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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 206/2024
: 19 December 2024
Freedom of movement for persons
Organisation of working time: domestic employers must establish a system enabling the duration of the daily working time of each domestic worker to be measured
No 205/2024
: 19 December 2024
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
A Member State cannot exclude from the benefit of family allowances a foreign worker whose children, born in a third country, cannot prove that they have entered its territory lawfully
No 204/2024
: 19 December 2024
Environment and consumers
Liability for defective products: a supplier may be considered to be a producer if his or her name is the same as the trade mark put on the product by the manufacturer
No 203/2024
: 19 December 2024
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
Temporary protection for displaced persons from Ukraine: a Member State which has extended that protection to certain categories of persons, beyond what is required by EU law, may withdraw that protection from them without waiting for the temporary protection granted under EU law to end
No 202/2024
: 19 December 2024
Free movement of capital
A holding by purely financial investors in a law firm may be prohibited No 201/2024
: 19 December 2024
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
Asylum policy: The unilateral suspension of measures concerning the transfer of asylum seekers by the Member State responsible does not, in itself, justify the finding of systemic flaws
No 200/2024
: 18 December 2024
External relations
Destabilisation of Moldova: the General Court upholds the restrictive measures taken against Mr Shor and Ms Tauber in respect of their role in organising violent demonstrations
No 199/2024
: 18 December 2024
Public procurement
In order to exclude a company from EU public procurement and grant award procedures, the authorising officer responsible must conduct a specific and individual assessment of the conduct of the operator concerned
No 198/2024
: 12 December 2024
Free movement of capital
Rights of usufruct over agricultural land in Hungary: EU law does not preclude the reinstatement of such rights in accordance with a judgment of the Court of Justice, even where their initial registration was unlawful
No 197/2024
: 12 December 2024
Freedom of establishment
The Court clarifies the rules concerning the independence of a national resolution authority and actions against its decisions in respect of failing financial institutions
No 196/2024
: 27 November 2024
Competition
Competition in the field of Euro Interest Rate Derivatives: the General Court confirms the Commission’s amended decision against HSBC
No 195/2024
: 27 November 2024
Energy
Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline: the General Court dismisses the action by Nord Stream 2 contesting the directive extending the internal market rules on natural gas to cover gas pipelines from third countries
No 194/2024
: 19 November 2024
Citizenship of the Union
Citizenship of the Union: denying EU citizens residing in a Member State of which they are not nationals the right to become a member of a political party infringes EU law
No 193/2024
: 13 November 2024
Competition
Merger control: the General Court upholds the Commission decision authorising Vodafone’s acquisition of Liberty Global’s telecommunications activities in Germany, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Romania
No 192/2024
: 13 November 2024
Intellectual and industrial property
Intellectual property: the figurative sign consisting of the phrase ‘RUSSIAN WARSHIP, GO F* *K yourself’ in Russian and English cannot be registered as an EU trade mark
No 191/2024
: 13 November 2024
Intellectual and industrial property
The General Court confirms that Chiquita Brands’s blue and yellow oval is not eligible for protection as an EU trade mark in respect of fresh fruits
No 190/2024
: 7 November 2024
No 189/2024
: 7 November 2024
Facilitation of unauthorised entry carried out for a humanitarian purpose: Advocate General Richard de la Tour finds that Directive 2002/90 validates, and clarifies the conditions for, the criminalisation of that offence in EU law and national law
Facilitation of unauthorised entry carried out for a humanitarian purpose: Advocate General Richard de la Tour finds Directive 2002/90 valid and clarifies the conditions for the criminalisation of that offence in EU law and national law No 188/2024
: 7 November 2024
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
Compensation to victims of violent intentional crime: the automatic exclusion of certain family members of the victim of homicide does not guarantee ‘fair and appropriate’ compensation
No 187/2024
: 6 November 2024
State aid
State aid: the General Court dismisses an action brought by Wizz Air in respect of aid granted by Romania to national airline TAROM in order to provide compensation for the damage suffered owing to the COVID-19 pandemic
No 186/2024
: 6 November 2024
Competition
The banks Crédit agricole and Credit Suisse participated in a cartel in the sector for suprasovereign bonds, sovereign bonds and public agency bonds denominated in US dollars (‘SSA Bonds’)
No 185/2024
: 24 October 2024
Competition
The Court of Justice upholds the annulment by the General Court of the Commission’s decision finding an abuse of a dominant position on the part of Intel and imposing a fine of €1.06 billion on Intel
No 184/2024
: 24 October 2024
Principles of Community law
Intellectual property: Member States are required to protect works of art in the European Union, irrespective of the country of origin of those works or the nationality of their author
No 183/2024
: 22 October 2024
Freedom of establishment
