to close down unauthorised landfills
No 191/2023
: 14 December 2023
Principles of Community law
Cybercrime: the fear of a possible misuse of personal data is capable, in itself, of constituting non-material damage
No 190/2023
: 14 December 2023
State aid
The Court of Justice confirms that the Commission has not established that the tax ruling given to Amazon by Luxembourg was a State aid that was incompatible with the internal market
No 189/2023
: 14 December 2023
Freedom of movement for persons
Covid-19 pandemic: EU law does not require that an employee who is placed under quarantine during paid annual leave be able to carry over that leave
No 188/2023
: 13 December 2023
Law governing the institutions
The action for damages against Frontex brought by a Syrian national, allegedly sent back out to sea from Greece in the direction of Turkey, is dismissed
No 187/2023
: 7 December 2023
The hiring of a personal assistant to help a disabled person in everyday life may be limited to persons within the same age range
No 186/2023
: 7 December 2023
Principles of Community law
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) opposes two data processing practices by credit information agencies
No 185/2023
: 5 December 2023
Citizenship of the Union
COVID-19: the Court validates certain travel bans and testing and quarantine obligations during the health crisis
No 184/2023
: 5 December 2023
Only a wrongful infringement of the General Data Protection Regulation may result in an administrative fine being imposed
No 183/2023
: 5 December 2023
State aid
The European Commission’s review of the tax rulings granted by Luxembourg to the Engie group infringed EU law
No 182/2023
: 30 November 2023
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
Asylum procedures: the obligation to provide the common information leaflet and to conduct a personal interview concerns all Member States; the risk of indirect refoulement is not, as a rule, examined by the second Member State seised
No 181/2023
: 28 November 2023
Wearing of religious symbols in the workplace: a public administration may decide to prohibit all of its employees from wearing such signs
No 180/2023
: 23 November 2023
External relations
Advocate General Ćapeta: The Court does not have jurisdiction to interpret general provisions of an EU Common Foreign and Security Policy measure merely in order to clarify their meaning
No 179/2023
: 23 November 2023
External relations
Advocate General Ćapeta: Individuals may bring an action for damages against the EU before the EU Courts based on alleged breaches of fundamental rights by EU Common Foreign and Security Policy measures
No 178/2023
: 23 November 2023
Agriculture and fisheries
Winemaking and wine labelling: A wine-grower may indicate its own wine-growing holding even if pressing takes place on the premises of another wine-grower
No 177/2023
: 23 November 2023
Environment and consumers
Consumer protection: a requirement that a consumer pay excessive non-interest credit costs can constitute an unfair term
No 176/2023
: 23 November 2023
State aid
State aid during the Covid-19 pandemic: the Court definitively dismisses the appeals brought by Ryanair concerning the support measures put in place by France and Sweden in the spring of 2020
No 175/2023
: 22 November 2023
Economic policy
Resolution of Banco Popular: affected shareholders and creditors were not entitled to compensation from the Single Resolution Fund
No 174/2023
: 16 November 2023
Processing of personal data: decisions taken by a supervisory authority in the context of the indirect exercise of the rights of the data subject are legally binding
No 173/2023
: 16 November 2023
A change in the holder of a Spanish notarial practice may constitute a transfer of an undertaking
No 172/2023
: 9 November 2023
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
According to Advocate General Jean Richard de la Tour, the discriminatory measures adopted against Afghan women by the Taliban regime amount, on account of their cumulative effect, to persecution
No 171/2023
: 9 November 2023
State aid
According to Advocate General Pitruzzella, the judgment of the General Court on ‘tax rulings’ adopted by Ireland in relation to Apple should be set aside No 170/2023
: 9 November 2023
Approximation of laws
Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations: Sweden is ordered to pay € 8 500 000 for late transposition of the amended Firearms Directive
No 169/2023
: 9 November 2023
Unfair term in a consumer credit contract secured by the family home: the court must assess the proportionality between the seller or supplier’s power to demand the whole of the loan and the seriousness of the consumer’s non-compliance
No 168/2023
: 9 November 2023
