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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.
N° 155/2015
: 23 December 2015
Agriculture and fisheries
The Scottish legislation introducing a minimum price per unit of alcohol is contrary to EU law if less restrictive tax measures can be introduced
N° 154/2015
: 23 December 2015
Principles of Community law
Advocate General Kokott considers the new EU tobacco directive of 2014 to be valid
N° 153/2015
: 23 December 2015
Taxation
VAT is chargeable on unused air tickets which are not refundable
N° 152/2015
: 23 December 2015
SOPO
By allowing doctors to work 24 hours or more consecutively, Greek law infringes EU law
N° 151/2015
: 17 December 2015
State aid
The General Court confirms that the State aid in the sum of € 503 million granted by France to Sernam and conditionally approved by the Commission in an earlier decision was wrongfully implemented
N° 150/2015
: 17 December 2015
State aid
The General Court annuls the Commission’s decision that the Spanish tax lease system is an illegal state aid.
N° 149/2015
: 17 December 2015
Approximation of laws
The sodium content of natural mineral waters must be calculated on the basis not only of sodium chloride but also of sodium bicarbonate
N° 148/2015
: 17 December 2015
DFON
The transfer of know-how enabling operation of the erotic site livejasmin.com from Hungary to Madeira where a lower rate of VAT applies does not amount, in itself, to an abusive practice
N° 147/2015
: 16 December 2015
Competition
The General Court annuls the decision by which the Commission imposed fines amounting to approximately €790 million on several airlines for their participation in a cartel on the airfreight market
N° 146/2015
: 16 December 2015
Solemn undertaking before the Court of Justice of the European Union of the newly-appointed Member of the European Court of Auditors.
N° 145/2015
: 16 December 2015
Approximation of laws
By failing to adopt measures concerning the specification of scientific criteria for the determination of endocrine-disrupting properties, the Commission has breached EU law
N° 144/2015
: 10 December 2015
Intellectual and industrial property
The General Court dismisses the action brought by FC Barcelona seeking registration of the outline of its crest as a Community trade mark
N° 143/2015
: 3 December 2015
MARI
Foreign exchange transactions which form part of certain types of foreign currency denominated loans do not constitute an investment service
N° 142/2015
: 26 November 2015
Approximation of laws
An increase in telecommunications charges in accordance with a consumer price index does not allow subscribers to withdraw from their contract
N° 141/2015
: 26 November 2015
State aid
The General Court confirms the Commission’s decision ordering the recovery of State aid granted by Spain to the operators of the terrestrial television platform
N° 140/2015
: 25 November 2015
N° 139/2015
: 17 November 2015
Law governing the institutions
The award of public contracts may be made subject by law to a minimum wage
N° 138/2015
: 16 November 2015
The Court of Justice of the European Union adds its voice to the tributes paid to the victims of the attacks of 13 November in Paris
N° 137/2015
: 13 November 2015
Law governing the institutions
According to the General Court, impact assessments intended to guide the Commission in drawing up its proposals for legislative acts are not, in principle, to be accessible to the public before those proposals have been disclosed
N° 136/2015
: 12 November 2015
State aid
The General Court dismisses the action brought by two minority shareholders of HSH Nordbank and therefore upholds the Commission decision of 2011 authorising, under certain conditions, rescue measures in respect of that bank
N° 135/2015
: 11 November 2015
SOPO
The termination of an employment contract following the worker’s refusal to accept a significant unilateral change to essential elements of the contract which operates to his detriment constitutes a redundancy for the purpose of the directive on collective redundancies
N° 134/2015
: 11 November 2015
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
The Court defines for the first time the concept of extrajudicial documents of which the formal transmission to addressees residing in another Member State is necessary
N° 133/2015
: 11 November 2015
Energy
Dyson’s action for annulment of the regulation on energy labelling of vacuum cleaners is unsuccessful
N° 132/2015
: 10 November 2015
Public procurement
The General Court dismisses an action involving the award of a public service contract by the European Parliament for the supply of fire security, assistance to persons and external surveillance at the European Parliament’s site in Brussels
N° 131/2015
: 30 October 2015
Approval of the proposed reform of the judicial framework of the Court of Justice of the European Union
N° 130/2015
: 29 October 2015
Approximation of laws
The time-limit for challenging mortgage enforcement proceedings in progress when a judgment of the Court of Justice was implemented in Spain is contrary to EU law