Economic operators from a third country which has not concluded an international agreement on public procurement with the European Union cannot claim equal treatment in this area
No 182/2024
: 17 October 2024
Approximation of laws
Early repayment of a mortgage loan: the consumer can recover part of the commission linked to the granting of credit if he or she has not been informed that this commission is not dependent of the duration of the contract No 181/2024
: 17 October 2024
Intellectual and industrial property
The Directive on the legal protection of computer programs does not allow the holder of that protection to prohibit the marketing by a third party of software which merely changes variables transferred temporarily to a game console’s RAM
No 180/2024
: 10 October 2024
No 179/2024
: 10 October 2024
Partial transfer of jurisdiction from the Court of Justice to the General Court: creation within the General Court of a Chamber specialising in preliminary ruling cases, and election of Advocates General
No 178/2024
: 8 October 2024
No 177/2024
: 8 October 2024
No 176/2024
: 8 October 2024
Mr Thomas von Danwitz is elected Vice-President of the Court of Justice of the European Union
No 175/2024
: 8 October 2024
Mr Koen Lenaerts is re-elected as President of the Court of Justice of the European Union No 174/2024
: 7 October 2024
Partial renewal of the Court of Justice and entry into office of new Members of the General Court
No 173/2024
: 4 October 2024
Transport
The Court broadly confirms the validity of the Mobility Package No 172/2024
: 4 October 2024
Freedom of movement for persons
Football: some FIFA rules on international transfers of professional footballers are contrary to EU law No 171/2024
: 4 October 2024
Access by the police to data contained in a mobile telephone is not necessarily limited to the fight against serious crime
No 170/2024
: 4 October 2024
External relations
Western Sahara: the 2019 EU-Morocco trade agreements regarding fisheries and agricultural products, to which the people of Western Sahara did not consent, were concluded in breach of the principles of self-determination and the relative effect of treaties
No 169/2024
: 4 October 2024
Approximation of laws
Consumer information: the labelling of melons and tomatoes harvested in Western Sahara must refer to that territory, and not Morocco, as the country of origin
No 168/2024
: 4 October 2024
Principles of Community law
Food labelling: where no legal name has been adopted, a Member State may not prohibit the use of terms traditionally associated with products of animal origin to designate a product containing vegetable proteins No 167/2024
: 4 October 2024
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
Discriminatory measures adopted in respect of women by the Taliban regime constitute acts of persecution
No 166/2024
: 4 October 2024
Principles of Community law
An online social network such as Facebook cannot use all of the personal data obtained for the purposes of targeted advertising, without restriction as to time and without distinction as to type of data
No 165/2024
: 4 October 2024
Citizenship of the Union
AG COLLINS: The Commission has failed to prove that EU rules on citizenship (Article 20 TFEU) require that a ‘genuine link’ or ‘prior genuine link’ between a Member State and an individual must exist in order for it to grant citizenship
No 164/2024
: 4 October 2024
Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-633/22
Real Madrid Club de Fútbol
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
No 163/2024
: 4 October 2024
Environment and consumers
According to Advocate General Rantos, a contractual term requiring a young sportsman to transfer part of his income if he becomes a professional athlete may potentially be unfair, provided that it is shown that that term creates a significant imbalance in the rights and obligations arising under the contract
No 162/2024
: 4 October 2024
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
Asylum policy: the designation of a third country as a safe country of origin must cover its entire territory
No 161/2024
: 4 October 2024
Freedom of establishment
Combatting tax fraud: national legislation which limits the deduction of interest paid in respect of an intra-group loan is compatible with EU law
No 160/2024
: 4 October 2024
Agriculture and fisheries
Labelling of organic products: a foodstuff imported from a third country may bear the organic production logo of the European Union only if that foodstuff complies with all the requirements of EU law No 159/2024
: 4 October 2024
Principles of Community law
GDPR: Member States may make provision for competitors of the person allegedly responsible for an infringement of the laws protecting personal data to challenge that infringement in court as a prohibited unfair commercial practice No 158/2024
: 4 October 2024
Citizenship of the Union
The refusal of a Member State to recognise the change of first name and gender lawfully acquired in another Member State is contrary to the rights of EU citizens
No 157/2024
: 4 October 2024
Competition
Competition: the Court of Justice rules on the cartel on the Italian market for concrete reinforcing bars
No 156/2024
: 4 October 2024
Competition
Competition: the Court upholds the decision of the European Commission prohibiting the proposed merger between thyssenkrupp and Tata Steel
No 155/2024
: 2 October 2024
External relations
Restrictive measures in response to the war in Ukraine: the prohibition on providing legal advisory services to the Russian Government and to entities established in Russia is valid
No 154/2024
: 1 October 2024
The rules on the transfer from the Court of Justice to the General Court of part of the jurisdiction to give preliminary rulings become applicable
No 153/2024
: 26 September 2024
Visit to the Court of Justice of the European Union by a delegation from the Supreme Court of the United States of America as part of the ‘Luxembourg Forum’.