Approximation of laws
Car manufacturers must make vehicle identification numbers available to independent operators
No 167/2023
: 9 November 2023
Freedom of establishment
Combating illegal content on the Internet: a Member State may not subject a communication platform provider established in another Member State to general and abstract obligations
No 166/2023
: 8 November 2023
External relations
War in Ukraine: the General Court confirms that the funds of Mr Dmitry Arkadievich Mazepin must remain frozen
No 165/2023
: 7 November 2023
Intellectual and industrial property
Legal battle over the DIEGO MARADONA trade mark: the General Court of the European Union confirms the EUIPO’s refusal to register the transfer of that trade mark in favour of the Argentine company Sattvica
No 164/2023
: 26 October 2023
No 163/2023
: 26 October 2023
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
Advocate General Ćapeta: A public prosecutor may issue a European Investigation Order (EIO) for the transfer of evidence already gathered in another Member State
No 162/2023
: 26 October 2023
Transport
Pre-emptively denied boarding: passengers have the right to compensation even if they did not present themselves for boarding and even if they have been informed at least two weeks before the scheduled time of departure of the flight that they will be denied boarding
No 161/2023
: 26 October 2023
Principles of Community law
Protection of personal data: a patient has the right to obtain a first copy of his or her medical records free of charge
No 160/2023
: 25 October 2023
Competition
The General Court annuls the Commission Decision according to which the BEH Group abused its dominant position by refusing access to strategic gas infrastructures in Bulgaria
No 159/2023
: 19 October 2023
Approximation of laws
A custodial sentence of a minimum of five years for trade mark infringement may prove to be disproportionate
No 158/2023
: 19 October 2023
Working time: schemes for obtaining increased remuneration when exceeding a certain number of working hours must not place part-time workers at a disadvantage
No 157/2023
: 18 October 2023
Commercial policy
The General Court annuls the additional customs duties on certain lighters from the United States
No 156/2023
: 16 October 2023
Energy
Advertisements for ovens and range hoods must make reference both to the energy efficiency class of those products and to the range of efficiency classes
No 155/2023
: 12 October 2023
Approximation of laws
An electric bicycle is not covered by the obligation to insure motor vehicles because it is not propelled exclusively by mechanical power
No 154/2023
: 5 October 2023
Approximation of laws
The consumer’s right to withdraw from an initially free and automatically extended subscription made via distance contract is guaranteed only once
No 153/2023
: 4 October 2023
Agriculture and fisheries
The General Court dismisses the action against the non-renewal of the approval of the active substance chlorpyrifos-methyl, used in plant protection products
No 152/2023
: 29 September 2023
No 151/2023
: 28 September 2023
Approximation of laws
Advocate General Szpunar: the retention of, and access to, civil identity data linked to the IP address used should be allowed in cases where those data are the only means of investigation that make it possible to identify the perpetrators of copyright infringements committed exclusively on the internet
No 150/2023
: 28 September 2023
State aid
State aid to SAS during the COVID-19 pandemic: the Court of Justice definitively dismisses Ryanair’s actions concerning the loan guarantees put in place by Sweden and Denmark in April 2020
No 149/2023
: 28 September 2023
Taxation
The Court of Justice orders the United Kingdom to pay a lump sum penalty of € 32 million for having failed to prohibit the use of marked fuel in private pleasure boats within the time limit prescribed by the Commission
No 148/2023
: 27 September 2023
State aid
The General Court annuls the Commission’s decision declaring the Spanish tax scheme on the deduction for indirect acquisitions of shareholdings in foreign companies unlawful No 147/2023
: 27 September 2023
Competition
Online video games: the General Court confirms that geo-blocking of activation keys for the Steam platform infringed EU competition law
No 146/2023
: 27 September 2023
Entry into office of two new Members of the General Court of the European Union
No 145/2023
: 21 September 2023
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
Reintroduction of border controls at internal borders: the ‘Returns’ Directive applies to any third-country national who has entered the territory of a Member State without fulfilling the conditions of entry, stay or residence.
