European Court of Justice (News)

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

Meta Platforms and Others (Conditions générales d’utilisation d’un réseau social)
Principles of Community law
According to Advocate General Rantos, a competition authority may, in exercising its powers, take account of the compatibility of a commercial practice with the General Data Protection Regulation

VD
Freedom of establishment
The general and indiscriminate retention of traffic data by operators providing electronic communications services for a year from the date on which they were recorded is not authorised, as a preventive measure, for the purpose of combating market abuse offences including insider dealing

SpaceNet
Approximation of laws
The Court of Justice confirms that EU law precludes the general and indiscriminate retention of traffic and location data, except in the case of a serious threat to national security

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

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

Partial renewal and entry into service of three new members of the General Court

Fenix International
Taxation
According to Advocate General Rantos, the provision of the regulation implementing the VAT Directive providing that an online intermediary platform is, in principle, liable to pay VAT is valid

FTI Touristik (Voyage à forfait aux Îles Canaries) and C-407/21 UFC - Que choisir et CLCV
Approximation of laws
Tourism in times of pandemic : according to Advocate General Medina, if tourist operators are not able to honour the terms of a package travel contract, the pandemic does not exempt them from the obligation to reduce the price and, if it is cancelled, to provide a cash refund unless exceptional difficulties are proven to exist

HA.EN.
Taxation
Une pratique administrative fiscale nationale privant les assujettis ayant acquis un bien immeuble dans le cadre d’une procédure de vente forcée de leur droit à déduction de TVA est, en l’absence d’une fraude ou abus de droit, contraire au droit de l’Union

Fossil (Gibraltar)
State aid
Corporate income tax in Gibraltar: the national authorities responsible for the recovery of aid classified as unlawful may apply a domestic provision in order to prevent double taxation

Google and Alphabet v Commission (Google Android)
Competition
The General Court largely confirms the Commission’s decision that Google imposed unlawful restrictions on manufacturers of Android mobile devices and mobile network operators in order to consolidate the dominant position of its search engine

Banka Slovenije
Economic policy
Monetary policy and bank resolution in the Eurozone: the Court sets out the limits of the liability of a central bank in respect of damage incurred by holders of financial instruments cancelled by that bank pursuant to reorganisation measures

TP (Monteur audiovisuel pour la télévision publique)
Principles of Community law
Advocate General Ćapeta: Sexual orientation cannot be a reason to refuse to conclude a contract with a self-employed worker

D.B.P. (Crédit hypothécaire libellé en devises étrangères)
Environment and consumers
Loans denominated in foreign currency: if the consumer objects, the national court may not replace an unfair term relating to the conversion price with a supplementary provision of national law

Ministerstvo životního prostředí (Perroquets Ara hyacinthe)
Environment and consumers
The Court provides clarification on the concept of captive breeding of specimens of Hyacinth Macaw

Staatssecretaris van Justitie en Veiligheid
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
A third-country national who enjoys a right of residence as a family member of an EU citizen may acquire long-term resident status where he or she satisfies the conditions provided for by EU law

Boriss Cilevičs and Others
L’obligation de dispenser des programmes d’enseignement supérieur dans la langue officielle de l’État membre peut être conforme à la liberté d’établissement

M P A
DFON
La Cour apporte des précisions quant à la compétence judiciaire en matière de divorce, de responsabilité parentale et d’obligations alimentaires

Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Regroupement familial avec un mineur réfugié)
Justice and Home Affairs
Regroupement familial : le refus de délivrance d’un visa national aux fins du regroupement familial au parent d’un mineur réfugié non accompagné devenu majeur au cours de cette procédure est contraire au droit de l’Union