European Court of Justice (News)

Comité Interprofessionnel du Vin de Champagne
Agriculture and fisheries
The Court specifies the conditions for the protection of products covered by a protected designation of origin as laid down by the regulation establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products

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DFON
Advocate General Bobek proposes a unified test for the protection against double jeopardy (ne bis in idem) under the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights

Commission v Council (Accord avec l’Arménie)
Law governing the institutions
The Court of Justice annuls the decisions of the Council on the application of the Partnership Agreement with Armenia

EPSU v Commission
SOPO
Appeal by EPSU: the Commission is not bound to give effect to the social partners’ request seeking implementation, at EU level, of the agreement that they have concluded

Irish Ferries
Transport
The Court of Justice clarifies a number of provisions of the regulation concerning passengers’ rights when travelling by sea and inland waterway

Ja zum Nürburgring v Commission
State aid
The Commission must re-examine whether the sale of the Nürburgring in 2014 entailed a grant of State aid

INPS () and de maternité pour les titulaires de permis unique)
Social security for migrant workers
Third-country nationals who hold a single work permit obtained pursuant to the Italian legislation transposing an EU directive are entitled to a childbirth allowance and a maternity allowance as provided for by the Italian legislation

Belgian State (Droit de séjour en cas de violence domestique)
Citizenship of the Union
According to the Court of Justice, a third-country national who has been the victim of acts of domestic violence committed by his or her spouse, who is a Union citizen, is not in a comparable situation to a third-country national who has been the victim of acts of domestic violence committed by his or her spouse, who is also a third-country national

Commission v Portugal (Taxe sur les véhicules)
Taxation
The rules for calculating the registration tax on second-hand vehicles imported into Portugal infringe the principle of the free movement of goods

Vodafone
Approximation of laws
‘Zero tariff’ options are contrary to the regulation on open internet access

OTP Jelzálogbank and Others
Approximation of laws
Hungarian legislation which prohibits the annulment of a loan agreement denominated in a foreign currency on the ground that it contains an unfair term relating to the exchange difference appears to be compatible with EU law

Homoki v Commission
Law governing the institutions
The General Court annuls OLAF’s decision not to grant partial access to the final report of its investigation relating to street-lighting projects implemented by the company Elios in Hungary with financial participation from the EU

Death of Mr Barna Berke, judge of the General Court of the European Union

Puigdemont i Casamajó and Others v Parliament
Le vice-président du Tribunal de l’Union européenne rejette la demande de suspension de la levée de l’immunité parlementaire de MM. Carles Puigdemont i Casamajó et Antoni Comín i Oliveres ainsi que de Mme Clara Ponsatí i Obiols

Thelen Technopark Berlin
Principles of Community law
In Advocate General Maciej Szpunar’s view, a national court hearing a dispute between individuals concerning a claim based on a national provision which fixes minimum tariffs for service providers in a manner that is contrary to the Services Directive must disapply such a national provision

Commission v Spain
Résidents fiscaux en Espagne : selon l’avocat général Saugmandsgaard Øe, sont contraires au droit de l’Union les amendes forfaitaires infligées en cas d’inexécution ou d’exécution tardive de l’obligation d’information concernant la détention de biens et droits à l’étranger 

Poland v Parliament and Council
According to Advocate General Saugmandsgaard Øe, Article 17 of Directive 2019/790 on copyright and related rights in the Digital Single Market is compatible with the freedom of expression and information guaranteed in Article 11 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union

Volvo and Others
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
Cartel on the sale prices of trucks: the Court of Justice clarifies the courts with jurisdiction over actions for damages

A (Soins de santé publics)
Citizenship of the Union
The Court confirms the right of economically inactive Union citizens residing in a Member State other than their Member State of origin to be affiliated to the public sickness insurance system of the host Member State

Commission v Landesbank Baden-Württemberg and SRB
Economic policy
Annulment of the decision of the Single Resolution Board on the calculation of ex ante contributions to the Single Resolution Fund for 2017 as far as it concerns Landesbank Baden-Württemberg on the ground that the statement of reasons was inadequate