No 144/2023
: 21 September 2023
No 143/2023
: 20 September 2023
State aid
Tax rulings: the tax exemptions granted by Belgium to companies forming part of multinational groups constitute an unlawful aid scheme
No 142/2023
: 14 September 2023
Principles of Community law
Anti-doping and data protection: Advocate General Ćapeta considers that a national anti-doping authority which publishes personal data of a doped professional athlete on the internet is not in breach of the GDPR No 141/2023
: 14 September 2023
Spain - Discrimination on grounds of sex: fathers of two or more children, forced to go to court in order to benefit from a supplement to their invalidity pension, have the right to additional compensation
No 140/2023
: 14 September 2023
Approximation of laws
Termination of package holidays in the event of extraordinary circumstances: a national court may, under certain conditions, notify of its own motion the traveller of his or her right to terminate the contract without fees
No 139/2023
: 14 September 2023
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
The principle ne bis in idem applies to penalties, imposed for unfair commercial practices, that are classified as administrative penalties of a criminal nature
No 138/2023
: 13 September 2023
External relations
The General Court dismisses the action brought by Venezuela against the restrictive measures of the European Union
No 137/2023
: 7 September 2023
Principles of Community law
Rule of law in Romania: the promotion of judges to a higher court, based on an assessment, by members of that court, of their work and conduct, is compatible with EU law No 136/2023
: 7 September 2023
Freedom of establishment
Operational costs of the postal sector regulatory authority: a contribution obligation may be imposed on market participants, excluding any State funding No 135/2023
: 7 September 2023
Approximation of laws
The Directive on privacy and electronic communications precludes the use, in connection with administrative investigations into corruption in the public sector, of data collected for the purpose of combating serious crime No 134/2023
: 6 September 2023
Law governing the institutions
The action brought by the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) against the amended Europol regulation is inadmissible No 133/2023
: 6 September 2023
Law governing the institutions
Return operations: the action for damages brought by a number of Syrian refugees against Frontex after they were returned from Greece to Türkiye is dismissed
No 132/2023
: 6 September 2023
External relations
War in Ukraine: the General Court dismisses the actions brought by Mr Dmitry Alexandrovich Pumpyanskiy and Ms Galina Evgenyevna Pumpyanskaya against the restrictive measures adopted by the Council
No 131/2023
: 5 September 2023
Citizenship of the Union
Denmark may make the retention of Danish nationality dependent on the existence of a genuine connection with that country
No 130/2023
: 5 September 2023
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
The Commission was not required to suspend the exemption from the visa requirement for US nationals due to a lack of reciprocity in this matter
No 129/2023
: 24 July 2023
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
Combating fraud against the European Union’s financial interests: national rules on limitation periods for criminal liability must allow effective prevention and punishment
No 128/2023
: 14 July 2023
No 127/2023
: 14 July 2023
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
Wrongful removal of a child: although the court of the Member State in which the child was habitually resident has jurisdiction to rule on rights of custody, it may exceptionally request the transfer of the case to a court of the Member State to which the child has been removed
No 126/2023
: 13 July 2023
National courts are required to disapply an act ordering, in breach of EU law, a judge’s suspension from his or her duties
No 125/2023
: 13 July 2023
Approximation of laws
Variable interest rates based on Mortgage Loan Reference Indices (IRPHs) in Spain: consumers must be sufficiently informed of the method for calculating such indices
No 124/2023
: 13 July 2023
Free movement of capital
The objective of ensuring the supply of gravel, sand and clay to the construction sector at the regional level cannot justify a restriction on the freedom of establishment
No 123/2023
: 13 July 2023
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
Advocate General Ćapeta: the execution of a European Arrest Warrant issued against a mother of small children may be refused when that is in the best interest of the child
No 122/2023
: 13 July 2023
Advocate General Ćapeta: An international agreement that is denied direct effect due to its specific nature cannot have interpretative effect either
