European Court of Justice (News)

EGEDA and Others
Approximation of laws
The copyright directive precludes fair compensation due to authors for private copying of their works from being financed by a budgetary scheme such as that established in Spain

EGEDA and Others
Approximation of laws
The copyright directive precludes fair compensation due to authors for private copying of their works from being financed by a budgetary scheme such as that established in Spain

Entry into office of new Judges at the General Court

Entry into office of new Judges at the General Court

Affum
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
The Return Directive prevents a national of a non-EU country who has not yet been subject to the return procedure being imprisoned solely because he or she has entered the territory of a Member State illegally across an internal border of the Schengen area

Affum
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
The Return Directive prevents a national of a non-EU country who has not yet been subject to the return procedure being imprisoned solely because he or she has entered the territory of a Member State illegally across an internal border of the Schengen area

Moreda-Riviere Trefilerías v Commission
Competition
The General Court dismisses the actions brought by the four Spanish companies which had participated in the cartel on the European pre-stressing steel market

Moreda-Riviere Trefilerías v Commission
Competition
The General Court dismisses the actions brought by the four Spanish companies which had participated in the cartel on the European pre-stressing steel market

Bogendorff von Wolffersdorff
Principles of Community law
A name containing several tokens of nobility and freely chosen by a German in another Member State of which he also holds the nationality does not necessarily have to be recognised in Germany

Bogendorff von Wolffersdorff
Principles of Community law
A name containing several tokens of nobility and freely chosen by a German in another Member State of which he also holds the nationality does not necessarily have to be recognised in Germany

Vervloet and Others
Freedom of establishment
In Advocate General Kokott’s view, Belgium’s guarantee for ARCO financial cooperatives infringes EU law

Vervloet and Others
Freedom of establishment
In Advocate General Kokott’s view, Belgium’s guarantee for ARCO financial cooperatives infringes EU law

Achbita
Principles of Community law
In the view of Advocate General Kokott, a ban on wearing headscarves in companies may be admissible

Achbita
Principles of Community law
In the view of Advocate General Kokott, a ban on wearing headscarves in companies may be admissible

France v Commission
State aid
The General Court annuls the Commission’s decision classifying the unlimited implied guarantee granted by the French State to the Institut français du pétrole (French Petroleum Institute) as State aid

France v Commission
State aid
The General Court annuls the Commission’s decision classifying the unlimited implied guarantee granted by the French State to the Institut français du pétrole (French Petroleum Institute) as State aid

France v Commission
State aid
The General Court annuls the Commission’s decision classifying the unlimited implied guarantee granted by the French State to the Institut français du pétrole (French Petroleum Institute) as State aid

Simba Toys v EUIPO
Intellectual and industrial property
Advocate General Szpunar considers that the EU trade mark representing the shape of a Rubik’s Cube must be declared invalid

Simba Toys v EUIPO
Intellectual and industrial property
Advocate General Szpunar considers that the EU trade mark representing the shape of a Rubik’s Cube must be declared invalid

Simba Toys v EUIPO
Intellectual and industrial property
Advocate General Szpunar considers that the EU trade mark representing the shape of a Rubik’s Cube must be declared invalid