N° 129/2015
: 26 October 2015
Common foreign and security policy
The General Court sets aside the freeze on the funds of Andriy Portnov, one-time adviser to the former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych
N° 128/2015
: 22 October 2015
Taxation
The exchange of traditional currencies for units of the ‘bitcoin’ virtual currency is exempt from VAT
N° 127/2015
: 21 October 2015
SERV
The offer of short videos on a newspaper’s website may fall under audiovisual media services legislation
N° 126/2015
: 15 October 2015
Environment and consumers
Because of its delay in implementing the directive on urban waste water treatment, Greece is ordered to pay a fixed sum of €10 million and a periodic fine of €3.64 million per semester of delay
N° 125/2015
: 12 October 2015
N° 124/2015
: 12 October 2015
N° 123/2015
: 8 October 2015
N° 122/2015
: 8 October 2015
Mr Antonio Tizzano is elected Vice-President of the Court of Justice of the European Union
N° 121/2015
: 8 October 2015
N° 120/2015
: 7 October 2015
Intellectual and industrial property
The General Court dismisses the actions brought by the Republic of Cyprus against the decisions to refuse registration of the signs HALLOUMI and XAΛΛOYMI
N° 119/2015
: 7 October 2015
Economic policy
The loss suffered in 2012 by the private holders of Greek debt instruments in connection with the restructuring of the public debt of the Greek State is not attributable to the ECB, but to the economic risks ordinarily inherent in financial sector activities
N° 118/2015
: 6 October 2015
Citizenship of the Union
A Member State can maintain an indefinite ban on voting in European Parliament elections for certain nationals of that State
N° 117/2015
: 6 October 2015
Approximation of laws
The Court of Justice declares that the Commission’s US Safe Harbour Decision is invalid
N° 116/2015
: 6 October 2015
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
According to Advocate General Cruz Villalón, a condition requiring beneficiaries of subsidiary protection to reside in a particular place constitutes a restriction of freedom of movement within a Member State
N° 115/2015
: 6 October 2015
External relations
The General Court annuls the majority of the measures by which the council froze the funds of the football club ‘Dynamo Minsk’
N° 114/2015
: 6 October 2015
Social security for migrant workers
Advocate General Cruz Villalón proposes that the Court should dismiss the Commission’s action against the United Kingdom concerning allowances for children
N° 113/2015
: 5 October 2015
Partial renewal of the membership of the Court of Justice and entry into office of a new Member of the General Court of the European Union
N° 112/2015
: 1 October 2015
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
The ‘Return Directive’ does not, in principle, preclude legislation of a Member State which imposes a prison sentence on a third-country national who unlawfully enters its territory in breach of an entry ban
N° 111/2015
: 1 October 2015
Approximation of laws
Data protection legislation of a Member State may be applied to a foreign company which exercises in that State, through stable arrangements, a real and effective activity
N° 110/2015
: 1 October 2015
Economic policy
Persons whose personal data are subject to transfer and processing between two public administrative bodies must be informed in advance
N° 109/2015
: 30 September 2015
Intellectual and industrial property
The General Court considers that the repute of the Lacoste crocodile is such as to prevent the registration of crocodile or caiman figures for leather goods, clothing and footwear
N° 108/2015
: 30 September 2015
Law governing the institutions
The General Court of the EU confirms that the European citizens’ initiative seeking to allow cancellation of the onerous public debt of countries in a state of necessity such as Greece cannot be registered
N° 107/2015
: 24 September 2015
Law governing the institutions
The General Court annuls three competition notices which require the candidates to choose English, French or German as their second language and as the language of communication with EPSO
N° 106/2015
: 23 September 2015
Approximation of laws
According to Advocate General Bot, the Commission decision finding that the protection of personal data in the United States is adequate does not prevent national authorities from suspending the transfer of the data of European Facebook subscribers to servers located in the United States
N° 105/2015
: 17 September 2015
Transport
Even in the event of a flight cancellation on account of unforeseen technical problems, air carriers are required to compensate passengers
N° 104/2015
: 17 September 2015
Competition
The Court of Justice reduces the fine imposed on Total jointly and severally with Total France from €128 million to €125 million
N° 103/2015
: 17 September 2015
State aid
