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N° 206/2024
: 19 Nollaig 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
N° 205/2024
: 19 Nollaig 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
N° 204/2024
: 19 Nollaig 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
N° 203/2024
: 19 Nollaig 2024
Cosaint shealadach do dhaoine easáitithe ón Úcráin: féadfaidh Ballstát a leathnaigh an chosaint sin chuig catagóirí áirithe daoine, thar a gceanglaítear le dlí an Aontais, an chosaint sin a tharraingt siar gan fanacht go dtí go dtiocfaidh deireadh leis an gcosaint shealadach a dheonaítear faoi dhlí an Aontais
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
N° 202/2024
: 19 Nollaig 2024
Féadfar rannpháirtíocht infheisteoirí airgeadais amháin i ngnólacht dlí a thoirmeasc
A holding by purely financial investors in a law firm may be prohibited N° 201/2024
: 19 Nollaig 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
N° 200/2024
: 18 Nollaig 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
N° 199/2024
: 18 Nollaig 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
N° 198/2024
: 12 Nollaig 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
N° 197/2024
: 12 Nollaig 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
N° 196/2024
: 27 Samhain 2024
Competition
Competition in the field of Euro Interest Rate Derivatives: the General Court confirms the Commission’s amended decision against HSBC
N° 195/2024
: 27 Samhain 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
N° 194/2024
: 19 Samhain 2024
Saoránacht an Aontais Eorpaigh: sáraíonn diúltú an chirt chun ballraíocht a ghlacadh i bpáirtí polaitíochta do shaoránaigh an Aontais a bhfuil cónaí orthu i mBallstát nach náisiúnaigh dá chuid iad dlí an Aontais
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
N° 193/2024
: 13 Samhain 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
N° 192/2024
: 13 Samhain 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
N° 191/2024
: 13 Samhain 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
N° 190/2024
: 7 Samhain 2024
N° 189/2024
: 7 Samhain 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 N° 188/2024
: 7 Samhain 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
N° 187/2024
: 6 Samhain 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
N° 186/2024
: 6 Samhain 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’)
N° 185/2024
: 24 Deireadh Fómhair 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
N° 184/2024
: 24 Deireadh Fómhair 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
N° 183/2024
: 22 Deireadh Fómhair 2024
Ní féidir leis na hoibreoirí eacnamaíocha ó thríú tír nár thug comhaontú idirnáisiúnta i gcrích leis an Aontas a bhaineann le conarthaí poiblí a bheith ag brath ar an chóir chomhionann sa réimse sin
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
N° 182/2024
: 17 Deireadh Fómhair 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 N° 181/2024
: 17 Deireadh Fómhair 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
N° 180/2024
: 10 Deireadh Fómhair 2024
N° 179/2024
: 10 Deireadh Fómhair 2024
Aistriú inniúlachta páirteach ón gCúirt Bhreithiúnais chuig an gCúirt Ghinearálta: Dlísheomra a chruthú laistigh den Chúirt Ghinearálta ag a bhfuil speisialtóireacht i gcásanna réamhrialaithe agus Abhcóidí Ginearálta a thoghadh
N° 178/2024
: 8 Deireadh Fómhair 2024
N° 177/2024
: 8 Deireadh Fómhair 2024
N° 176/2024
: 8 Deireadh Fómhair 2024
N° 175/2024
: 8 Deireadh Fómhair 2024
N° 174/2024
: 7 Deireadh Fómhair 2024
