European Court of Justice (News)

Land Hessen
Principles of Community law
Protection of personal data: according to Advocate General Pikamäe, the supervisory authority has an obligation to act when it finds a breach in the course of investigating a complaint

Dexia v SRB
Economic policy
The calculation of the 2022 ex ante contributions to the Single Resolution Fund (SRF) is unlawful

Aven v Council
External relations
War in Ukraine: the General Court annuls the inclusion of Petr Aven and Mikhail Fridman on the lists of persons subject to restrictive measures between February 2022 and March 2023

Commission v Amazon Services Europe
Approximation of laws
Online advertising: Amazon’s request to suspend its obligation to make an advertisement repository publicly available is rejected

Judicial statistics 2023: confirmation of the structural increase in litigation before the Court of Justice

Solemn undertaking before the Court of Justice of the European Union by three new Members of the European Court of Auditors

The European Parliament and the Court of Justice of the European Union meet for their first annual dialogue

Illumina v Commission
Competition
Illumina-Grail Merger: AG Emiliou proposes to set aside the General Court judgment and annul Commission decisions on referral request

Confédération paysanne
Approximation of laws
Advocate General Ćapeta: melons and tomatoes from the territory of Western Sahara must bear a ‘country of origin’ label reflecting their origin in that territory

Commission v Front Polisario
External relations
Advocate General Ćapeta: the General Court erred in annulling the decision approving, on behalf of the European Union, a preferential tariff agreement with the Kingdom of Morocco relating to the territory of Western Sahara

Commission v Front Polisario
External relations
Advocate General Ćapeta: the Court of Justice should annul the Council decision concluding the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement with the Kingdom of Morocco

LEA
Culture
Italian legislation under which independent companies established in another Member State are excluded from copyright management is incompatible with EU law

Cobult
Transport
Rights of airline passengers: the passenger is deemed to have accepted reimbursement of the cost of the ticket by travel voucher where, while filling in a form on the website of the air carrier, he or she has waived reimbursement of the cost of the ticket by a sum of money

Landeshauptstadt Wiesbaden
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
The mandatory insertion in identity cards of two fingerprints is compatible with the fundamental rights to respect for private life and to protection of personal data

Újpesti Polgármesteri Hivatal
Principles of Community law
Protection of personal data: the supervisory authority of a Member State may order the erasure of unlawfully processed data even in the absence of a prior request by the data subject

Commission v United Kingdom
The United Kingdom has infringed EU law as a result of a judgment of its Supreme Court

D & A Pharma v Commission and EMA
Marketing authorisations for medicinal products: the European Medicines Agency (EMA) must ensure that the experts it consults do not have a conflict of interest

Kolin Inşaat Turizm Sanayi ve Ticaret
Freedom of establishment
AG Collins: only economic operators established in countries party to international agreements on public contracts that bind the EU may rely on provisions of the Public Procurement Directives

IAB Europe
Auctioning of personal data for advertising purposes: the Court of Justice clarifies the rules under the GDPR

Puma v EUIPO - Handelsmaatschappij J. Van Hilst
Intellectual and industrial property
The prior disclosure of a Puma shoe model by the artist Rihanna results in the invalidity of a registered Community design