European Court of Justice (News)

Les Éditions P. Amaury v EUIPO - Golden Balls (BALLON D'OR)
Intellectual and industrial property
The General Court annuls EUIPO’s decision revoking the EU trade mark BALLON D’OR in respect of entertainment services

Puigdemont i Casamajó and Comín i Oliveres v Parliament
Law governing the institutions
The action brought by Mr Carles Puigdemont i Casamajó and Mr Antoni Comín i Oliveres against the refusal of the former President of the Parliament to recognise their status as Members of the European Parliament and their associated rights is inadmissible

Entry into office of two new Members of the General Court of the European Union

Valstybės sienos apsaugos tarnyba
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
Le droit de l’Union s’oppose à la législation lituanienne en vertu de laquelle, en cas d’afflux massif d’étrangers, un demandeur d’asile peut être placé en rétention au seul motif qu’il se trouve en séjour irrégulier

Hijos de Moisés Rodríguez González v EUIPO - Irlande and Ornua (La Irlandesa 1943)
Intellectual and industrial property
Une marque contenant un terme relatif à une provenance géographique utilisée par le passé qui est ensuite enregistrée et utilisée pour des produits qui n’ont plus cette provenance est susceptible d’induire les consommateurs en erreur quant à la provenance géographique de ces produits

Commission v Spain
Law governing the institutions
Responsabilité de l’État pour les dommages causés aux particuliers par les violations du droit de l’Union : l’Espagne a manqué aux obligations qui lui incombent en vertu du principe d’effectivité

Ryanair v Commission (Finnair II; Covid-19)
State aid
The action seeking annulment of the decision by the Commission to approve aid granted by Finland to the airline Finnair is dismissed in its entirety

Anglo Austrian AAB and Belegging-Maatschappij "Far-East" v ECB
Economic policy
The General Court confirms the withdrawal of AAB Bank’s authorisation as a credit institution

thyssenkrupp v Commission
Competition
The General Court upholds the Commission’s decision prohibiting the proposed merger between thyssenkrupp and Tata Steel

Porr Bau
Environment and consumers
According to Advocate General Medina, uncontaminated top-quality excavated soil supplied by a construction undertaking to local farmers for improving the cultivation land may not constitute ‘waste’ under EU law

Commission v Slovakia (Protection du Grand tétras)
Environment and consumers
Protection of the capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) and the Natura 2000 areas hosting the habitat of that wild bird: the Court finds that Slovakia has infringed the Habitats Directive and the Birds Directive

Volvo and DAF Trucks
Competition
The Court specifies the temporal scope of the rules governing the limitation period for bringing an action for damages for infringements of competition law and of the rules governing the quantification of the harm resulting from such infringements and the rebuttable presumption relating to the existence of harm resulting from a cartel

Visite à la Cour de justice de l'Union européenne de S. Exc. Mme Katerina Sakellaropoulou, présidente de la République Hellénique

Ligue des droits humains
PDON
The Court considers that respect for fundamental rights requires that the powers provided for by the PNR Directive be limited to what is strictly necessary

London Steam-Ship Owners’ Mutual Insurance Association
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
The Prestige sinking: The arbitration proceedings initiated in the United Kingdom cannot block the recognition of the Spanish judgment ordering the insurer to pay compensation for the damage caused by the oil spill

Junqueras i Vies v Parliament
Law governing the institutions
According to Advocate General Szpunar, the appeal brought by Mr Junqueras i Vies against the order of the General Court of the European Union delivered on 15 December 2020 must be dismissed

Draft modernised Energy Charter Treaty: Belgium’s request for an Opinion is inadmissible on account of its premature nature.

Commission v Austria (Indexation des prestations familiales)
Social security for migrant workers
The adjustment of family allowances and of various tax advantages granted by Austria to workers according to their children’s State of residence is contrary to EU law

C-698/19 P & Sony Optiarc and Sony Optiarc America v Commission, C-699/19 P & Quanta Storage v Commission and C-700/19 P & Toshiba Samsung Storage Technology and Toshiba Samsung Storage Technology Korea v Commission
Competition
Cartel on the market for optical disk drives: the Court partially annuls the decision of the Commission but upholds the amounts of the fines imposed.

Qualcomm v Commission
Competition
Abuse of dominance on the LTE chipsets market: the General Court annuls the Commission decision imposing on Qualcomm a fine of approximately €1 billion