European Court of Justice (News)

Nogueira and Others
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
According to Advocate General Saugmandsgaard Øe, disputes relating to contracts of employment of air hostesses and stewards come within the jurisdiction of the courts of the place ‘where or from which’ those employees principally carry out their obligations vis-à-vis their employer

Stichting Brein
The sale of a multimedia player which enables films that are available illegally on the internet to be viewed easily and for free on a television screen could constitute an infringement of copyright

APVE and Others
Competition
According to Advocate General Wahl, agricultural producer organisations and their associations may be held liable for agreements, decisions or concerted practices contrary to EU law

EUIPO v Szajner
Intellectual and industrial property
The Court of Justice confirms that the company Forge de Laguiole may oppose the registration, at EU level, of the trade mark Laguiole in the area of, inter alia, knives and cutlery

Fahimian
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
The national authorities may refuse, for reasons of public security, to grant to an Iranian national with a degree from a university subject to restrictive measures a visa for study in a sensitive field such as information technology security

All European Final of the European Moot Court Competition takes place at the Court of Justice of the European Union in Luxembourg on 31 March

Fidenato and Others
Environment and consumers
According to Advocate General Bobek, Member States can adopt emergency measures regarding genetically modified food and feed only if they can establish, in addition to urgency, a clear and serious risk to health and the environment

Rosneft
External relations
The restrictive measures adopted by the Council in response to the crisis in Ukraine against certain Russian undertakings, including Rosneft, are valid

Celebration of the 60th anniversary of the signing of the Rome Treaties

Solemn undertaking before the Court of Justice of the European Union by a new Member of the European Court of Auditors

Tele2 (Netherlands) and Others
Approximation of laws
A telephone subscriber’s consent to the publication of his data also covers its use in another Member State

G4S Secure Solutions
Principles of Community law
An internal rule of an undertaking which prohibits the visible wearing of any political, philosophical or religious sign does not constitute direct discrimination

A and Others
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
Actions by armed forces during periods of armed conflict, within the meaning of international humanitarian law, may constitute ‘terrorist acts’

Piringer
SERV
Member States may reserve to notaries the power to authenticate signatures appended to the documents necessary for the creation or transfer of rights to real property

Zulfikarpašić
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
Notaries in Croatia, acting in enforcement proceedings on the basis of an ‘authentic document’, cannot be deemed to be ‘courts’ either within the meaning of the Regulation on the European Enforcement Order or for the purposes of the application of the Regulation on the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters

Manni
Approximation of laws
The Court considers that there is no right to be forgotten in respect of personal data in the companies register

Samsung SDI and Others v Commission
Competition
The Court upholds the fines imposed on Samsung SDI and Samsung SDI (Malaysia) for their participation in the cartel on the market for tubes for television sets and for computer monitors

X and X
DFON
Member States are not required, under EU law, to grant a humanitarian visa to persons who wish to enter their territory with a view to applying for asylum, but they remain free to do so on the basis of their national law

United Parcel Service v Commission
Competition
The General Court annuls, on the ground of a procedural irregularity, the decision by which the Commission refused to authorise the merger between UPS and TNT in the express small package delivery services sector

RPO
Taxation
The exclusion of digital books, newspapers and periodicals from the application of a reduced rate of VAT where they are supplied electronically is not contrary to the principle of equal treatment