N° 173/2024
: 4 Deireadh Fómhair 2024
Transport
Den chuid is mó, deimhníonn an Chúirt bailíocht an Phacáiste Soghluaisteachta N° 172/2024
: 4 Deireadh Fómhair 2024
Freedom of movement for persons
Football: some FIFA rules on international transfers of professional footballers are contrary to EU law N° 171/2024
: 4 Deireadh Fómhair 2024
Ní gá go mbeadh rochtain na bpóilíní ar shonraí fón póca teoranta don choireacht thromchúiseach a chomhrac
N° 170/2024
: 4 Deireadh Fómhair 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
N° 169/2024
: 4 Deireadh Fómhair 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
N° 168/2024
: 4 Deireadh Fómhair 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 N° 167/2024
: 4 Deireadh Fómhair 2024
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
Discriminatory measures adopted in respect of women by the Taliban regime constitute acts of persecution
N° 166/2024
: 4 Deireadh Fómhair 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
N° 165/2024
: 4 Deireadh Fómhair 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
N° 164/2024
: 4 Deireadh Fómhair 2024
Breithiúnas na Cúirte Breithiúnais i gcás C-633/22
Real Madrid Club de Fútbol
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
N° 163/2024
: 4 Deireadh Fómhair 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
N° 162/2024
: 4 Deireadh Fómhair 2024
Beartas tearmainn: ní mór críoch iomlán tríú tír a chumhdach le hainmniú na tíre sin mar thír shábháilte thionscnaimh
Asylum policy: the designation of a third country as a safe country of origin must cover its entire territory
N° 161/2024
: 4 Deireadh Fómhair 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
N° 160/2024
: 4 Deireadh Fómhair 2024
Lipéadú táirgí orgánacha: Ní fhéadfar lógó an Aontais maidir le táirgeadh orgánach a bheith ar tháirge bia a allmhairítear ó thríú tír ach amháin má chomhlíonann sé ceanglais uile dhlí an Aontais
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 N° 159/2024
: 4 Deireadh Fómhair 2024
RGCS: Féadfaidh na Ballstáit foráil a dhéanamh maidir leis an deis a bheith ag iomaitheoirí dhéantóir líomhnaithe an tsáraithe ar chosaint sonraí agóid a dhéanamh i gcoinne an té a líomhnaítear go ndearna sé sárú ar chosaint sonraí pearsanta sa chúirt mar chleachtas tráchtála éagórach toirmiscthe
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 N° 158/2024
: 4 Deireadh Fómhair 2024
Is ionann diúltú Ballstáit aitheantas a thabhairt d’athrú céadainm agus inscne a rinneadh go dleathach i mBallstát eile agus sárú ar chearta shaoránaigh an Aontais
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
N° 157/2024
: 4 Deireadh Fómhair 2024
Competition
Competition: the Court of Justice rules on the cartel on the Italian market for concrete reinforcing bars
N° 156/2024
: 4 Deireadh Fómhair 2024
Competition
Competition: the Court upholds the decision of the European Commission prohibiting the proposed merger between thyssenkrupp and Tata Steel
N° 155/2024
: 2 Deireadh Fómhair 2024
Bearta sriantacha mar fhreagairt ar an gcogadh san Úcráin: tá an toirmeasc ar sheirbhísí comhairleacha dlíthiúla a sholáthar do Rialtas na Rúise agus d’eintitis atá bunaithe sa Rúis bailí
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
N° 154/2024
: 1 Deireadh Fómhair 2024
Feidhm ag na rialacha maidir le haistriú páirteach na dlínse chun réamhrialuithe a thabhairt ón gCúirt Bhreithiúnais chuig an gCúirt Ghinearálta
N° 153/2024
: 26 Meán Fómhair 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’.
