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Press releases are intended to inform the general public and journalists in an accessible style, about matters of media interest or which have an impact on the lives of citizens. They also cover major institutional events.
The Court also produces
résumés
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 83/2025
: 3 July 2025
Bankrupt consumer: the bankruptcy court must be able to examine ex officio whether contractual terms are unfair
No 82/2025
: 3 July 2025
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
International protection: Greek legislation obliging an applicant for international protection to appear in person at the hearing to examine his or her appeal and providing for a presumption that an appeal has been improperly brought in the event of non-compliance with that obligation is contrary to EU law
No 81/2025
: 2 July 2025
European Union trade marks: the General Court annuls the decisions revoking Ferrari’s rights in the word mark TESTAROSSA for certain goods, including cars, parts and accessories, and scale models of cars
No 80/2025
: 2 July 2025
Competition
Merger control: the General Court upholds the Commission’s decision to examine, at the request of Luxembourg, the acquisition of Boissons Heintz by Brasserie Nationale (Munhowen)
No 79/2025
: 26 June 2025
State aid
The Court of Justice confirms annulment of the Commission decision declaring unlawful the Spanish tax scheme on the deduction for indirect acquisitions of shareholdings in foreign companies
No 78/2025
: 26 June 2025
Approximation of laws
A medicinal herbal tea classified as a traditional herbal medicinal product cannot, in principle, be marketed with the organic logo
No 77/2025
: 26 June 2025
Competition
The Court of Justice confirms, as previously done so by the General Court, the Commission’s approval of the acquisition of certain E.ON generation assets by RWE
No 76/2025
: 25 June 2025
Nero CHAMPAGNE cannot be registered as an EU trade mark for wine bearing the protected designation of origin ‘Champagne’
No 75/2025
: 25 June 2025
State aid
The General Court dismisses Ryanair’s action against the Commission’s approval of the COVID-19 aid granted by Germany to Condor for 2020
No 74/2025
: 24 June 2025
Consumer protection and the requirement of effective judicial protection mean that consumers must be able, under certain conditions, to challenge the lawfulness of the transfer of ownership to a third party following the enforcement of a mortgage on their family home
No 73/2025
: 19 June 2025
Environment and consumers
Liability for Vaccines: AG Medina suggests that the unconditional application of a ten-year expiry period in the case of progressive injuries is contrary to the Charter
No 72/2025
: 19 June 2025
Competition
In the Google Android case, Advocate General Kokott proposes that the Court of Justice dismiss Google’s appeal and, therefore, that it confirm the new fine of €4.124 billion set by the General Court
No 71/2025
: 19 June 2025
Approximation of laws
The prohibition on advertising for pharmacies in force in Poland is contrary to EU law
No 70/2025
: 16 June 2025
Entry into office of a new Member of the Court of Justice and of two new Members of the General Court of the European Union No 69/2025
: 12 June 2025
Law governing the institutions
Advocate General Ćapeta: Return Operations - the General Court erred in its assessment of the causal link in an action for damages brought by a Syrian family against Frontex
No 68/2025
: 12 June 2025
Public procurement
Galileo Programme: the judgment of the General Court dismissing OHB System’s action against the award of the contract for transition satellites is set aside
No 67/2025
: 11 June 2025
Agriculture
The actions brought against the Commission’s determination of areas to be protected in certain deep-sea fishing grounds where vulnerable marine ecosystems are known to occur or are likely to occur are dismissed
No 66/2025
: 5 June 2025
External relations
2020 EU-US Tariff Dispute: Advocate General Ćapeta - the Commission did not violate Zippo’s right to be heard
No 65/2025
: 5 June 2025
External relations
Freezing of funds: AG Medina considers the criterion for the inclusion of leading businesspersons on the restrictive measures lists, following the invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation, to be lawful
No 64/2025
: 5 June 2025
Freedom of establishment
EU values: Advocate General Ćapeta considers that, by prohibiting or restricting access to LGBTI content, Hungary infringed EU law
No 63/2025
: 5 June 2025
Environment and consumers
For the first time, the Court finds that Greece has failed to update the flood risk management plans for 14 river basin districts
No 62/2025
: 3 June 2025
A third-country national who enters the European Union in an unauthorised manner cannot be penalised for facilitation of unauthorised entry solely because he or she is accompanied by his or her minor child
No 61/2025
: 15 May 2025
Competition
Advocate General Emiliou: Sports governing bodies are limited in their self-regulation if there is a significant impact on matters governed by EU law
No 60/2025
: 14 May 2025
Law governing the institutions
Access to documents: the Commission decision refusing a journalist of The New York Times access to the text messages exchanged between President von der Leyen and the CEO of Pfizer is annulled
No 59/2025
: 8 May 2025
Environment and consumers
Waste management: the Court imposes a financial penalty on Slovenia for having failed to comply with its obligations with regard to the landfilling of waste
No 58/2025
: 5 May 2025
Solemn undertaking of Ms Kaja Kallas, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission
No 57/2025
: 30 April 2025
Agriculture
Advertising using health claims relating to botanical substances is currently prohibited
