European Court of Justice (News)

Commission v Slovenia
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

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

Novel Nutriology
Agriculture
Advertising using health claims relating to botanical substances is currently prohibited

Generalstaatsanwaltschaft Frankfurt am Main
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

Rzecznik Praw Obywatelskich
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

Prezydent Miasta Mielca
State aid
State aid: the Court specifies the circumstances in which tax exemptions may be prohibited by EU law

Fastned Deutschland
Freedom of establishment
The Court of Justice provides clarity on the circumstances in which a concession may be modified without a new award procedure

Commission v Malta
Citizenship of the Union
Union citizenship: the Maltese investor citizenship scheme is contrary to EU law

The European Parliament and the Court of Justice of the European Union meet for their annual dialogue

AW "T"
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

Formal sitting for a eulogy in the memory of Uno Lõhmus and Ena Cremona

Deldits
Principles of Community law
GDPR and transgender identity: the rectification of data relating to gender identity cannot be made conditional upon proof of surgery

Shuvalov v Council
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

Semedo v Parliament
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

Commission v Poland
Rule of law: Advocate General Spielmann considers that the action brought by the European Commission concerning the Polish Constitutional Court is well founded

Commission v Croatia
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

Commission v Germany
Approximation of laws
Failure to fulfil obligations: Five Member States are ordered to pay financial penalties for failing to transpose the Whistleblowers directive

D. K.
Law governing the institutions
Independence of judges: the decision to withdraw cases from a judge must be based on objective and precise criteria

Cymdek
Transport
Air passenger rights: a boarding pass may be sufficient to prove a confirmed reservation on a flight

Solemn undertaking before the Court of Justice of the European Union by the European Ombudsman