No 121/2023
: 13 July 2023
Approximation of laws
Collective redundancies: the employer’s obligation to communicate information to the authorities at an early stage of such a project is not intended to confer individual protection on workers
No 120/2023
: 13 July 2023
Competition
The General Court must rule once more on the lawfulness of the Commission’s prohibition of the acquisition of Telefónica Europe (‘O2’) by Hutchison 3G UK (‘Three’)
No 119/2023
: 12 July 2023
Commercial policy
The General Court confirms the Commission's decisions authorising Clearstream Banking AG to comply with US sanctions imposed on Iran
No 118/2023
: 12 July 2023
Agriculture and fisheries
Applications for registration of names as PGIs: the Commission is not bound by the prior assessment of the national authorities
No 117/2023
: 6 July 2023
Law governing the institutions
Advocate General Ćapeta: The Commission’s breach of the Energy Labelling Directive by adopting the empty bag test for vacuum cleaners is sufficiently serious
No 116/2023
: 6 July 2023
Transport
Accidents on board an aircraft: the strict liability of airlines under the Montreal convention extends to inadequate first aid administered on board an aircraft
No 115/2023
: 6 July 2023
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
Revocation and refusal of refugee status: the Court of Justice clarifies the conditions for adopting such a measure with regard to a third-country national who is convicted of a crime
No 114/2023
: 5 July 2023
Law governing the institutions
The action brought by Mr Carles Puigdemont i Casamajó, Mr Antoni Comín i Oliveres and Ms Clara Ponsatí i Obiols against the decisions of the European Parliament to waive their immunity is dismissed
No 113/2023
: 4 July 2023
Principles of Community law
A national competition authority can find, in the context of the examination of an abuse of a dominant position, that the GDPR has been infringed
No 112/2023
: 29 June 2023
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
According to Advocate General Medina, the mandatory collection and storage of fingerprints in identity cards is valid
No 111/2023
: 22 June 2023
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
Cross-border investigations by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO): Advocate General Ćapeta advises the Court to rule that judicial review in the Member State of the assisting European Delegated Prosecutor should be limited to procedural questions
No 110/2023
: 22 June 2023
Law governing the institutions
According to Advocate General Medina European Harmonised Technical Standards must be freely available without charge because of their particular legal nature as acts that form part of EU law
No 109/2023
: 22 June 2023
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
Hungary has unduly hindered the possibility of making an asylum application
No 108/2023
: 22 June 2023
The Court of Justice sets aside the assessment made by the General Court with regard to the impartiality of experts from the European Medicines Agency (EMA)
No 107/2023
: 22 June 2023
Every person has the right to know the date of and the reasons for the consultation of his or her personal data
No 106/2023
: 22 June 2023
Protection of fundamental rights: EU law does not preclude, in principle, a prohibition on a national court raising of its own motion a breach of the obligation to inform a suspect promptly of his or her right to remain silent
No 105/2023
: 21 June 2023
Taxonomy: the General Court dismisses as inadmissible the action of a Member of the European Parliament challenging the Commission's regulation on the sustainability of certain economic activities relating to fossil gas and nuclear energy
No 104/2023
: 15 June 2023
Advocate General Medina: a data subject must have available to it a judicial remedy against an independent supervisory authority where he or she exercises his or her rights through that authority No 103/2023
: 15 June 2023
Agriculture and fisheries
Overfishing: according to Advocate General Ćapeta, the Common Fisheries Policy Basic Regulation requires the Council to fix fishing limits at sustainable levels from the year 2020
No 102/2023
: 15 June 2023
Principles of Community law
Advocate General Rantos: Europol and a Member State in which damage occurred in relation to unlawful data processing can be jointly and severally liable
No 101/2023
: 15 June 2023
Citizenship of the Union
Definitive dismissal of the actions brought by British citizens challenging the loss of their rights as EU citizens as a result of Brexit
No 100/2023
: 15 June 2023
Social security for migrant workers
The freedom of movement for workers precludes the legislation of a Member State, which makes compensation conditional on the imposition of an isolation measure by its own administrative authorities