N° 152/2024
: 26 Meán Fómhair 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
N° 151/2024
: 26 Meán Fómhair 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
N° 150/2024
: 26 Meán Fómhair 2024
Right to an effective remedy: a national court is not required to apply a decision of its constitutional court that infringes EU law
N° 149/2024
: 26 Meán Fómhair 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
N° 148/2024
: 25 Meán Fómhair 2024
Energy
Electricity transmission: the General Court clarifies the scope of compulsory regional coordination with regard to the operational security of electricity transmission systems
N° 147/2024
: 25 Meán Fómhair 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
N° 146/2024
: 19 Meán Fómhair 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
N° 145/2024
: 19 Meán Fómhair 2024
Competition
Online accommodation reservation platforms: price parity clauses cannot, in principle, be classified as ‘ancillary restraints’ for the purposes of EU competition law
N° 144/2024
: 19 Meán Fómhair 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
N° 143/2024
: 18 Meán Fómhair 2024
Competition
Google AdSense: The General Court annuls the Commission’s decision N° 142/2024
: 18 Meán Fómhair 2024
Competition
Abuse of a dominant position: the General Court largely upholds the fine imposed on Qualcomm
N° 141/2024
: 12 Meán Fómhair 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 N° 140/2024
: 11 Meán Fómhair 2024
Smachtbhannaí eacnamaíocha i gcoinne na Rúise: tá dlínse ag an gComhairle oibleagáidí tuairiscithe agus maidir le comhar a bhunú chun éifeachtúlacht na mbeart maidir le reo na gcistí a áirithiú
Economic sanctions against Russia: the Council has the power to establish reporting and cooperation obligations to ensure the effectiveness of fund-freezing measures
N° 139/2024
: 11 Meán Fómhair 2024
N° 138/2024
: 11 Meán Fómhair 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 N° 137/2024
: 11 Meán Fómhair 2024
An cogadh san Úcráin: deimhníonn an Chúirt Ghinearálta na bearta sriantacha a glacadh i gcoinne chuideachta airgeadais na Rúise NSD
War in Ukraine: the General Court confirms the restrictive measures adopted against the Russian finance company NSD
N° 136/2024
: 10 Meán Fómhair 2024
External relations
Bearta sriantacha i gcoinne na Rúise: ceadaítear fáltais iomlán idirbhirt a chumhdaítear leis an toirmeasc ar sheirbhísí bróicéireachta a sholáthar do threalamh míleata a choigistiú N° 135/2024
: 10 Meán Fómhair 2024
Seasann an Chúirt leis an bhfíneáil EUR 2.4 billiún a ghearr Google as mí-úsáid a bhaint as a cheannasacht trí thús áite a thabhairt dá sheirbhís siopadóireachta comparáide féin
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
N° 134/2024
: 10 Meán Fómhair 2024
Comhbheartas Eachtrach agus Slándála (CBES): soiléiríonn an Chúirt Bhreithiúnais raon feidhme dhlínse Chúirteanna an Aontais Eorpaigh
Common foreign and security policy (CFSP): the Court of Justice clarifies the scope of the jurisdiction of the Courts of the European Union
N° 133/2024
: 10 Meán Fómhair 2024
Rialuithe cánach: Cuirtear ar neamhní breithiúnas na Cúirte Ginearálta maidir le rialuithe cánach arna ndeonú ag Éirinn i bhfabhar Apple ag an gCúirt Bhreithiúnais
Tax rulings: the Court of Justice sets aside the judgment of the General Court concerning tax rulings issued by Ireland in favour of Apple
N° 132/2024
: 5 Meán Fómhair 2024
Competition
AG Medina: Google’s refusal to provide third-party access to Android Auto platform may be in breach of competition rules
N° 131/2024
: 5 Meán Fómhair 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
N° 130/2024
: 5 Meán Fómhair 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
N° 129/2024
: 5 Meán Fómhair 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
N° 128/2024
: 4 Meán Fómhair 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
N° 127/2024
: 3 Meán Fómhair 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
N° 126/2024
: 30 Lúnasa 2024