No 56/2025
: 30 April 2025
Restrictive measures: the ban on the export of banknotes denominated in euro or in another official currency of a Member State to Russia also applies when the money is intended to finance medical treatments
No 55/2025
: 29 April 2025
Principles of Community law
Advocate General Spielmann: the involvement of a body lacking a guarantee of independence in a procedure for the appointment of a judge does not, in itself, justify the exclusion of that judge
No 54/2025
: 29 April 2025
State aid
State aid: the Court specifies the circumstances in which tax exemptions may be prohibited by EU law
No 53/2025
: 29 April 2025
Freedom of establishment
The Court of Justice provides clarity on the circumstances in which a concession may be modified without a new award procedure
No 52/2025
: 29 April 2025
Citizenship of the Union
Union citizenship: the Maltese investor citizenship scheme is contrary to EU law
No 51/2025
: 10 April 2025
The European Parliament and the Court of Justice of the European Union meet for their annual dialogue
No 50/2025
: 10 April 2025
Principles of Community law
Advocate General Spielmann: a national court is required to disregard, or find to be legally non-existent, the judgment of a higher court that does not meet the requirement of a tribunal previously established by law
No 49/2025
: 10 April 2025
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
International protection: according to Advocate General Richard de la Tour, a Member State may designate safe countries of origin by a legislative act and must disclose, for the purpose of judicial review, the sources of information upon which that designation is based No 48/2025
: 10 April 2025
Law governing the institutions
Action for damages against Frontex: AG Norkus analyses the allocation of the burden of proof in relation to the existence of damage in collective expulsion cases
No 47/2025
: 10 April 2025
Citizenship of the Union
A third-country national who is the parent of a Union citizen enjoys a derived right of residence for more than three months in the host Member State if he or she proves, first, that he or she was dependent on that citizen in his country of origin on the date on which he or she left that country and, second, that he or she is dependent on that citizen on the date on which his or her application for a residence card was submitted, if several years have elapsed between those two dates
No 46/2025
: 10 April 2025
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
The Member State of residence of a requested person cannot refuse to execute a European arrest warrant in order to ensure that person’s presence when the criminal proceedings are resumed
No 45/2025
: 8 April 2025
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
The procedural acts of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) that are capable of affecting the legal situation of the persons challenging them must be amenable to judicial review
No 44/2025
: 3 April 2025
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 43/2025
: 3 April 2025
Citizenship of the Union
Advocate General Richard de la Tour: EU law requires a Member State to recognise the marriage between persons of the same sex concluded in another Member State and does not require the transcription of the marriage certificate in a civil register
No 42/2025
: 3 April 2025
Approximation of laws
According to Advocate General Rantos, Hungary infringed EU law by refusing to renew Klubrádió’s contract for the use of the 92.9 MHz frequency and by excluding it from the call for tenders relating to that frequency
No 41/2025
: 3 April 2025
Arrest warrants issued by the United Kingdom: a hardening of the conditions for release on licence does not, in principle, preclude the surrender of the requested person
No 40/2025
: 27 March 2025
Environment and consumers
Urban waste water treatment: the Court imposes financial penalties on Italy for failing to comply with its collection and treatment obligations for four agglomerations No 39/2025
: 26 March 2025
Competition
Cartel in the European Government Bonds sector: the General Court largely confirms the decision of the Commission No 38/2025
: 24 March 2025
No 37/2025
: 21 March 2025
Judicial statistics 2024: significant increase both in new cases before the Court of Justice and in cases completed by the institution as a whole No 36/2025
: 20 March 2025
Environment and consumers
Consumer protection: a contractual term obliging a young sportsman to transfer part of his income if he becomes a professional athlete may be unfair
No 35/2025
: 13 March 2025
No 34/2025
: 13 March 2025
Principles of Community law
GDPR and transgender identity: the rectification of data relating to gender identity cannot be made conditional upon proof of surgery
No 33/2025
: 13 March 2025
External relations
War in Ukraine: the Court of Justice confirms the restrictive measures adopted against Mr Igor Shuvalov, former Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Government
No 32/2025
: 12 March 2025
Staff Regulations of Officials
Harassment complaint against a former Member of the European Parliament: the General Court annuls the finding of harassment and the penalty imposed by the President of the Parliament, on the ground of failure to observe the rights of the defence
No 31/2025
: 11 March 2025
Rule of law: Advocate General Spielmann considers that the action brought by the European Commission concerning the Polish Constitutional Court is well founded
No 30/2025
: 6 March 2025
Environment and consumers
The Court imposes financial penalties on Croatia for failing to manage, in an appropriate manner, waste deposited in a landfill and posing a danger to human health and the environment
No 29/2025
: 6 March 2025
Approximation of laws