No 99/2023
: 15 June 2023
Approximation of laws
EU law does not preclude, in the event of the annulment of a mortgage loan agreement vitiated by unfair terms, the consumers from seeking compensation from the bank going beyond reimbursement of the monthly instalments paid
No 98/2023
: 8 June 2023
Freedom of establishment
According to Advocate General Szpunar, platforms like Google, Meta Platforms and Tik Tok may not have additional obligations imposed on them in a Member State other than the one in which they have their registered office, except by measures taken on a case-by-case basis
No 97/2023
: 8 June 2023
State aid
Tax rulings: Advocate General Kokott is of the view that the Commission erred in deciding that Luxembourg had granted unauthorised state aid to Amazon in the form of tax advantages
No 96/2023
: 8 June 2023
Freedom of movement for persons
Advocate General Ćapeta: Member States may restrict the monetisation of unused paid annual leave at the end of the employment relationship
No 95/2023
: 8 June 2023
Transport
COVID19 pandemic: a repatriation flight organised in the context of consular assistance does not constitute a re-routed flight that the operating air carrier must offer to passengers whose flight has been cancelled
No 94/2023
: 8 June 2023
Approximation of laws
Package travel and the COVID-19 pandemic: national legislation which temporarily releases organisers from their obligation to provide a full refund in the event of termination of a package travel contract is incompatible with EU law
No 93/2023
: 8 June 2023
Freedom of establishment
Limiting the number of private hire vehicle service licences in the Barcelona metropolitan area is contrary to European Union law
No 92/2023
: 7 June 2023
Intellectual and industrial property
The Batman logo: the evidence submitted to the General Court is not sufficient to show that the EU trade mark representing a bat in an oval surround was devoid of distinctive character on the date of filing of the application for registration
No 91/2023
: 7 June 2023
External relations
Restrictive measures against Belarus: the General Court dismisses the action brought by Mr Aleksandr Vasilevich Shakutin against the restrictive measures imposed on him
No 90/2023
: 6 June 2023
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
The option of refusing to execute a European Arrest Warrant in order for the sentence to be executed in the Member State of residence must be equally applicable to third-country nationals
No 89/2023
: 5 June 2023
Principles of Community law
Rule of law: the Polish justice reform of December 2019 infringes EU law
No 88/2023
: 5 June 2023
No 87/2023
: 25 May 2023
Environment and consumers
The requirement to carry out an environmental impact assessment for an urban development project cannot be dependent exclusively on the size of that project
No 86/2023
: 25 May 2023
Cross-border satellite retransmission of programmes: the broadcasting Member State principle also applies to the satellite package provider
No 85/2023
: 24 May 2023
State aid
The General Court annuls the Commission’s decision to approve an aid measure consisting in subsidies paid by Italy to Italian airlines in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic
No 84/2023
: 24 May 2023
Intellectual and industrial property
The term ‘emmentaler’ cannot be protected as a European Union trade mark for cheeses
No 83/2023
: 24 May 2023
Competition
Competition: The action brought by Meta Platforms Ireland (Facebook group) against a Commission request seeking disclosure of documents identified by means of search terms is dismissed
No 82/2023
: 17 May 2023
Competition
The action brought by the German municipal authority enercity against the approval by the Commission of the acquisition of generation assets of E.ON by RWE is inadmissible
No 81/2023
: 17 May 2023
Competition
The action brought by the German electricity producer EVH against the approval by the Commission of the acquisition of E.ON assets by RWE is dismissed
No 80/2023
: 17 May 2023
Law governing the institutions
A request for a preliminary ruling made to the Court of Justice does not prevent the referring court from continuing the main proceedings in part
No 79/2023
: 17 May 2023
Approximation of laws
Failure to provide information on the right of withdrawal: a consumer is exempt from any payment obligation if he or she withdraws from a service contract concluded off-premises which has already been performed
No 78/2023
: 11 May 2023
No 77/2023
: 11 May 2023
Transport
A road transport undertaking cannot discharge its responsibility for compliance with the driving times and rest periods of drivers by transferring it to a third person.