No 152/2024
: 26 September 2024
Environment and consumers
A price reduction announced in an advertisement must be calculated on the basis of the lowest price in the last 30 days
No 151/2024
: 26 September 2024
Law governing the institutions
The Court of Justice definitively dismisses the action brought by Mr Puigdemont and Mr Comín against the refusal of the President of the European Parliament to recognise their status as Members of the European Parliament in June 2019
No 150/2024
: 26 September 2024
Right to an effective remedy: a national court is not required to apply a decision of its constitutional court that infringes EU law
No 149/2024
: 26 September 2024
Principles of Community law
Personal data protection: the supervisory authority is not obliged to exercise a corrective power in all cases of breach and, in particular, to impose a fine
No 148/2024
: 25 September 2024
Energy
Electricity transmission: the General Court clarifies the scope of compulsory regional coordination with regard to the operational security of electricity transmission systems
No 147/2024
: 25 September 2024
Energy
Electricity transmission: the General Court annuls the decision of the Board of Appeal of ACER in so far as ACER could not derogate from the applicable legal framework when adopting the methodology for cost sharing of redispatching and countertrading for the Core region
No 146/2024
: 19 September 2024
Economic policy
Prudential supervision of credit institutions: the Court annuls the 2016 ECB decision refusing the acquisition of a qualifying holding in Banca Mediolanum by Silvio Berlusconi
No 145/2024
: 19 September 2024
Competition
Online accommodation reservation platforms: price parity clauses cannot, in principle, be classified as ‘ancillary restraints’ for the purposes of EU competition law
No 144/2024
: 19 September 2024
State aid
The Court annuls the Commission decision finding certain United Kingdom rules on the taxation of controlled foreign companies (CFCs) to be State Aid incompatible with the internal market and sets aside the judgment of the General Court confirming that decision
No 143/2024
: 18 September 2024
Competition
Google AdSense: The General Court annuls the Commission’s decision No 142/2024
: 18 September 2024
Competition
Abuse of a dominant position: the General Court largely upholds the fine imposed on Qualcomm
No 141/2024
: 12 September 2024
Agriculture and fisheries
Markets for agricultural products: Hungarian legislation requiring traders to offer for sale certain agricultural products at a fixed price and in predetermined quantities is contrary to EU law No 140/2024
: 11 September 2024
External relations
Economic sanctions against Russia: the Council has the power to establish reporting and cooperation obligations to ensure the effectiveness of fund-freezing measures
No 139/2024
: 11 September 2024
No 138/2024
: 11 September 2024
Law governing the institutions
The General Court of the European Union rules for the first time on the financial consequences of alleged irregularities with regard to a former Member of the European Court of Auditors No 137/2024
: 11 September 2024
External relations
War in Ukraine: the General Court confirms the restrictive measures adopted against the Russian finance company NSD
No 136/2024
: 10 September 2024
External relations
Restrictive measures against Russia: the confiscation of the entire proceeds of a brokering transaction covered by the prohibition on providing brokering services for military equipment is permitted No 135/2024
: 10 September 2024
Competition
The Court of Justice upholds the fine of €2.4 billion imposed on Google for abuse of its dominant position by favouring its own comparison shopping service
No 134/2024
: 10 September 2024
External relations
Common foreign and security policy (CFSP): the Court of Justice clarifies the scope of the jurisdiction of the Courts of the European Union
No 133/2024
: 10 September 2024
State aid
Tax rulings: the Court of Justice sets aside the judgment of the General Court concerning tax rulings issued by Ireland in favour of Apple
No 132/2024
: 5 September 2024
Competition
AG Medina: Google’s refusal to provide third-party access to Android Auto platform may be in breach of competition rules
No 131/2024
: 5 September 2024
A failure to publish reorganisation measures in respect of a credit institution does not lead to those measures being invalid or their effects being unenforceable in another Member State
No 130/2024
: 5 September 2024
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
Fair trial: minors subject to criminal proceedings must have the practical and effective opportunity to be assisted by a lawyer
No 129/2024
: 5 September 2024
External relations
A notary does not breach the sanctions against Russia when he or she authenticates the sale of a property owned by an unlisted Russian company
No 128/2024
: 4 September 2024
Indirect management of the EU budget: according to the General Court, the Commission’s decision refusing to recognise IMG as having status as an international organisation is lawful
No 127/2024