Tiocfaidh leasuithe tábhachtacha ar rialacha nós imeachta na Cúirte Breithiúnais agus na Cúirte Ginearálta i bhfeidhm an 1 Meán Fómhair
N° 125/2024
: 12 Lúnasa 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
N° 124/2024
: 29 Iúil 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
N° 123/2024
: 29 Iúil 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
N° 122/2024
: 29 Iúil 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
N° 121/2024
: 29 Iúil 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
N° 120/2024
: 29 Iúil 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
N° 119/2024
: 29 Iúil 2024
Taxation
Combating aggressive tax planning: the Court upholds the validity of various provisions of the EU directive
N° 118/2024
: 29 Iúil 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
N° 117/2024
: 29 Iúil 2024
Barántais ghabhála arna n-eisiúint ag an Ríocht Aontaithe: Soiléiríonn an Chúirt na coinníollacha ina bhféadfar na barántais sin a fhorghníomhú san Aontas Eorpach
N° 116/2024
: 29 Iúil 2024
Breithiúna an Aontais a cheapadh : féadfaidh Ballstát iarrthóir a mholadh as measc na n-iarrthóirí ar liosta arna tharraingt suas ag grúpa náisiúnta saineolaithe neamhspleácha, seachas an t-iarrthóir is airde rangú ar an liosta, ar choinníoll go gcomhlíonann an t-iarrthóir atá beartaithe na ceanglais a leagtar síos sna Conarthaí
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
N° 115/2024
: 29 Iúil 2024
Cúnamh sóisialta: Ní féidir rochtain náisiúnach tríú tír ar cónaitheoirí fadtéarmacha iad ar bheart maidir le slándáil shóisialta, cúnamh sóisialta nó cosaint shóisialta a chur faoi réir an choinníll maidir le cónaí i mBallstát ar feadh thréimhse 10 mbliana ar a laghad
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
N° 114/2024
: 17 Iúil 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
N° 113/2024
: 17 Iúil 2024
Law governing the institutions
The Commission did not give the public sufficiently wide access to the purchase agreements for Covid-19 vaccines N° 112/2024
: 11 Iúil 2024
Approximation of laws
The collective redundancies directive also applies in the event of the employer’s retirement
N° 111/2024
: 11 Iúil 2024
Environment and consumers
The prohibition of hunting wolves in Austria is valid
N° 110/2024
: 11 Iúil 2024
An Smacht Reachta: ní mór d’fhoirmíocht na cúirte atá i gceannas ar chás cinneadh a dhéanamh ar thoradh an cháis ina haonar
Rule of law: only the judicial panel responsible for a case can decide its outcome
N° 109/2024
: 4 Iúil 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
N° 108/2024
: 27 Meitheamh 2024
A pregnant worker must be afforded a reasonable time limit in order to be able to bring an action against her dismissal
N° 107/2024
: 27 Meitheamh 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
N° 106/2024
: 25 Meitheamh 2024
Caithfear oibriúchán oibreacha cruach Ilva a chur ar fionraí sa chás go gcruthaítear bagairtí tromchúiseacha agus suntasacha leis do shláine an chomhshaoil agus do shláinte an duine
The operation of the Ilva steelworks must be suspended if it poses serious and significant threats to the environment and human health N° 105/2024
: 21 Meitheamh 2024
N° 104/2024
: 20 Meitheamh 2024
Posted Ukrainian workers: the Member State in which the works are carried out may impose an obligation to obtain a residence permit
N° 103/2024
: 20 Meitheamh 2024
Approximation of laws
Advertising for biocidal products: EU law prohibits use of the indication ‘skin friendly’
N° 102/2024
: 18 Meitheamh 2024
Stádas dídeanaí: níl sé d’oibleagáid ar Bhallstát aitheantas a thabhairt go huathoibríoch do stádas dídeanaí a dheonaítear i mBallstát eile
Refugee status: a Member State is not required automatically to recognise refugee status granted in another Member State
N° 101/2024
: 18 Meitheamh 2024
Cuirtear cosc ar eiseachadadh an duine lena mbaineann chuig a thír thionscnaimh nuair a dheonaítear stádas dídeanaí dó i mBallstát
The granting of refugee status in a Member State precludes the extradition of the person concerned to his or her country of origin
N° 100/2024