No 76/2023
: 11 May 2023
External relations
Rule of law: the body in charge of disciplinary proceedings against judges must be independent and impartial
No 75/2023
: 10 May 2023
State aid
The General Court annuls the decision of the Commission to approve the recapitalisation of Lufthansa by Germany, amounting to €6 billion euros, in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic
No 74/2023
: 4 May 2023
According to Advocate General Collins, a public body may, under certain conditions, prohibit its employees from wearing any visible sign of political, religious or philosophical belief in their workplace No 73/2023
: 4 May 2023
State aid
Tax rulings: Advocate General Kokott considers that the Commission erred in finding that Luxembourg had granted unlawful State aid to the Engie group in the form of tax advantages
No 72/2023
: 4 May 2023
Mere infringement of the GDPR does not give rise to a right to compensation
No 71/2023
: 4 May 2023
Principles of Community law
GDPR: the right to obtain a ‘copy’ of personal data means that the data subject must be given a faithful and intelligible reproduction of all those data
No 70/2023
: 4 May 2023
Economic policy
The Court confirms the ECB's refusal to exclude for the purposes of the calculation of the leverage ratio of Crédit lyonnais 34% of its exposures to the Caisse des dépôts et consignations
No 69/2023
: 4 May 2023
Fight against corruption: EU law does not preclude a person from being prohibited from all elective public office for three years if he or she has infringed the rules relating to conflicts of interest by holding such office
No 68/2023
: 27 April 2023
No 67/2023
: 27 April 2023
Principles of Community law
Unlawful access to personal data by third parties leads to liability for presumed fault on the part of the controller and may give rise to non-material damage for which compensation can be awarded
No 66/2023
: 26 April 2023
Public procurement
Galileo Programme: OHB System’s action against award of transition satellite contract to Thales Alenia Space Italia and Airbus Defence & Space dismissed
No 65/2023
: 21 April 2023
Principles of Community law
Rule of law: the amount of the daily penalty payment which Poland is required to pay is reduced from one million to 500 000 euros
No 64/2023
: 20 April 2023
No 63/2023
: 20 April 2023
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
Honour crime, forced marriage and domestic violence: Advocate General Richard de la Tour clarifies under which conditions third-country nationals may be eligible for international protection
No 62/2023
: 20 April 2023
Freedom of establishment
The broadcasting of a musical work as background music in a means of passenger transport constitutes a communication to the public within the meaning of EU law
No 61/2023
: 20 April 2023
Freedom of establishment
Concessions authorising the exploitation of Italian beaches may not be renewed automatically but must be subject to an impartial and transparent selection procedure
No 60/2023
: 18 April 2023
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
Family reunification: European Union law precludes national legislation which requires, without exception, that an application for family reunification be submitted in person at a competent diplomatic post
No 59/2023
: 18 April 2023
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
European arrest warrant: a manifest risk that the health of the requested person will be jeopardised justifies temporarily suspending his or her surrender and obliges the executing authority to ask the issuing authority for information concerning the conditions in which it intends to prosecute or detain that person
No 58/2023
: 31 March 2023
No 57/2023
: 30 March 2023
Free movement of capital
Advocate General Ćapeta: EU law does not, in principle, preclude national legislation which allows for the screening of foreign direct investment of third country provenance even if implemented via an EU-based company
No 56/2023
: 30 March 2023
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
According to Advocate General Campos Sánchez-Bordona, Volkswagen cannot be penalised in Italy for ‘Dieselgate’, after having been penalised in Germany, if there has not been sufficient coordination between the penalty proceedings of both States
No 55/2023
: 30 March 2023
Freedom of establishment
National regulatory authorities for energy may have the power to order electricity undertakings to repay sums received in breach of consumer protection requirements
No 54/2023
: 30 March 2023
Principles of Community law
Live streaming by videoconference of classes in state school education falls within the scope of the GDPR
No 53/2023
: 29 March 2023
State aid
The action against the Commission’s decision approving the aid granted by Romania to the airline Blue Air in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic is dismissed in its entirety
No 52/2023
: 23 March 2023
Environment and consumers
Fire safety in establishments open to the public: Member States may not impose additional requirements on pressure equipment bearing the CE marking for the purposes of making that equipment available on the national market
No 51/2023
: 21 March 2023
Environment and consumers