: 3 September 2024
Competition
Illumina-Grail merger: the Court of Justice sets aside the judgment of the General Court and annuls the decisions by which the Commission accepted requests from national competition authorities seeking the examination of the proposed concentration
No 126/2024
: 30 August 2024
Important amendments to the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice and of the General Court enter into force on 1 September
No 125/2024
: 12 August 2024
Jurisdiction to hear and determine questions referred for a preliminary ruling is conferred on the General Court of the European Union in six specific areas
No 124/2024
: 29 July 2024
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
Authorisation to reside on the territory of a Member State for the purposes of studies: a Member State may reject an abusive application for authorisation, even if it has not correctly transposed the directive that provides for that option
No 123/2024
: 29 July 2024
Competition
The exchange of information over a period of more than ten years between 14 credit institutions in Portugal could constitute a restriction of competition by object
No 122/2024
: 29 July 2024
State aid
COVID-19: the Court of Justice confirms the lawfulness of the subordinated loan of €150 million granted by Austria to Austrian Airlines in the summer of 2020
No 121/2024
: 29 July 2024
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
A consumer having booked a trip abroad may sue the organiser before the court of the place of his or her domicile
No 120/2024
: 29 July 2024
Approximation of laws
Covid-19: the security against a package travel organiser’s insolvency also applies where the traveller has cancelled the trip, prior to the insolvency, due to unavoidable and extraordinary circumstances
No 119/2024
: 29 July 2024
Taxation
Combating aggressive tax planning: the Court upholds the validity of various provisions of the EU directive
No 118/2024
: 29 July 2024
Environment and consumers
The wolf cannot be designated as a huntable species at regional level when its conservation status at national level is unfavourable
No 117/2024
: 29 July 2024
Arrest warrants issued by the United Kingdom: the Court clarifies the conditions under which they may be executed in the European Union
No 116/2024
: 29 July 2024
Law governing the institutions
Appointment of EU Judges: A Member State may propose, from among the candidates named on a list drawn up by a national group of independent experts, a candidate other than the best-ranked candidate on that list, provided that the candidate proposed satisfies the requirements laid down by the Treaties
No 115/2024
: 29 July 2024
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
Social assistance: access for third-country nationals who are long-term residents to a social security, social assistance or social protection measure cannot be made conditional on the requirement of having resided in a Member State for at least 10 years
No 114/2024
: 17 July 2024
Approximation of laws
Digital Markets Act: The General Court dismisses the action brought by Bytedance (TikTok) against the decision of the Commission designating it as a gatekeeper
No 113/2024
: 17 July 2024
Law governing the institutions
The Commission did not give the public sufficiently wide access to the purchase agreements for Covid-19 vaccines No 112/2024
: 11 July 2024
Approximation of laws
The collective redundancies directive also applies in the event of the employer’s retirement
No 111/2024
: 11 July 2024
Environment and consumers
The prohibition of hunting wolves in Austria is valid
No 110/2024
: 11 July 2024
Law governing the institutions
Rule of law: only the judicial panel responsible for a case can decide its outcome
No 109/2024
: 4 July 2024
Approximation of laws
Mortgage loans: the transparency of ‘floor’ clauses may be reviewed in the context of a collective action concerning the entire banking system of a country
No 108/2024
: 27 June 2024
A pregnant worker must be afforded a reasonable time limit in order to be able to bring an action against her dismissal
No 107/2024
: 27 June 2024
Competition
The Court of Justice rules on the existence of agreements, decisions and concerted practices and of abuse of a dominant position on the perindopril market
No 106/2024
: 25 June 2024
Environment and consumers
The operation of the Ilva steelworks must be suspended if it poses serious and significant threats to the environment and human health No 105/2024
: 21 June 2024
No 104/2024
: 20 June 2024
Posted Ukrainian workers: the Member State in which the works are carried out may impose an obligation to obtain a residence permit
No 103/2024
: 20 June 2024
Approximation of laws
Advertising for biocidal products: EU law prohibits use of the indication ‘skin friendly’
No 102/2024
: 18 June 2024
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
Refugee status: a Member State is not required automatically to recognise refugee status granted in another Member State
No 101/2024
: 18 June 2024
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