Failure to fulfil obligations: Five Member States are ordered to pay financial penalties for failing to transpose the Whistleblowers directive
No 28/2025
: 6 March 2025
Law governing the institutions
Independence of judges: the decision to withdraw cases from a judge must be based on objective and precise criteria
No 27/2025
: 6 March 2025
Transport
Air passenger rights: a boarding pass may be sufficient to prove a confirmed reservation on a flight
No 26/2025
: 27 February 2025
Solemn undertaking before the Court of Justice of the European Union by the European Ombudsman
No 25/2025
: 27 February 2025
Law governing the institutions
Advocate General Medina: by voting against the Council’s Decision establishing the position of the European Union on the reclassification of cannabis and cannabis-related substances, Hungary infringed EU law
No 24/2025
: 27 February 2025
State aid
Advocate General Medina proposes to set aside the judgment of the General Court that upheld the Commission’s decision to approve aid from Hungary for two new nuclear reactors at Paks
No 23/2025
: 27 February 2025
Approximation of laws
Member States may authorise advertising measures to promote the purchase of unspecified prescription-only medicinal products in the form of price reductions or payments of an exact amount
No 22/2025
: 27 February 2025
Principles of Community law
Automated credit assessment: the data subject is entitled to an explanation as to how the decision was taken in respect of him or her
No 21/2025
: 27 February 2025
Property intermediation services: EU law does not preclude a cap limiting commissions charged by property agencies to 4% of the sale price or of the rent amount
No 20/2025
: 25 February 2025
Law governing the institutions
Judicial independence: the Court of Justice clarifies the requirements of EU law concerning the determination of national judges’ remuneration
No 19/2025
: 25 February 2025
Competition
A refusal by an undertaking in a dominant position to ensure that its platform is interoperable with an app of another undertaking, which thereby becomes more attractive, can be abusive
No 18/2025
: 13 February 2025
Principles of Community law
AG Ćapeta: The Danish legislation on public housing in transformation areas constitutes direct discrimination based on an ethnic criterion
No 17/2025
: 13 February 2025
AG Spielmann: Arrest Warrants under the TCA with the United Kingdom - changes in parole rules do not, in principle, fall under the concept of "heavier penalty" under the EU Charter
No 16/2025
: 13 February 2025
Environment and consumers
Consumer credit agreements: in the event of failure to comply with the obligation to provide information, a bank may be deprived of its right to interest
No 15/2025
: 10 February 2025
No 14/2025
: 6 February 2025
Freedom of establishment
Electronic commerce and the GDPR: Advocate General Szpunar clarifies the responsibilities of the operator of an online marketplace
No 13/2025
: 5 February 2025
State aid
The General Court dismisses Ryanair’s action against the European Commission’s decision once again approving rescue aid to TAP in the context of the COVID19 pandemic
No 12/2025
: 5 February 2025
Law governing the institutions
The 2019 reform of the Polish judicial system: the General Court confirms that Poland must pay a total amount of approximately €320,200,000 in respect of the penalty payment decided upon by the Court of Justice during the infringement proceedings
No 11/2025
: 4 February 2025
Law governing the institutions
The Commission’s obligation to disclose the identity of the members of the negotiating team for the advance purchase of Covid-19 vaccines is temporarily suspended, pending the Court’s ruling. No 10/2025
: 4 February 2025
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
International protection: EU law does not preclude, under certain conditions, beneficiaries of international protection from having to pass a civic integration examination
No 9/2025
: 3 February 2025
New accessions
Rule of law: action brought by a professional association of Romanian prosecutors against the Commission decision repealing the decision establishing the mechanism for cooperation and verification is dismissed as inadmissible
No 8/2025
: 28 January 2025
Competition
Compensation for harm caused by a cartel: national legislation preventing a group action for collection may infringe EU law
No 7/2025
: 27 January 2025
The President and Members of the European Commission give a solemn undertaking before the Court of Justice of the European Union
No 6/2025
: 16 January 2025
Sports arbitration: AG Ćapeta proposes that awards by the Court of Arbitration for Sport must be open to full review by national courts to ensure the compatibility of FIFA rules with EU law No 5/2025
: 16 January 2025
Citizenship of the Union
Erasmus+ grant: the amount paid to a student should not be taken into account in calculating the income tax of the parent on whom that student is dependent
No 4/2025
: 15 January 2025
External relations
War in Ukraine: the General Court confirms the restrictive measures adopted against the Russian mobile telephone operator MegaFon
No 3/2025
: 9 January 2025
Competition
Competition law and distribution deals: The exclusive distributor must be protected against active sales in its territory by all the supplier’s other buyers
No 2/2025
: 9 January 2025
Principles of Community law
GDPR and rail transport: a customer’s gender identity is not necessary data for the purchase of a transport ticket
No 1/2025
: 8 January 2025
Law governing the institutions
The General Court orders the Commission to pay damages to a visitor to its ‘Conference on the Future of Europe’ website as a result of the transfer of personal data to the United States
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