Due to its delay in recovering aid incompatible with the common market, Italy is ordered to pay a lump sum of €30 million and a fine of €12 million per semester of delay
N° 102/2015
: 16 September 2015
Freedom of movement for persons
By limiting entitlement to disability benefits and the Christmas bonus for persons on a low income to Slovak residents, Slovakia has not failed to fulfil its obligations under an EU regulation
N° 101/2015
: 15 September 2015
DISC
A Member State may exclude Union citizens who go to that State to find work from certain non-contributory social security benefits
N° 100/2015
: 10 September 2015
Approximation of laws
Articles incorporated as components of a complex product must be notified to the European Chemicals Agency when they contain a substance of very high concern in a concentration above 0.1%
N° 99/2015
: 10 September 2015
SOPO
The journeys made by workers without fixed or habitual place of work between their homes and the first and last customer of the day constitute working time
N° 98/2015
: 10 September 2015
Intellectual and industrial property
The General Court dismisses the actions brought by H&M against the registration of two Yves Saint Laurent bag designs
N° 97/2015
: 9 September 2015
Competition
The General Court reduces the fines imposed by the Commission on Panasonic and on Toshiba for their participation in a cartel on the European market for tubes for television sets
N° 96/2015
: 9 September 2015
SOPO
The Portuguese State will have to pay compensation to the employees of TAP’s former subsidiary, Air Atlantis
N° 95/2015
: 8 September 2015
State aid
By preventing, in cases of serious fraud in relation to VAT, the imposition of effective and dissuasive penalties because the overall limitation period is too brief, Italian law is liable to affect the financial interests of the European Union
N° 94/2015
: 3 September 2015
State aid
EU law does not preclude Italian legislation which, by reference to an EU regulation not in force at the time, provides for the application of compound interest to the recovery of State aid
N° 93/2015
: 3 September 2015
Approximation of laws
The Court of Justice confirms the validity of the regulation on trade in seal products
N° 92/2015
: 2 September 2015
Freedom of establishment
The differentiated taxation of dividends received by the parent companies of a tax-integrated group depending on where the subsidiaries are established is contrary to EU law
N° 91/2015
: 16 July 2015
Justice and Home Affairs
The expiry of the timelimits to take a decision on the execution of a European arrest warrant does not free the competent court of its obligation to adopt a decision in that regard and does not preclude, in itself, the continued holding of the requested person in custody
N° 90/2015
: 16 July 2015
Free movement of capital
By imposing a fine, the amount of which corresponds to 60% of the amount of cash which is undeclared when crossing an external border of the EU, Hungarian law infringes EU law
N° 89/2015
: 16 July 2015
SOPO
By prohibiting a male civil servant whose wife does not work from taking parental leave, Greek legislation is incompatible with EU law
N° 88/2015
: 16 July 2015
Competition
The bringing of an action for a prohibitory injunction against an alleged infringer by the proprietor of a standard-essential patent which holds a dominant position may constitute an abuse of that dominant position in certain circumstances
N° 87/2015
: 16 July 2015
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
The court called upon to decide on parental responsibility also has jurisdiction to rule on the maintenance allowance payable by one of the parents in favour of his or her minor children
N° 86/2015
: 16 July 2015
Environment and consumers
As a result of its incorrect application of the Waste Directive in the region of Campania, Italy is ordered to pay a lump sum of €20 million and a daily late-payment penalty of €120 000
N° 85/2015
: 16 July 2015
Citizenship of the Union
A national of a third country who is married to an EU citizen residing in a Member State other than the citizen’s own State can no longer enjoy a right of residence in that State where the EU citizen leaves that State before the commencement of divorce proceedings
N° 84/2015
: 16 July 2015
Principles of Community law
The installation of electricity meters at an inaccessible height in a district densely populated by Roma is liable to constitute discrimination on the grounds of ethnic origin when such meters are installed in other districts at a normal height
N° 83/2015
: 15 July 2015
Competition
The General Court reduces the fines imposed by the Commission on three members of the European pre-stressing steel market cartel
N° 82/2015
: 9 July 2015
State aid
France has failed to fulfil its obligations by failing to recover aid amounting to €220 million granted to SNCM for certain ferry services between Marseille and Corsica
N° 81/2015
: 9 July 2015
SANT
The Court, in line with the General Court, confirms the Commission’s ban against Germany retaining its limit values for arsenic, antimony and mercury in toys