: 13 Meitheamh 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
N° 99/2024
: 13 Meitheamh 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 N° 98/2024
: 12 Meitheamh 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
N° 97/2024
: 11 Meitheamh 2024
Ní mór don Choimisiún ús a íoc ar fhíneálacha a d’fhorchuir sé go míchuí in ábhair iomaíochta ar dá réir a bhailigh sé méideanna go sealadach
N° 96/2024
: 11 Meitheamh 2024
Cosaint idirnáisiúnta: is féidir stádas dídeanaí a thabhairt do mhná a thacaíonn le luach an chomhionannais inscne
International protection: refugee status may be granted to women who identify with the value of equality between women and men N° 95/2024
: 6 Meitheamh 2024
Approximation of laws
Public procurement: a tenderer who has been unlawfully excluded from a procurement procedure may claim damages for loss of opportunity
N° 94/2024
: 6 Meitheamh 2024
State aid
COVID-19: the Court upholds the Commission’s decision authorising the solvency support fund for strategic Spanish undertakings
N° 93/2024
: 5 Meitheamh 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
N° 92/2024
: 5 Meitheamh 2024
Cailleann McDonald’s trádmharc an Aontais Eorpaigh Big Mac le haghaidh táirgí éineola
McDonald’s loses the EU trade mark Big Mac in respect of poultry products
N° 91/2024
: 4 Meitheamh 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
N° 90/2024
: 30 Bealtaine 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
N° 89/2024
: 30 Bealtaine 2024
E-commerce: a Member State may not impose additional obligations on an online service provider established in another Member State
N° 88/2024
: 29 Bealtaine 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
N° 87/2024
: 29 Bealtaine 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
N° 86/2024
: 16 Bealtaine 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"
N° 85/2024
: 16 Bealtaine 2024
Freedom of movement for persons
Equal treatment: frontier workers must enjoy the same social advantages as resident workers
N° 84/2024
: 8 Bealtaine 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
N° 83/2024
: 8 Bealtaine 2024
State aid
The General Court of the European Union annuls the decision of the Commission to approve restructuring aid for charter airline Condor
N° 82/2024
: 8 Bealtaine 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
N° 81/2024
: 7 Bealtaine 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
N° 80/2024
: 7 Bealtaine 2024
Níl sé de chumhacht ag coimisiún eadrána de chuid na hOstaire atá inniúil as dópáil sa spórt a chomhrac ceisteanna a chur faoi bhráid na Cúirte Breithiúnais
The Austrian arbitration committee competent to combat doping in sport is not entitled to submit questions to the Court of Justice
N° 79/2024
: 30 Aibreán 2024
N° 78/2024
: 30 Aibreán 2024
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
AG Szpunar: Some FIFA rules on transfer of players may prove to be contrary to EU law
N° 77/2024
: 30 Aibreán 2024
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
EncroChat: sonraíonn an Chúirt Bhreithiúnais na coinníollacha maidir le fianaise a tharchur agus a úsáid i gcásanna coiriúla a bhfuil gné thrasteorann ag baint leo N° 76/2024
: 30 Aibreán 2024
An príobháideachas agus ionchúiseamh cionta tromchúiseacha: ní mór don Chúirt atá freagrach as údarú rochtana ar thaifid teileafóin chun déantóirí ciona a shainaithint, rochtain dá bhforáiltear leis an dlí náisiúnta ar féidir a dheonú chun é a ionchúiseamh, a bheith i dteideal rochtain den chineál sin a dhiúltú nó a shrianadh
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
N° 75/2024
: 30 Aibreán 2024
An comhrac i gcoinne cionta coiriúla agus cur isteach ar chearta bunúsacha: féadfaidh údarás poiblí náisiúnta atá freagrach as sárú cóipchirt a rinneadh ar líne a chomhrac rochtain a fháil ar shonraí aitheantais ó sheoladh IP
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
N° 74/2024
: 25 Aibreán 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
N° 73/2024
: 25 Aibreán 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