The granting of refugee status in a Member State precludes the extradition of the person concerned to his or her country of origin
No 100/2024
: 13 June 2024
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
Stateless persons of Palestinian origin registered with UNRWA should, in principle, be granted refugee status if UNRWA’s protection or assistance is considered to have ceased
No 99/2024
: 13 June 2024
Law governing the institutions
Asylum policy: Hungary is ordered to pay a lump sum of 200 million euros and a penalty payment of 1 million euros per day of delay for failure to comply with a judgment of the Court of Justice No 98/2024
: 12 June 2024
Intellectual and industrial property
Trade mark law: the action brought by Société du Tour de France against registration of the trade mark Tour de X is dismissed
No 97/2024
: 11 June 2024
The Commission must pay interest on fines it has unduly imposed in competition matters and which it has provisionally collected
No 96/2024
: 11 June 2024
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
International protection: refugee status may be granted to women who identify with the value of equality between women and men No 95/2024
: 6 June 2024
Approximation of laws
Public procurement: a tenderer who has been unlawfully excluded from a procurement procedure may claim damages for loss of opportunity
No 94/2024
: 6 June 2024
State aid
COVID-19: the Court upholds the Commission’s decision authorising the solvency support fund for strategic Spanish undertakings
No 93/2024
: 5 June 2024
Law governing the institutions
Non-contractual liability on the part of the European Union: the General Court of the European Union dismisses the action for damages brought by Malacalza Investimenti and Mr Vittorio Malacalza against the ECB
No 92/2024
: 5 June 2024
Intellectual and industrial property
McDonald’s loses the EU trade mark Big Mac in respect of poultry products
No 91/2024
: 4 June 2024
Economic, social and territorial cohesion
Rule of law: the actions brought by organisations of European judges against the Council decision approving the recovery and resilience plan for Poland are dismissed as inadmissible
No 90/2024
: 30 May 2024
Approximation of laws
Online orders: the order button, or a similar function, must clearly indicate that, by clicking on it, the consumer assumes an obligation to pay
No 89/2024
: 30 May 2024
E-commerce: a Member State may not impose additional obligations on an online service provider established in another Member State
No 88/2024
: 29 May 2024
Economic policy
The General Court of the European Union finds that the calculation of the 2022 ex-ante contributions to the Single Resolution Fund (SRF) is unlawful
No 87/2024
: 29 May 2024
Law governing the institutions
The General Court maintains Poland's obligation to pay the daily penalty imposed in the case concerning the Turów mine
No 86/2024
: 16 May 2024
Transport
Rights of air passengers: the shortage of airport staff for loading baggage which caused a long delay of a flight may constitute an "exceptional circumstance"
No 85/2024
: 16 May 2024
Freedom of movement for persons
Equal treatment: frontier workers must enjoy the same social advantages as resident workers
No 84/2024
: 8 May 2024
Principles of Community law
Rule of Law: EU law does not require that professional associations of judges are granted the right to challenge decisions relating to the appointment of prosecutors
No 83/2024
: 8 May 2024
State aid
The General Court of the European Union annuls the decision of the Commission to approve restructuring aid for charter airline Condor
No 82/2024
: 8 May 2024
Law governing the institutions
Transparency: the European Parliament must give access, in the interests of public scrutiny, to information relating to a Member of the European Parliament who has been convicted in a court of law
No 81/2024
: 7 May 2024
Citizenship of the Union
According to Advocate General Richard de la Tour, a Member State’s refusal to recognise changes of forename and gender acquired in another Member State is contrary to the rights of EU citizens
No 80/2024
: 7 May 2024
Principles of Community law
The Austrian arbitration committee competent to combat doping in sport is not entitled to submit questions to the Court of Justice
No 79/2024
: 30 April 2024
No 78/2024
: 30 April 2024
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
AG Szpunar: Some FIFA rules on transfer of players may prove to be contrary to EU law
No 77/2024
: 30 April 2024
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
EncroChat: the Court of Justice clarifies the conditions for the transmission and use of evidence in criminal cases with a cross-border dimension No 76/2024
: 30 April 2024
Approximation of laws
Privacy and prosecution of serious offences: the court responsible for authorising access to telephone records in order to identify the perpetrators of an offence, and for the prosecution of which offence national law envisages such access, must be entitled to refuse or restrict that access
No 75/2024
: 30 April 2024
Approximation of laws