The purchaser of a vehicle equipped with an unlawful defeat device has a right to compensation from the car manufacturer where that device has caused damage to that purchaser
No 50/2023
: 20 March 2023
Agriculture and fisheries
Protection of plant variety rights: no minimum level of compensation set
No 49/2023
: 16 March 2023
Principles of Community law
Advocate General Pikamäe: the automated establishment of a probability concerning the ability of a person to service a loan constitutes profiling under the GDPR
No 48/2023
: 16 March 2023
Telecommunications operators may be obliged to provide, upon request from a judicial authority, communication interception operations in return for a fixed rate
No 47/2023
: 16 March 2023
Law governing the institutions
The Commission’s first action for a twofold failure to fulfil obligations in relation to air pollution is inadmissible
No 46/2023
: 16 March 2023
Competition
The prohibition of abuse of a dominant position laid down by the Treaties permits an ex post control, at national level, of a concentration of undertakings with a non-Community dimension No 45/2023
: 9 March 2023
Freedom of movement for persons
Football: according to Advocate General Szpunar the UEFA rules on home-grown players are partially incompatible with EU law
No 44/2023
: 9 March 2023
Competition
The Court sets aside in part the judgments of the General Court and, consequently, annuls the decisions of the Commission ordering inspections at the premises of a number of French undertakings in the distribution sector on account of suspicions of anticompetitive practices
No 43/2023
: 8 March 2023
External relations
The General Court annuls the restrictive measures applied to Ms Violetta Prigozhina, mother of Mr Yevgeniy Prigozhin, in the context of Russia’s war against Ukraine
No 42/2023
: 3 March 2023
Judicial statistics 2022: proceedings marked by the major issues facing today’s world (the rule of law, the environment, the protection of privacy in the digital era and so forth) and by the restrictive measures adopted by the European Union in the context of the war in Ukraine No 41/2023
: 2 March 2023
Approximation of laws
Drinking water policy: according to Advocate General Medina, Member States are obliged not to authorise a project that may cause a deterioration in the quality of a body of water
No 40/2023
: 2 March 2023
Law governing the institutions
Advocate General Athanasios Rantos doubts whether the mechanism whereby the KRS authorises Polish judges to continue to hold judicial office beyond retirement age offers sufficient guarantees of independence
No 39/2023
: 2 March 2023
Daily rest is additional to weekly rest even when it directly precedes the latter
No 38/2023
: 1 March 2023
External relations
A subsidy granted by China can be attributed to Egypt as the country of origin or export of a product subject to countervailing measures
No 37/2023
: 28 February 2023
Taxation
Online platforms and VAT collection: the Council did not exceed the limits of its implementing power in specifying that the operator of a platform, such as Only Fans, is presumed to be the supplier of the services provided
No 36/2023
: 16 February 2023
Approximation of laws
Advocate General Collins: after the annulment of a mortgage loan agreement due to unfair terms, consumers may assert claims against banks that go beyond reimbursement of monetary consideration; banks may not
No 35/2023
: 16 February 2023
External relations
Anti-Dumping Challenge: Advocate General Medina suggests the Court should recognise the legal standing of the China Chamber of Commerce as a representative association
No 34/2023
: 16 February 2023
Principles of Community law
Advocate General Emiliou: a procedure for promotion of judges based on an assessment of their work and conduct by a board composed of the President and judges of the relevant higher court is compatible with EU law
No 33/2023
: 16 February 2023
Principles of Community law
Advocate General Ćapeta: an EU mobile worker’s mother can claim a social benefit without this calling into question her right of residence
No 32/2023
: 16 February 2023
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
The Court clarifies the concept of ‘exceptional circumstances’ permitting the competent judicial authority to stay the enforcement of a judgment certified as a European Enforcement Order
No 31/2023
: 16 February 2023
EU law precludes national authorities being able, without needing to provide justification, to obtain the suspension of a final decision requiring the return of a child
No 30/2023
: 16 February 2023
Approximation of laws
A decision authorising telephone tapping need not contain individualised reasons
No 29/2023
: 16 February 2023
Competition
Actions for damages in respect of infringements of competition law: the relevant EU law does not preclude a national rule according to which, in the event that the claim is upheld in part, costs are to be borne by each party, who therefore bears half of the common costs
No 28/2023
: 16 February 2023
Law governing the institutions
The Court of Justice confirms the unlawfulness of two EPSO notices of competition restricting the choice of the second language to English, French or German
No 27/2023
: 15 February 2023
External relations
The General Court confirms the restrictive measures adopted against a State-owned enterprise managing the airspace in Belarus
