European Court of Justice (News)

Auken and Others v Commission
Law governing the institutions
The Commission did not give the public sufficiently wide access to the purchase agreements for Covid-19 vaccines

Plamaro
Approximation of laws
The collective redundancies directive also applies in the event of the employer’s retirement

WWF Österreich and Others
Environment and consumers
The prohibition of hunting wolves in Austria is valid

Hann-Invest
Law governing the institutions
Rule of law: only the judicial panel responsible for a case can decide its outcome

Caixabank and Others
Approximation of laws
Mortgage loans: the transparency of ‘floor’ clauses may be reviewed in the context of a collective action concerning the entire banking system of a country

Haus Jacobus
A pregnant worker must be afforded a reasonable time limit in order to be able to bring an action against her dismissal

Lupin v Commission
Competition
The Court of Justice rules on the existence of agreements, decisions and concerted practices and of abuse of a dominant position on the perindopril market

Ilva and Others
Environment and consumers

The operation of the Ilva steelworks must be suspended if it poses serious and significant threats to the environment and human health

Death of Judge Marko Ilešič

Staatssecretaris van Justitie en Veiligheid
Posted Ukrainian workers: the Member State in which the works are carried out may impose an obligation to obtain a residence permit

dm-drogerie markt
Approximation of laws
Advertising for biocidal products: EU law prohibits use of the indication ‘skin friendly’

Bundesrepublik Deutschland
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
Refugee status: a Member State is not required automatically to recognise refugee status granted in another Member State

Generalstaatsanwaltschaft Hamm
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
The granting of refugee status in a Member State precludes the extradition of the person concerned to his or her country of origin

Zamestnik-predsedatel na Darzhavna agentsia za bezhantsite
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
Stateless persons of Palestinian origin registered with UNRWA should, in principle, be granted refugee status if UNRWA’s protection or assistance is considered to have ceased

Schrems
Principles of Community law
AG Rantos: Privacy: a public statement by the user of a social network about his or her sexual orientation renders those data ‘manifestly public’, without, however, permitting their processing for the purposes of personalised advertising

Stadt Duisburg
Citizenship of the Union
EU law does not, in principle, preclude the automatic loss of German nationality in the event of recovery of Turkish nationality

NW
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
Citizenship of the European Union: the withdrawal, on the basis of classified information, of the residence permit of a third-country national bringing up a child who is a Union citizen must be subject to an effective remedy

Kneipp v EUIPO - Patou (Joyful by nature)
Intellectual and industrial property
EU trade marks: the General Court confirms that the reputation of a trade mark is acquired and, in general, lost progressively

Naass and Sea-Watch v Frontex
Law governing the institutions
The General Court partially annuls the Frontex decision refusing a request by Sea-Watch for access to documents

Heureka Group
Competition
Infringements of EU competition law: the former Czech rules on limitation are incompatible with EU law