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Huawei Technologies
Competition
The bringing of an action for a prohibitory injunction against an alleged infringer by the proprietor of a standard-essential patent which holds a dominant position may constitute an abuse of that dominant position in certain circumstances

A
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
The court called upon to decide on parental responsibility also has jurisdiction to rule on the maintenance allowance payable by one of the parents in favour of his or her minor children

Commission v Italy
Environment and consumers
As a result of its incorrect application of the Waste Directive in the region of Campania, Italy is ordered to pay a lump sum of €20 million and a daily late-payment penalty of €120 000

CHEZ Razpredelenie Bulgaria
Principles of Community law
The installation of electricity meters at an inaccessible height in a district densely populated by Roma is liable to constitute discrimination on the grounds of ethnic origin when such meters are installed in other districts at a normal height

Singh and Others
Citizenship of the Union
A national of a third country who is married to an EU citizen residing in a Member State other than the citizen’s own State can no longer enjoy a right of residence in that State where the EU citizen leaves that State before the commencement of divorce proceedings

Lanigan
Justice and Home Affairs
The expiry of the timelimits to take a decision on the execution of a European arrest warrant does not free the competent court of its obligation to adopt a decision in that regard and does not preclude, in itself, the continued holding of the requested person in custody

Chmielewski
Free movement of capital
By imposing a fine, the amount of which corresponds to 60% of the amount of cash which is undeclared when crossing an external border of the EU, Hungarian law infringes EU law

Maïstrellis
SOPO
By prohibiting a male civil servant whose wife does not work from taking parental leave, Greek legislation is incompatible with EU law

The rescue package for Greece agreed at the 12-13 July Eurozone Summit on Greece was debated in the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee on Thursday. Members gave their views on the deal struck by Greece and its creditors, the functioning of the Eurozone, the role played by the European Parliament and on Parliament’s future involvement in monitoring the implementation of the agreement.
Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs

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The Informal meeting of Ministers of Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities takes place on 16 and 17 July in Luxembourg.

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A binding emergency mechanism to relocate an initial total of 40,000 asylum seekers from Italy and Greece to other EU member states was backed by civil liberties MEPs on Thursday. An upcoming permanent scheme, on which Parliament will decide jointly with the Council, must be based "on a more substantial contribution to solidarity and responsibility-sharing among member states", MEPs say.
Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

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In this section you find short edited videos on the atmosphere behind the scenes during summits and other councils.

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The aim of the EU training mission in Mali (EUTM Mali) is to help improve the military capacity of the Malian Armed Forces in order to allow, under civilian authority, the restoration of the country's territorial integrity.

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