European Court of Justice (News)

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

Tartu Vangla
Principles of Community law
The Estonian legislation imposing an absolute bar on a prison officer remaining in employment when his or her hearing acuity does not meet minimum standards of sound perception without allowing it to be ascertained whether that officer is capable of performing his or her duties is contrary to EU law

The Department for Communities in Northern Ireland
DISC
The UK legislation on Universal Credit, which deprives of that benefit Union citizens who have a right to reside on the basis of the scheme established in the context of Brexit but who do not satisfy all of the conditions of Directive 2004/38, is compatible with the principle of equal treatment guaranteed by EU law

FBF
Law governing the institutions
Les orientations sur les modalités de gouvernance et de surveillance des produits bancaires de détail de l’Autorité bancaire européenne sont valides

Ministrstvo za obrambo
Freedom of movement for persons
The Court of Justice provides guidance on the instances in which the Directive concerning certain aspects of the organisation of working time does not apply to activities carried out by military personnel

Entry into office of a new member of the General Court of the European Union

Commission v European Food and Others
State aid
According to Advocate General Szpunar, the General Court erred in law in concluding that the Commission was not competent to examine, in the light of the law on State aid, compensation paid by Romania following an arbitral award

CB
Taxation
In the determination of the taxable amount of a transaction concealed by taxable persons for VAT purposes, the amounts paid and received as reconstituted by the tax authority must be regarded as already including that tax

Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Pesaro and Others v Commission
Law governing the institutions
The resolution of Banca delle Marche by the Italian authorities was in essence determined by that bank’s failure

The Department for Communities in Northern Ireland
DISC
Advocate General Richard de la Tour: The grant without conditions as to resources of a right of residence by a Member State to Union citizens cannot have the effect of systematically excluding them from social assistance granted to nationals of that State without constituting discrimination based on nationality

Regione Puglia
Freedom of establishment
Advocate General Hogan: a Member State is not obliged to limit the extent of the areas in which one specific operator is entitled to carry out prospection, exploration and production of hydrocarbons, such as petroleum and natural gas

Commission v Spain (Détérioration de l’espace naturel de Doñana)
Environment and consumers
L’Espagne aurait dû prendre en compte le captage d’eau illégal et le captage d’eau destiné à l’approvisionnement urbain lors de l’estimation du captage des eaux souterraines de la région de Doñana

Venezuela v Council
External relations
Venezuela has standing to bring proceedings against a regulation which introduces restrictive measures against it

Staatssecretaris van Justitie en Veiligheid
Citizenship of the Union
A Union citizen who has been the subject of an expulsion decision cannot enjoy a new right of residence in the territory of the host Member State until he or she has genuinely and effectively terminated his or her residence there.