N° 72/2024
: 25 Aibreán 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
N° 71/2024
: 24 Aibreán 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
N° 70/2024
: 24 Aibreán 2024
Law governing the institutions
The General Court partially annuls the Frontex decision refusing a request by Sea-Watch for access to documents
N° 69/2024
: 18 Aibreán 2024
Sáruithe ar dhlí iomaíochta an Aontais Eorpaigh: tá sean-rialacha na Seice maidir le tréimhsí teorann ar neamhréir le dlí an Aontais Eorpaigh
Infringements of EU competition law: the former Czech rules on limitation are incompatible with EU law
N° 68/2024
: 17 Aibreán 2024
N° 67/2024
: 17 Aibreán 2024
Intellectual and industrial property
The name Pablo Escobar may not be registered as an EU trade mark
N° 66/2024
: 11 Aibreán 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
N° 65/2024
: 11 Aibreán 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
N° 64/2024
: 11 Aibreán 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
N° 63/2024
: 11 Aibreán 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
N° 62/2024
: 10 Aibreán 2024
Economic policy
The calculation of the 2022 ex ante contributions to the Single Resolution Fund (SRF) is unlawful
N° 61/2024
: 10 Aibreán 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
N° 60/2024
: 27 Márta 2024
Approximation of laws
Online advertising: Amazon’s request to suspend its obligation to make an advertisement repository publicly available is rejected
N° 59/2024
: 22 Márta 2024
Staitisticí breithiúnacha 2023: deimhniú go bhfuil méadú struchtúrach ar dhlíthíocht os comhair na Cúirte Breithiúnais
N° 58/2024
: 21 Márta 2024
N° 57/2024
: 21 Márta 2024
N° 56/2024
: 21 Márta 2024
Competition
Illumina-Grail Merger: AG Emiliou proposes to set aside the General Court judgment and annul Commission decisions on referral request
N° 55/2024
: 21 Márta 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
N° 54/2024
: 21 Márta 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
N° 53/2024
: 21 Márta 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
N° 52/2024
: 21 Márta 2024
Culture
Italian legislation under which independent companies established in another Member State are excluded from copyright management is incompatible with EU law
N° 51/2024
: 21 Márta 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
N° 50/2024
: 21 Márta 2024
Tá iontráil éigeantach dhá mhéarlorg ar chártaí aitheantais i gcomhréir leis na cearta bunúsacha go n-urramófaí an saol príobháideach agus go ndéanfar sonraí pearsanta a chosaint
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
N° 49/2024
: 20 Márta 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
N° 48/2024
: 14 Márta 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
N° 47/2024
: 14 Márta 2024
The United Kingdom has infringed EU law as a result of a judgment of its Supreme Court
N° 46/2024
: 14 Márta 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
N° 45/2024
: 7 Márta 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
N° 44/2024
: 7 Márta 2024
Auctioning of personal data for advertising purposes: the Court of Justice clarifies the rules under the GDPR
N° 43/2024
: 6 Márta 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
N° 42/2024
: 5 Márta 2024
Próiseáil sonraí: Beidh Europol agus an Ballstát inar tharla damáiste mar thoradh ar phróiseáil neamhdhleathach sonraí i gcomhthéacs an chomhair eatarthu faoi dhliteanas i gcomhpháirt agus go leithleach i leith damáiste den sórt sin
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
N° 41/2024
: 5 Márta 2024
Ní mór go mbeadh chaighdeáin theicniúla chomhchuibhithe Eorpacha maidir le sábháilteacht bréagán inrochtana do shaoránaigh an Aontais
The European harmonised technical standards on the safety of toys should be accessible to EU citizens
N° 40/2024
: 5 Márta 2024
Toirmeasc ar airm leath-uathoibríocha: Féadfaidh Ballstáit ar mian leo sean-údaruithe a choimeád le haghaidh na n-arm sin déanamh amhlaidh freisin maidir le hairm atá tiontaithe chun urchair chaocha a scaoileadh.