N° 80/2015
: 9 July 2015
SOPO
The Commission has not succeeded in establishing that Ireland has failed to fulfil its obligations under the Working Time Directive for Non-Consultant Hospital Doctors
N° 79/2015
: 9 July 2015
Competition
The Court confirms the €288 million fine imposed on InnoLux for its participation in the cartel on the market for LCD panels
N° 78/2015
: 9 July 2015
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
Member States may require third country nationals to pass a civic integration examination prior to family reunification
N° 77/2015
: 7 July 2015
Agriculture and fisheries
Italian fishermen’s associations cannot challenge before the General Court an action plan providing for national measures in the field, inter alia, of swordfish fishery
N° 76/2015
: 2 July 2015
State aid
The shareholder loan offered to France Télécom by the French authorities at a time when the telephone operator was undergoing a major crisis cannot be classified as State aid
N° 75/2015
: 1 July 2015
SERV
Advocate General Maciej Szpunar considers that the website of a daily newspaper containing audiovisual material is not an audiovisual service within the meaning of EU law
N° 74/2015
: 1 July 2015
Environment and consumers
The obligations laid down by the Water Framework Directive concerning enhancement and prevention of deterioration apply to individual projects such as the deepening of a navigable river
N° 73/2015
: 19 June 2015
N° 72/2015
: 16 June 2015
Freedom of establishment
Italian legislation requiring certification bodies to have their registered office in Italy is contrary to EU law
N° 71/2015
: 16 June 2015
Intellectual and industrial property
The General Court upholds the registration of the shape of Lego figures as a Community trade mark
N° 70/2015
: 16 June 2015
Economic policy
The OMT programme announced by the ECB in September 2012 is compatible with EU law
N° 69/2015
: 11 June 2015
Approximation of laws
Hungarian legislation which prohibits the operation of slot machines outside casinos may be contrary to the principle of freedom to provide services
N° 68/2015
: 11 June 2015
Approximation of laws
The Universal Service Directive does not lay down a social pricing obligation for mobile communications and mobile Internet subscriptions
N° 67/2015
: 11 June 2015
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
Legal proceedings brought in Germany against the Greek State by individuals following the forced exchange of their government bonds may be served on that State in accordance with the EU Regulation on service
N° 66/2015
: 5 June 2015
On the initiative of a number of Members of the Court of Justice, a Liber Amicorum will be presented to Mr Vassilios Skouris to celebrate his 12 years at the head of the institution
N° 65/2015
: 4 June 2015
Taxation
The United Kingdom cannot apply, with respect to all housing, a reduced rate of VAT to the supply and installation of energy-saving materials, since that rate is reserved solely to transactions relating to social housing
N° 64/2015
: 4 June 2015
Approximation of laws
The labelling of a foodstuff must not mislead the consumer by giving the impression that a particular ingredient is present, even though it is not in fact present
N° 63/2015
: 4 June 2015
Approximation of laws
The Court clarifies the rules on consumer protection with regard to the sale of consumer goods and associated guarantees
N° 62/2015
: 4 June 2015
State aid
German duty on nuclear fuel is compatible with EU law
N° 61/2015
: 4 June 2015
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
Member States may require third-country nationals with long-term resident status to pass a civic integration examination
N° 60/2015
: 4 June 2015
Social security for migrant workers
According to Advocate General Wathelet, EU citizens who move to a Member State of which they are not nationals may be excluded from entitlement to certain social benefits during the first three months
N° 59/2015
: 4 June 2015
State aid
The Court of Justice, like the General Court, confirms that the agreement between the Hungarian State and the oil company MOL relating to the exploitation of hydrocarbon fields does not constitute State aid
N° 58/2015
: 21 May 2015
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
Victims of an unlawful cartel may claim compensation for their loss before the courts where one of the participants in the infringement is domiciled
N° 57/2015
: 20 May 2015
Competition
In the context of the cartel on phosphates, the General Court for the first time rules on the relationship between the standard procedure and the settlement procedure, and upholds the fine of nearly €60 million imposed on the Roullier group
N° 56/2015
: 13 May 2015
N° 55/2015
: 13 May 2015
SOPO
The definition of collective redundancy under Spanish law is contrary to EU law
N° 54/2015
: 13 May 2015
State aid
The General Court dismisses the actions brought by the airline Niki Luftfahrt against Lufthansa’s acquisition of Austrian Airlines and the restructuring aid granted by Austria to Austrian in that regard
