European Court of Justice (News)

Ryanair v Commission (Lufthansa ; COVID-19)
State aid
The General Court annuls the decision of the Commission to approve the recapitalisation of Lufthansa by Germany, amounting to €6 billion euros, in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic

Commune d'Ans
According to Advocate General Collins, a public body may, under certain conditions, prohibit its employees from wearing any visible sign of political, religious or philosophical belief in their workplace

Luxembourg v Commission
State aid
Tax rulings: Advocate General Kokott considers that the Commission erred in finding that Luxembourg had granted unlawful State aid to the Engie group in the form of tax advantages

Österreichische Post (Préjudice moral lié au traitement de données personnelles)
Mere infringement of the GDPR does not give rise to a right to compensation

Österreichische Datenschutzbehörde
Principles of Community law
GDPR: the right to obtain a ‘copy’ of personal data means that the data subject must be given a faithful and intelligible reproduction of all those data

ECB v Crédit lyonnais
Economic policy
The Court confirms the ECB's refusal to exclude for the purposes of the calculation of the leverage ratio of Crédit lyonnais 34% of its exposures to the Caisse des dépôts et consignations

Agenția Națională de Integritate
Fight against corruption: EU law does not preclude a person from being prohibited from all elective public office for three years if he or she has infringed the rules relating to conflicts of interest by holding such office

Mr Vittorio Di Bucci appointed Registrar of the General Court by the Plenary Conference

Natsionalna agentsia za prihodite
Principles of Community law
Unlawful access to personal data by third parties leads to liability for presumed fault on the part of the controller and may give rise to non-material damage for which compensation can be awarded

OHB System v Commission
Public procurement
Galileo Programme: OHB System’s action against award of transition satellite contract to Thales Alenia Space Italia and Airbus Defence & Space dismissed

Commission v Poland () and vie privée des juges)
Principles of Community law
Rule of law: the amount of the daily penalty payment which Poland is required to pay is reduced from one million to 500 000 euros

Commission v Poland () and vie privée des juges)
Principles of Community law
État de droit : le montant de l’astreinte journalière imposée à la Pologne est réduit d’un million à 500 000 euros

The final of the "European Law Moot Court" competition will take place tomorrow, April 21, at the Court of Justice of the European Union in Luxembourg

Intervyuirasht organ na DAB pri MS (Femmes victimes de violences domestiques)
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
Honour crime, forced marriage and domestic violence: Advocate General Richard de la Tour clarifies under which conditions third-country nationals may be eligible for international protection

Blue Air Aviation
Freedom of establishment
The broadcasting of a musical work as background music in a means of passenger transport constitutes a communication to the public within the meaning of EU law

Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato (Commune de Ginosa)
Freedom of establishment
Concessions authorising the exploitation of Italian beaches may not be renewed automatically but must be subject to an impartial and transparent selection procedure

Afrin
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
Family reunification: European Union law precludes national legislation which requires, without exception, that an application for family reunification be submitted in person at a competent diplomatic post

E. D. L. (Motif de refus fondé sur la maladie)
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
European arrest warrant: a manifest risk that the health of the requested person will be jeopardised justifies temporarily suspending his or her surrender and obliges the executing authority to ask the issuing authority for information concerning the conditions in which it intends to prosecute or detain that person

Significant amendments to the Rules of Procedure of the General Court of the European Union will come into force on 1 April

Xella Magyarország
Free movement of capital
Advocate General Ćapeta: EU law does not, in principle, preclude national legislation which allows for the screening of foreign direct investment of third country provenance even if implemented via an EU-based company