Combating criminal offences and interference with fundamental rights: a national public authority responsible for combating online counterfeiting may access identification data on the basis of an IP address
No 74/2024
: 25 April 2024
Principles of Community law
AG Rantos: Privacy: a public statement by the user of a social network about his or her sexual orientation renders those data ‘manifestly public’, without, however, permitting their processing for the purposes of personalised advertising
No 73/2024
: 25 April 2024
Citizenship of the Union
EU law does not, in principle, preclude the automatic loss of German nationality in the event of recovery of Turkish nationality
No 72/2024
: 25 April 2024
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
Citizenship of the European Union: the withdrawal, on the basis of classified information, of the residence permit of a third-country national bringing up a child who is a Union citizen must be subject to an effective remedy
No 71/2024
: 24 April 2024
Intellectual and industrial property
EU trade marks: the General Court confirms that the reputation of a trade mark is acquired and, in general, lost progressively
No 70/2024
: 24 April 2024
Law governing the institutions
The General Court partially annuls the Frontex decision refusing a request by Sea-Watch for access to documents
No 69/2024
: 18 April 2024
Competition
Infringements of EU competition law: the former Czech rules on limitation are incompatible with EU law
No 68/2024
: 17 April 2024
Formal sitting for a eulogy in memory of John L. Murray, Philippe Léger and Waltraud Hakenberg
No 67/2024
: 17 April 2024
Intellectual and industrial property
The name Pablo Escobar may not be registered as an EU trade mark
No 66/2024
: 11 April 2024
The final of the "European Law Moot Court" competition will take place tomorrow at the Court of Justice of the European Union in Luxembourg
No 65/2024
: 11 April 2024
Law governing the institutions
Advocate General Szpunar: the refusal by the former President of the European Parliament to recognise the status of Carles Puigdemont and Antoni Comín as Members of the European Parliament in June 2019 must be annulled
No 64/2024
: 11 April 2024
State aid
Advocate General Medina: The Court of Justice should annul the Commission decision finding that the United Kingdom granted illegal tax rulings (tax advantages to certain multinational groups) between 2013 and 2018
No 63/2024
: 11 April 2024
Principles of Community law
Protection of personal data: according to Advocate General Pikamäe, the supervisory authority has an obligation to act when it finds a breach in the course of investigating a complaint
No 62/2024
: 10 April 2024
Economic policy
The calculation of the 2022 ex ante contributions to the Single Resolution Fund (SRF) is unlawful
No 61/2024
: 10 April 2024
External relations
War in Ukraine: the General Court annuls the inclusion of Petr Aven and Mikhail Fridman on the lists of persons subject to restrictive measures between February 2022 and March 2023
No 60/2024
: 27 March 2024
Approximation of laws
Online advertising: Amazon’s request to suspend its obligation to make an advertisement repository publicly available is rejected
No 59/2024
: 22 March 2024
Judicial statistics 2023: confirmation of the structural increase in litigation before the Court of Justice
No 58/2024
: 21 March 2024
No 57/2024
: 21 March 2024
No 56/2024
: 21 March 2024
Competition
Illumina-Grail Merger: AG Emiliou proposes to set aside the General Court judgment and annul Commission decisions on referral request
No 55/2024
: 21 March 2024
Approximation of laws
Advocate General Ćapeta: melons and tomatoes from the territory of Western Sahara must bear a ‘country of origin’ label reflecting their origin in that territory
No 54/2024
: 21 March 2024
External relations
Advocate General Ćapeta: the General Court erred in annulling the decision approving, on behalf of the European Union, a preferential tariff agreement with the Kingdom of Morocco relating to the territory of Western Sahara
No 53/2024
: 21 March 2024
External relations
Advocate General Ćapeta: the Court of Justice should annul the Council decision concluding the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement with the Kingdom of Morocco
No 52/2024
: 21 March 2024
Culture
Italian legislation under which independent companies established in another Member State are excluded from copyright management is incompatible with EU law
No 51/2024
: 21 March 2024
Transport
Rights of airline passengers: the passenger is deemed to have accepted reimbursement of the cost of the ticket by travel voucher where, while filling in a form on the website of the air carrier, he or she has waived reimbursement of the cost of the ticket by a sum of money
No 50/2024
: 21 March 2024
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
The mandatory insertion in identity cards of two fingerprints is compatible with the fundamental rights to respect for private life and to protection of personal data
No 49/2024
: 20 March 2024
External relations