N° 53/2015
: 12 May 2015
Agriculture and fisheries
The dairy spread known as ‘pomazánkové máslo’ may not be registered as a traditional speciality guaranteed
N° 52/2015
: 12 May 2015
Law governing the institutions
The General Court finds that documents exchanged between the Commission and a national competition authority in proceedings concerning an infringement of the competition rules are not, in principle, accessible to the public
N° 51/2015
: 12 May 2015
Law governing the institutions
The General Court dismisses the action of the former Commissioner John Dalli concerning the fact that President Barroso allegedly required him to resign
N° 50/2015
: 5 May 2015
Intellectual and industrial property
The General Court confirms that there exists a likelihood of confusion between the figurative and word sign SKYPE and the word mark SKY
N° 49/2015
: 5 May 2015
CORE
The Court dismisses both of Spain’s actions against the regulations implementing enhanced cooperation in the area of the creation of unitary patent protection
N° 48/2015
: 30 April 2015
Economic policy
The Court of Justice confirms the inadmissibility of the action brought by 5 217 individuals against a number of ECB ‘decisions’ of 6 September 2012, including that relating to OMT
N° 47/2015
: 30 April 2015
Approximation of laws
The Court clarifies the term ‘establishment’ in connection with collective redundancies
N° 46/2015
: 29 April 2015
SANT
The permanent deferral from blood donation for men who have had sexual relations with another man may be justified, having regard to the situation prevailing in the Member State concerned
N° 45/2015
: 29 April 2015
Freedom of establishment
Member States may require life assurance companies to send clients information other than that listed in the Third Life Assurance Directive
N° 44/2015
: 28 April 2015
N° 43/2015
: 23 April 2015
Agriculture and fisheries
Protection for animals under EU law does not stop at the outer borders of the EU
N° 42/2015
: 23 April 2015
Approximation of laws
An insurance contract must set out transparently, in plain, intelligible language, the functioning of the insurance arrangements, so that that consumer can evaluate the economic consequences which derive from it
N° 41/2015
: 23 April 2015
Competition
The Court confirms the fine of €210 million imposed on LG Display for its participation in the cartel on the market for LCD panels
N° 40/2015
: 23 April 2015
Transport
The holder of a driving licence may be refused the right to drive in the territory of another Member State after committing a road traffic offence in that State which results in his being unfit to drive
N° 39/2015
: 22 April 2015
Community Budget
The General Court annuls the entry of a Greek company in the Early Warning System put in place by the Commission to protect the EU’s financial interests
N° 38/2015
: 22 April 2015
External relations
The General Court confirms the restrictive measures imposed on Mr Johannes Tomana, the Attorney-General of Zimbabwe, and 120 other individuals and companies in that country
N° 37/2015
: 17 April 2015
All European Final of the European Moot Court Competition takes place at the Court of Justice of the European Union in Luxembourg on 17 April
N° 36/2015
: 14 April 2015
SOPO
Spanish legislation on the calculation of permanent invalidity pensions complies with EU law
N° 35/2015
: 26 March 2015
According to Advocate General Wathelet, EU citizens who travel to a Member State of which they are not nationals in order to seek employment may be excluded from entitlement to certain social benefits
N° 34/2015
: 19 March 2015
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
According to Advocate General Kokott, family reunification in the case of married couples who are third-country nationals may in principle be made contingent on the spouse who is intending to join the family passing an examination that tests knowledge of the country and of its language
N° 33/2015
: 11 March 2015
Approximation of laws
In order to prevent insider dealing, information must be made public even if the holder of the information does not know how precisely it will influence the price of financial instruments
N° 32/2015
: 9 March 2015
Competition
The General Court confirms the Commission’s decision prohibiting the proposed merger between Deutsche Börse and NYSE Euronext
N° 31/2015
: 5 March 2015
Approximation of laws
Where a medical device has a potential defect, all products of the same model may be classified as defective
N° 30/2015
: 5 March 2015
Taxation
France and Luxembourg cannot apply a reduced rate of VAT to the supply of electronic books, in contrast with paper books
N° 29/2015
: 4 March 2015
Economic policy
The General Court annuls the Eurosystem Oversight Policy Framework published by the ECB, which requires central counterparties to be located in the Eurozone
N° 28/2015
: 4 March 2015
Environment and consumers
Italian legislation under which owners of land who are not polluters are not required to adopt preventive and remedial measures is compatible with EU law