No 26/2023
: 15 February 2023
Energy
The Court confirms the enhanced powers of the European Union Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) to take individual decisions on cross-border issues
No 25/2023
: 9 February 2023
Approximation of laws
The consumer’s right, in the event of early repayment of his or her mortgage credit, to a reduction in the total cost of the credit does not include costs that are not dependent on the duration of the agreement
No 24/2023
: 8 February 2023
State aid
The General Court annuls the decision of the European Commission approving Romanian aid to Timișoara International Airport in favour of Wizz Air
No 23/2023
: 8 February 2023
Internal energy market and Union list of projects of common interest: General Court dismisses the Aquind group’s action
No 22/2023
: 7 February 2023
Approximation of laws
Techniques of genetic modification: the Court specifies the status of in vitro random mutagenesis having regard to the GMO Directive
No 21/2023
: 2 February 2023
State aid
State aid: the Court annuls in part the Commission’s decision on the ‘Spanish Tax Lease System’
No 20/2023
: 2 February 2023
Public subsidies paid to denominational private schools may be reserved for churches and religious societies recognised by the Member State concerned
No 19/2023
: 31 January 2023
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
An executing judicial authority may not, in principle, refuse to execute a European arrest warrant on the basis that the court called upon to try the requested person in the issuing Member State does not have jurisdiction to do so
No 18/2023
: 26 January 2023
No 17/2023
: 26 January 2023
External relations
Judicial Disciplinary Bodies: according to Advocate General Collins, EU law precludes national legislation making the Deputy Chief Inspector responsible for overseeing the investigation of complaints against the Chief Inspector
No 16/2023
: 26 January 2023
Principles of Community law
The systematic collection of biometric and genetic data of any accused person in order for them to be entered in a police record is contrary to the requirement of ensuring enhanced protection with regard to the processing of sensitive personal data
No 15/2023
: 25 January 2023
Law governing the institutions
The Council must grant access to documents drawn up within its working groups relating to the legislative procedure concerning the amendment of the directive on the annual financial statements
No 14/2023
: 19 January 2023
Competition
Abuse of a dominant position: exclusivity clauses in distribution contracts must be capable of having exclusionary effects
No 13/2023
: 19 January 2023
Approximation of laws
The level of harmonisation achieved at EU level by the Biocidal Products Regulation does not prevent Member States from adopting restrictive rules on the promotion of sales of those products
No 12/2023
: 19 January 2023
Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-162/21
Pesticide Action Network Europe and Others
Agriculture and fisheries
No 11/2023
: 17 January 2023
External relations
The Court annuls the Commission’s decision allowing Kosovo to participate in the Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications
No 10/2023
: 12 January 2023
Approximation of laws
A term in a contract for the provision of legal services concluded between a lawyer and a consumer which sets the price on the basis of an hourly rate, without including any further details, does not satisfy the requirement of being drafted in plain intelligible language
No 9/2023
: 12 January 2023
Competition
Abuse of a dominant position: The Court of Justice upholds the judgment of the General Court imposing a fine of approximately € 20 million on the Lithuanian national rail company
No 8/2023
: 12 January 2023
Competition
Competition in the Euro Interest Rate Derivatives sector: the Court of Justice upholds the annulment of the € 33.6 million fine imposed on the HSBC Group
No 7/2023
: 12 January 2023
Approximation of laws
Travellers whose package travel has been affected by measures to fight the COVID19 pandemic may be entitled to a reduction in the travel price
No 6/2023
: 12 January 2023
Principles of Community law
Sexual orientation cannot be a reason to refuse to conclude a contract with a self-employed worker
No 5/2023
: 12 January 2023
Competition
A national court may order the disclosure of evidence for the purpose of proceedings for damages connected with an alleged infringement of competition law, even if the proceedings have been stayed owing to the Commission’s initiation of an investigation concerning the same infringement
No 4/2023
: 12 January 2023
Every person has the right to know to whom his or her personal data have been disclosed
No 3/2023
: 12 January 2023
The administrative and civil remedies provided for by the General Data Protection Regulation may be exercised concurrently with and independently of each other
No 2/2023
: 12 January 2023
State aid
The establishment as such of State aid cannot result from a judicial decision
No 1/2023
: 9 January 2023
Anonymised references for preliminary rulings lodged from 1 January 2023 to be allocated a fictional name
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