War in Ukraine: the General Court annuls the acts maintaining Mr Nikita Mazepin on the lists of persons subject to restrictive measures
No 48/2024
: 14 March 2024
Principles of Community law
Protection of personal data: the supervisory authority of a Member State may order the erasure of unlawfully processed data even in the absence of a prior request by the data subject
No 47/2024
: 14 March 2024
The United Kingdom has infringed EU law as a result of a judgment of its Supreme Court
No 46/2024
: 14 March 2024
Marketing authorisations for medicinal products: the European Medicines Agency (EMA) must ensure that the experts it consults do not have a conflict of interest
No 45/2024
: 7 March 2024
Freedom of establishment
AG Collins: only economic operators established in countries party to international agreements on public contracts that bind the EU may rely on provisions of the Public Procurement Directives
No 44/2024
: 7 March 2024
Auctioning of personal data for advertising purposes: the Court of Justice clarifies the rules under the GDPR
No 43/2024
: 6 March 2024
Intellectual and industrial property
The prior disclosure of a Puma shoe model by the artist Rihanna results in the invalidity of a registered Community design
No 42/2024
: 5 March 2024
Principles of Community law
Data processing: Europol and the Member State in which damage has occurred arising from unlawful data processing carried out in the context of cooperation between Europol and that Member State are to be jointly and severally liable for that damage
No 41/2024
: 5 March 2024
Law governing the institutions
The European harmonised technical standards on the safety of toys should be accessible to EU citizens
No 40/2024
: 5 March 2024
Approximation of laws
Prohibition of semi-automatic weapons: Member States wishing to maintain previous authorisations for those weapons may also provide for this concerning weapons converted to fire blank ammunition
No 39/2024
: 1 March 2024
Visit to the Court of Justice of the European Union by the President of the Czech Republic, Mr Petr Pavel
No 38/2024
: 29 February 2024
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
An asylum application based on a religious conversion taking place subsequently to the departure from a person’s country of origin may not be rejected automatically as abuse
No 37/2024
: 29 February 2024
Agriculture and fisheries
Distance selling of medicinal products without a prescription: the Court clarifies the conditions under which a Member State may prohibit a service connecting pharmacists and customers for the online sale of medicinal products
No 36/2024
: 28 February 2024
State aid
State aid: the General Court dismisses the actions regarding the financing of the Fehmarn Belt fixed link project between Denmark and Germany
No 35/2024
: 22 February 2024
Principles of Community law
According to Advocate General Priit Pikamäe, a database containing personal data may, under certain conditions, be sold in enforcement proceedings, even if the data subjects have not consented to the sale
No 34/2024
: 22 February 2024
Law governing the institutions
The decision to register partially the European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) ‘Cohesion policy for the equality of the regions and sustainability of the regional cultures’ is upheld following the dismissal of Romania’s appeal
No 33/2024
: 22 February 2024
Freedom of movement for persons
Taking into account of child-raising periods completed in another Member State when calculating a pension for total incapacity for work
No 32/2024
: 22 February 2024
Citizenship of the Union
Citizenship: the refusal by a Member State to issue to one of its nationals, in addition to a passport, an identity card serving as a travel document, on the sole ground that he or she is domiciled in another Member State, is contrary to EU law
No 31/2024
: 21 February 2024
Agriculture and fisheries
The General Court dismisses an action brought against registration of the name ‘Halloumi’ as a protected designation of origin
No 30/2024
: 21 February 2024
Agriculture and fisheries
Plant protection products: the identification of certain risks associated with the use of insecticides does not preclude the renewal of the approval of an active substance
No 29/2024
: 20 February 2024
A fixed-term worker must be informed of the reasons for the termination of his or her employment contract with a notice period where the provision of such information is required for a permanent worker No 28/2024
: 9 February 2024
Digital Markets Act: the application by Bytedance (TikTok) seeking suspension of the Commission decision designating it as a gatekeeper is dismissed
No 27/2024
: 8 February 2024
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
First Advocate General Szpunar: manifest breach of freedom of expression may constitute a ground for refusal of enforcement
No 26/2024
: 8 February 2024
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
A judgment of the Court of Justice can constitute a new element justifying a fresh examination of the substance of the asylum application
No 25/2024
: 7 February 2024
State aid
