THE COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION: Press releases

Persons not operating as suppliers or as customers on the market affected by a cartel may request compensation for loss caused by that cartel

The Pension complement granted by Spain to mothers who are recipients of an invalidity pension where they have two or more children must also be awarded to fathers in a comparable situation

Advocate General Pikamäe: the Court of Justice does not have jurisdiction to rule on an international boundary dispute that falls outside the scope of EU law

The competent authority of the State of execution may not refuse to recognise and enforce a fine in respect of a road traffic offence imposed on the person in whose name the vehicle is registered, provided that such a presumption of liability may be rebutted.

European Union law does not preclude a national law that provides that each owner of a property in a building in co-ownership is required to contribute to the cost of heating supplied to the common parts of that building

The protection of the name ‘Aceto Balsamico di Modena’ does not extend to the use of the non-geographical terms of that name such as ‘aceto’ and ‘balsamico’

The Court of Justice dismisses the action of the Czech Republic against the directive reinforcing control of the acquisition and possession of firearms

Advocate General Campos Sánchez-Bordona: the judicial authority which issues a European arrest warrant must be fully independent and must not be subject to hierarchical constraints or to orders or instructions

AG Bobek: when assessing the maximum threshold period imposed by the Framework Decision on the European arrest warrant in order to surrender a requested person without verification of the criterion of double criminality, the relevant law of the issuing Member State is the one actually applicable to the case

According to Advocate General Pikamäe, the employer of lorry drivers employed in the international road transport sector is the transport undertaking which recruited those drivers for an indefinite period, exercises effective control over the drivers and actually bears the wage costs

The referring court must ascertain whether the new Disciplinary Chamber of the Polish Supreme Court is independent in order to determine whether that chamber has jurisdiction to rule on cases where judges of the Supreme Court have been retired, or in order to determine whether such cases must be examined by another court which meets the requirement that courts must be independent

Solemn undertaking before the Court of Justice of the European Union by two new Members of the European Court of Auditors

According to Advocate General Saugmandsgaard Øe, imprisonment cannot be used against the public officials responsible, including the Minister-President, in order to compel them to introduce traffic bans on diesel vehicles in Munich

Ireland is ordered to pay pecuniary penalties for failing to comply with an earlier judgment of the Court which required, in particular, that an environmental assessment be carried out in respect of a wind farm

An applicant for international protection guilty of serious breaches of the rules of the accommodation centre in which he or she is hosted or of seriously violent behaviour cannot be sanctioned by a withdrawal of material reception conditions relating to housing, food or clothing

Foodstuffs originating in the territories occupied by the State of Israel must bear the indication of their territory of origin, accompanied, where those foodstuffs come from an Israeli settlement within that territory, by the indication of that provenance

According to Advocate General Szpunar, MEPs’ Parliamentary mandate is acquired solely from the electorate and this cannot be conditional on the completion of any subsequent formality

The European Parliament’s decision on the financing of the ADDE party in 2015 is annulled for lack of impartiality

When the public is not put in a position to actually participate in the environmental impact assessment for a project, a time limit for bringing proceedings against the decision granting consent for the project cannot be relied on against the public

When a passenger boards a train without a ticket, he concludes a contract with the carrier

The Court of Justice of the European Union makes procedural and doctrinal documents freely accessible on its website

Polish rules relating to the retirement age of judges and public prosecutors, adopted in July 2017, are contrary to EU law

Advocate General Sharpston: the Court should rule that, by refusing to comply with the provisional and time-limited mechanism for the mandatory relocation of applicants for international protection, Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic have failed to fulfil their obligations under EU law

France has systematically and persistently exceeded the annual limit value for nitrogen dioxide since 1 January 2010

The General Court confirms the cancellation of the EU trade mark consisting of the shape of the ‘Rubik’s Cube’

Entry into office of two new Members of the Court of Justice

In loan contracts concluded in Poland and indexed to a foreign currency, unfair terms relating to the difference in exchange rates cannot be replaced by general provisions of Polish civil law

EU law does not preclude a host provider such as Facebook from being ordered to remove identical and, in certain circumstances, equivalent comments previously declared to be illegal

Election of the Presidents of Chambers of the General Court of the European Union

There are no grounds to question the validity of the regulation on the placing of plant protection products on the market

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Mr Savvas Papasavvas is elected Vice-President of the General Court of the European Union

Mr Marc van der Woude is elected President of the General Court of the European Union

Partial renewal of the membership and entry into office of 14 new Members of the General Court of the European Union

CELEBRATION OF THE 30th ANNIVERSARY OF THE GENERAL COURT

The General Court confirms the Commission’s decision to register the proposed European citizens’ initiative ‘Minority SafePack – one million signatures for diversity in Europe’

The General Court annuls the Commission’s decision on the aid measure implemented by the Netherlands in favour of Starbucks

The General Court confirms the Commission’s decision on the aid measure granted by Luxembourg to Fiat Chrysler Finance Europe

Piaggio’s intellectual property rights in the Vespa LX scooter have not been infringed

Fine imposed on HSBC group for anticompetitive practices in the interest rate derivatives sector is annulled