N° 27/2015
: 3 March 2015
N° 26/2015
: 27 February 2015
Approximation of laws
The Commission may not automatically refuse access to the written submissions of Member States in proceedings before the Court of Justice on the grounds that they are documents used in court proceedings
N° 25/2015
: 26 February 2015
State aid
The reform of the financing of the pensions of civil servants working for France Télécom after its conversion into a public limited company only constitutes compatible State aid subject to the conditions imposed by the Commission
N° 24/2015
: 26 February 2015
Approximation of laws
The cost of the royalty that has to be paid to the author on any resale of a work of art by an art market professional may be borne, definitively, by the seller or the buyer
N° 23/2015
: 26 February 2015
Environment and consumers
EU law precludes a Czech tax on the acquisition free of charge of greenhouse gas emission allowances by electricity producers to the extent that the tax applies to more than 10% of those allowances
N° 22/2015
: 26 February 2015
Social security for migrant workers
The income from assets of French residents who work in another Member State cannot be made subject to French social contributions
N° 21/2015
: 26 February 2015
N° 20/2015
: 26 February 2015
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
The Court of Justice clarifies the conditions in which a third-country national who has deserted may be granted asylum in the EU
N° 19/2015
: 12 February 2015
Approximation of laws
European Union law does not preclude, in principle, Hungarian legislation pursuant to which disputes concerning the invalidity of unfair terms must be referred to the county courts in that country
N° 18/2015
: 12 February 2015
State aid
The Court holds that France has not taken all the necessary measures to recover aid granted illegally to French fruit and vegetable producers
N° 17/2015
: 12 February 2015
The Court clarifies the concept of ‘minimum rates of pay’ for posted workers
N° 16/2015
: 11 February 2015
Visit to the Court of Justice of the European Union of Mr Miro Cerar, Prime Minister of the Republic of Slovenia
N° 15/2015
: 11 February 2015
N° 14/2015
: 5 February 2015
State aid
The General Court partially annuls the Commission decision ordering Ireland to recover the sum of €8 per passenger from the beneficiary airlines
N° 13/2015
: 3 February 2015
Freedom of establishment
UK legislation allowing cross-border group relief subject to certain conditions, introduced following the Marks & Spencer judgment, is compatible with EU law
N° 12/2015
: 28 January 2015
Solemn undertaking by Mr Arias Cañete, Member of the European Commission before the Court of Justice of the European Union
N° 11/2015
: 28 January 2015
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
In the view of Advocate General Maciej Szpunar, an integration obligation imposed on long-term residents is not contrary to EU law, provided that it does not constitute a condition for the maintenance of that status
N° 10/2015
: 22 January 2015
Freedom of establishment
EU law does not preclude the organisation in Italy of a new call for tenders for the award of gambling and betting licences whose period of validity is shorter than that of licences awarded previously
N° 9/2015
: 21 January 2015
Approximation of laws
Spanish legislation according to which the national court is required to recalculate default interest whose rate is more than three times greater than the statutory rate is compatible with EU law
N° 8/2015
: 21 January 2015
External relations
The General Court confirms the restrictive measures against Mohammad Makhlouf, a close associate of Bashar Al-Assad
N° 7/2015
: 21 January 2015
Competition
The General Court provides clarification as to the functioning of the European Network of Competition Authorities
N° 6/2015
: 15 January 2015
Intellectual and industrial property
The Principality of Monaco cannot benefit from the protection of the trade mark MONACO in the EU in respect of certain goods and services
N° 5/2015
: 15 January 2015
State aid
The General Court confirms that the aid granted by the SNCF to SeaFrance is incompatible with the internal market
N° 4/2015
: 15 January 2015
Transport
A computerised booking system must, from the outset, indicate the final price to be paid for each flight from an EU airport in respect of which the fare is shown
N° 3/2015
: 14 January 2015
State aid
Allowing London taxis to use bus lanes while prohibiting private hire vehicles from doing so does not appear to involve State aid
N° 2/2015
: 14 January 2015
Economic policy
According to Advocate General Cruz Villalón, the ECB’s Outright Monetary Transactions programme is compatible, in principle, with the TFEU
N° 1/2015
: 8 January 2015
State aid
The exclusive right of the Greek gambling body to operate 35 000 Video Lottery Terminals and 13 games of chance does not constitute State aid
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