European Court of Justice (News)

Imagens Médicas Integradas
Competition
According to Advocate General Medina, compliance with the right to the protection of personal data does not require prior authorisation by a judicial authority in competition investigations

Tuleka
Package travel: where a contract has been performed improperly, the traveller may be entitled to a full refund, even if certain services have been provided

Iberia Líneas Aéreas de España
Transport
Air carrier liability: pets are not excluded from the concept of ‘baggage’

AirHelp Germany
Transport

A lightning strike to an aircraft may constitute an extraordinary circumstance

Commission v Greece
Failure of a Member State to fulfil its obligations: Greece is ordered to pay financial penalties for failing to comply with a 2014 judgment of the Court of Justice

BNetzA v ACER
Energy
The General Court annuls a decision of ACER concerning the management of electricity markets

KS and KD v Council and Others
Eulex Kosovo mission: the General Court dismisses the action for damages brought against EU institutions and an EU body

NADA Austria and Others
Principles of Community law
Advocate General Spielmann: the publication on the internet of the name of any professional athlete who has infringed the anti-doping rules is contrary to EU law

New composition of the Chambers of the General Court of the European Union

WebGroup Czech Republic and NKL Associates
Advocate General Szpunar: a measure constituting a corollary of the provisions of criminal law or necessary in order to ensure the effectiveness of roadside checks comes under the country of origin principle, as provided for in the Directive on electronic commerce

Election of the Judges called upon to perform the duties of an Advocate General within the General Court in dealing with requests for a preliminary ruling

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

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

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

Entry into office of new Members of the Court of Justice and the General Court of the European Union and partial renewal of the General Court

Aucrinde
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
Advocate General Tamara Ćapeta: the Charter does not prohibit proving paternity through post-mortem genetic sampling

Bervidi
Social policy
Discrimination at work: the rights of persons with disabilities to protection against indirect discrimination extend to parents of children with disabilities

MSIG
Principle ne bis in idem: a person cannot be prosecuted in one Member State for an act of terrorism for which he or she has already been convicted in another Member State, even though the offence has a different classification in each of those Member States

Banco Santander
Freedom of movement for persons
Banco Popular: the rights arising from actions for a declaration of nullity and for damages brought before the resolution of that bank are enforceable against Banco Santander

Austria v Commission
State aid
The Court of Justice annuls the Commission’s decision to approve aid from Hungary for the Paks II nuclear power station