European Court of Justice (News)

Santander Bank Polska
Approximation of laws

Early repayment of a mortgage loan: the consumer can recover part of the commission linked to the granting of credit if he or she has not been informed that this commission is not dependent of the duration of the contract

Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
Intellectual and industrial property
The Directive on the legal protection of computer programs does not allow the holder of that protection to prohibit the marketing by a third party of software which merely changes variables transferred temporarily to a game console’s RAM

Partial transfer of jurisdiction from the Court of Justice to the General Court: creation within the General Court of a Chamber specialising in preliminary ruling cases, and election of Advocates General

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

Mr Maciej Szpunar is re-elected First Advocate General of the Court of Justice

Election of the Presidents of the Chambers of five Judges of the Court of Justice

Mr Thomas von Danwitz is elected Vice-President of the Court of Justice of the European Union

Mr Koen Lenaerts is re-elected as President of the Court of Justice of the European Union

Partial renewal of the Court of Justice and entry into office of new Members of the General Court

Alphabet and Others
Competition
AG Medina: Google’s refusal to provide third-party access to Android Auto platform may be in breach of competition rules

Novo Banco and Others
A failure to publish reorganisation measures in respect of a credit institution does not lead to those measures being invalid or their effects being unenforceable in another Member State

M.S. and Others
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
Fair trial: minors subject to criminal proceedings must have the practical and effective opportunity to be assisted by a lawyer

Jemerak
External relations
A notary does not breach the sanctions against Russia when he or she authenticates the sale of a property owned by an unlisted Russian company

IMG v Commission
Indirect management of the EU budget: according to the General Court, the Commission’s decision refusing to recognise IMG as having status as an international organisation is lawful

Illumina v Commission
Competition
Illumina-Grail merger: the Court of Justice sets aside the judgment of the General Court and annuls the decisions by which the Commission accepted requests from national competition authorities seeking the examination of the proposed concentration

Important amendments to the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice and of the General Court enter into force on 1 September

Jurisdiction to hear and determine questions referred for a preliminary ruling is conferred on the General Court of the European Union in six specific areas

Perle
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
Authorisation to reside on the territory of a Member State for the purposes of studies: a Member State may reject an abusive application for authorisation, even if it has not correctly transposed the directive that provides for that option

Banco BPN v BIC Português and Others
Competition
The exchange of information over a period of more than ten years between 14 credit institutions in Portugal could constitute a restriction of competition by object

Ryanair and Laudamotion v Commission
State aid
COVID-19: the Court of Justice confirms the lawfulness of the subordinated loan of €150 million granted by Austria to Austrian Airlines in the summer of 2020