State aid in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic: the General Court annuls the approval of State aid from the Netherlands amounting to €3.4 billion in favour of KLM
No 24/2024
: 1 February 2024
Competition
Cartel on the truck market: the Court dismisses Scania’s appeal
No 23/2024
: 31 January 2024
Law governing the institutions
Products made from oxo-degradable plastic: the General Court endorses the prohibition on the placing on the market
No 22/2024
: 30 January 2024
Taxation
VAT fraud: Employee using her employer’s details to issue fake invoices is liable for the amount of the taxes entered on them
No 21/2024
: 30 January 2024
Freedom of establishment
Hourly limit for television publicity spots: promotional announcements for radio programmes broadcast on television channels belonging to the same corporate group are not, in principle, announcements about those television channels’ own programmes
No 20/2024
: 30 January 2024
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
Right to erasure: the general and indiscriminate storage of biometric and genetic data of persons convicted of criminal offences, until their death, is contrary to EU law
No 19/2024
: 30 January 2024
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
A recognised unaccompanied minor refugee has the right to family reunification with his or her parents even if he or she reached the age of majority during the family reunification procedure
No 18/2024
: 25 January 2024
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
Advocate General Medina: Member States are not bound to recognise refugee status granted in another Member State
No 17/2024
: 25 January 2024
Intellectual and industrial property
European Union trade mark: a car manufacturer can prohibit the use of a sign identical or similar to the trade mark it owns for spare parts
No 16/2024
: 25 January 2024
Transport
Passengers who did not present themselves for boarding for a flight which arrived with a long delay or who purchased a ticket for an alternative flight and arrived at the destination with a delay of less than three hours are not entitled to fixed compensation
No 15/2024
: 24 January 2024
Intellectual and industrial property
Intellectual property: the General Court of the European Union upholds the validity of the protection of the Lego toy brick
No 14/2024
: 24 January 2024
Intellectual and industrial property
The General Court confirms that the figurative sign NOAH may remain registered as an EU trade mark for ‘polo shirts’ and ‘sweaters’
No 13/2024
: 18 January 2024
Competition
Advocate General Medina: the Court should confirm that the Commission erred in applying the AEC test with respect to HP and Lenovo
No 12/2024
: 18 January 2024
Approximation of laws
Advocate General Medina: the transparency of ‘floor clauses’ in mortgage loan contracts can be reviewed in the context of a collective action
No 11/2024
: 18 January 2024
Disaster involving flight MH17: the confidentiality of certain information concerning aviation safety is justified and proportionate
No 10/2024
: 18 January 2024
Freedom of movement for persons
A worker who was not able to take all of his or her days of paid annual leave before resigning is entitled to an allowance in lieu of that leave
No 9/2024
: 16 January 2024
Law governing the institutions
Lifting of parliamentary immunity: Eva Kaili’s action against the request of the European Chief Prosecutor and the decision of the President of the European Parliament is dismissed
No 8/2024
: 16 January 2024
Principles of Community law
A parliamentary committee of inquiry must in principle comply with the General Data Protection Regulation
No 7/2024
: 16 January 2024
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
Violence against women: the Court clarifies the conditions for qualifying for international protection
No 6/2024
: 11 January 2024
Opinion of the Advocate General in the case C-563/22
Zamestnik-predsedatel na Darzhavna agentsia za bezhantsite
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
No 5/2024
: 11 January 2024
Advocate General Szpunar: a Member State cannot impose general and abstract obligations on an online service provider operating on its territory but established in another Member State
No 4/2024
: 11 January 2024
Competition
Advocate General Kokott proposes that the Court of Justice confirm the fine of €2.4 billion imposed on Google for favouring its own comparison shopping service
No 3/2024
: 11 January 2024
Citizenship of the Union
Advocate General Richard de la Tour: by refusing to grant the right to become members of a political party to Union citizens who are not nationals of Poland or of the Czech Republic but who reside there, those Member States infringed EU electoral law
No 2/2024
: 11 January 2024
State aid
The Court dismisses Wizz Air’s appeal concerning the rescue aid granted by Romania to TAROM
No 1/2024
: 11 January 2024
Law governing the institutions
Energy labelling of vacuum cleaners: the Court of Justice definitively dismisses the action for compensation brought by Dyson
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