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
N° 39/2024
: 1 Márta 2024
Cuairt Uachtarán Phoblacht na Seice, Petr Pavel, ar Chúirt Bhreithiúnais an Aontais Eorpaigh
N° 38/2024
: 29 Feabhra 2024
ELSJ
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
N° 37/2024
: 29 Feabhra 2024
AGRI
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
N° 36/2024
: 28 Feabhra 2024
AIDE
State aid: the General Court dismisses the actions regarding the financing of the Fehmarn Belt fixed link project between Denmark and Germany
N° 35/2024
: 22 Feabhra 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
N° 34/2024
: 22 Feabhra 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
N° 33/2024
: 22 Feabhra 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
N° 32/2024
: 22 Feabhra 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
N° 31/2024
: 21 Feabhra 2024
Agriculture and fisheries
The General Court dismisses an action brought against registration of the name ‘Halloumi’ as a protected designation of origin
N° 30/2024
: 21 Feabhra 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
N° 29/2024
: 20 Feabhra 2024
Maidir le hoibrí atá fostaithe ar théarma socraithe, ní mór é a chur ar an eolas faoi na forais ar cuireadh deireadh lena chonradh fostaíochta le fógra má chuirtear an fhaisnéis sin ar fáil d’oibrí buan N° 28/2024
: 9 Feabhra 2024
Digital Markets Act: the application by Bytedance (TikTok) seeking suspension of the Commission decision designating it as a gatekeeper is dismissed
N° 27/2024
: 8 Feabhra 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
N° 26/2024
: 8 Feabhra 2024
Féadfaidh breithiúnas ón gCúirt Bhreithiúnais a bheith ina imthoisc nua lena dtugtar bonn cirt le substaint an iarratais ar thearmann a scrúdú
A judgment of the Court of Justice can constitute a new element justifying a fresh examination of the substance of the asylum application
N° 25/2024
: 7 Feabhra 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
N° 24/2024
: 1 Feabhra 2024
Competition
Cartel on the truck market: the Court dismisses Scania’s appeal
N° 23/2024
: 31 Eanáir 2024
Law governing the institutions
Products made from oxo-degradable plastic: the General Court endorses the prohibition on the placing on the market
N° 22/2024
: 30 Eanáir 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
N° 21/2024
: 30 Eanáir 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
N° 20/2024
: 30 Eanáir 2024
An ceart go ndéanfaí léirscriosadh: tá stóráil ghinearálta agus neamh-idirdhealaitheach sonraí bithmhéadracha agus géiniteacha daoine a ciontaíodh go coiriúil go dtí go bhfaighidh siad bás contrártha le dlí an Aontais
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
N° 19/2024
: 30 Eanáir 2024
Tá dídeanaí mionaoiseach neamhthionlactha i dteideal athaontú teaghlaigh lena thuismitheoirí, fiú má thagann sé in aois le linn an nós imeachta um athaontú teaghlaigh
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
N° 18/2024
: 25 Eanáir 2024
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
Advocate General Medina: Member States are not bound to recognise refugee status granted in another Member State
N° 17/2024
: 25 Eanáir 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
N° 16/2024
: 25 Eanáir 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
N° 15/2024
: 24 Eanáir 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
N° 14/2024
: 24 Eanáir 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’
N° 13/2024
: 18 Eanáir 2024
Competition
Advocate General Medina: the Court should confirm that the Commission erred in applying the AEC test with respect to HP and Lenovo
N° 12/2024
: 18 Eanáir 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
N° 11/2024
: 18 Eanáir 2024
Disaster involving flight MH17: the confidentiality of certain information concerning aviation safety is justified and proportionate
N° 10/2024
: 18 Eanáir 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
N° 9/2024
: 16 Eanáir 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
N° 8/2024
: 16 Eanáir 2024
I bprionsabal, ní mór do choiste fiosrúcháin pharlaimintigh an Rialachán Ginearálta maidir le Cosaint Sonraí a chomhlíonadh
A parliamentary committee of inquiry must in principle comply with the General Data Protection Regulation
N° 7/2024
: 16 Eanáir 2024
Foréigean in aghaidh na mban: Déanann an Chúirt Bhreithiúnais soiléiriú ar na coinníollacha maidir le cáiliú mar thairbhí de chosaint idirnáisiúnta
Violence against women: the Court clarifies the conditions for qualifying for international protection
N° 6/2024
: 11 Eanáir 2024
Tuairim an Abhcóide Ghinearálta i gcás C-563/22
Zamestnik-predsedatel na Darzhavna agentsia za bezhantsite
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
N° 5/2024
: 11 Eanáir 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
N° 4/2024
: 11 Eanáir 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
N° 3/2024
: 11 Eanáir 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
N° 2/2024
: 11 Eanáir 2024
State aid
The Court dismisses Wizz Air’s appeal concerning the rescue aid granted by Romania to TAROM
N° 1/2024
: 11 Eanáir 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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