European Court of Justice (News)

TGSS (Chômage des employés de maison)
SOPO
Spanish legislation excluding domestic workers from unemployment benefit while they are almost exclusively women is contrary to EU law

A (Contrats d’assurance « unit-linked »)
Freedom of establishment
Court of Justice clarifies the scope of the pre-contractual information disclosure obligation in relation to ‘unit-linked’ group life assurance contracts

Agenzia delle dogane e dei monopoli and Ministero dell'Economia e delle Finanze
Freedom of establishment
Combatting tobacco consumption among young people: Member States may impose administrative sanctions on economic operators who infringe the prohibition on sales to minors, such as suspension of their trading licence for a period of 15 days

Govern d'Andorra v EUIPO (Andorra)
Intellectual and industrial property
The General Court confirms that the figurative sign ANDORRA cannot be registered as an EU trade mark for several goods and services

United Parcel Service v Commission, ASL Aviation Holdings, ASL Airlines (Ireland)/Commission
Law governing the institutions
The General Court dismisses two actions for damages brought by UPS and ASL Aviation Holdings

Openbaar Ministerie (Tribunal établi par la loi dans l’État membre d’émission)
DFON
Refusal to execute a European arrest warrant: the Court of Justice specifies the criteria permitting an executing judicial authority to assess whether there is any risk of breach of the requested person’s fundamental right to a fair trial

Sea Watch
Transport
According to Advocate General Rantos, the compliance with international standards of private ships engaged in regular sea search and rescue activities may be monitored by the port State

Commissaire général aux réfugiés and aux apatrides (Unité familiale - Protection déjà accordée)
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
A Member State may exercise its option to declare an application for international protection inadmissible on the ground that the applicant has already been granted refugee status by another Member State

Stichting Rookpreventie Jeugd and Others
Freedom of establishment
Filter cigarettes: the method which has been established by ISO for determining the maximum emission levels for tar, nicotine and carbon monoxide and to which EU law refers is valid and binding on cigarette manufacturers

RS (Effet des arrêts d’une cour constitutionnelle)
Law governing the institutions
EU law precludes a national rule under which national courts have no jurisdiction to examine the conformity with EU law of national legislation which has been held to be constitutional by a judgment of the constitutional court of the Member State

Hungary v Parliament and Council, C-157/21 Poland v Parliament and Council
Principles of Community law
Measures for the protection of the Union budget: the Court of Justice, sitting as a full Court, dismisses the actions brought by Hungary and Poland against the conditionality mechanism which makes the receipt of financing from the Union budget subject to the respect by the Member States for the principles of the rule of law

OE (Résidence habituelle d’un époux - Critère de nationalité)
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
The period of residence required in order for the courts of a Member State to exercise their jurisdiction to hear and determine an application for divorce may legitimately vary according to the nationality of the applicant

HR Rail
SOPO
A worker with a disability, including a worker doing a traineeship as part of his or her recruitment, who is declared incapable of performing the essential duties of the post that he or she occupies, may benefit from reassignment to another post for which he or she is competent, capable and available

Sped-Pro v Commission
Competition
The General Court annuls the decision of the Commission rejecting a complaint against PKP Cargo, a company controlled by the Polish State, concerning an alleged abuse of its dominant position on the market for rail freight transport services in Poland

ÖBB-Infrastruktur Aktiengesellschaft
Transport
Advocate General Ćapeta: the Court of Justice should find that it has jurisdiction to interpret the CUI Uniform Rules because the EU has exercised its shared competence by acceding to COTIF

Czech Republic v Poland (Mine de Turów)
Environment and consumers
Advocate General Pikamäe: By extending the development consent for lignite mining in the Turów mine by six years without carrying out an environmental impact assessment, Poland infringed EU law

Polskie Górnictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo v Commission (Rejet de plainte)
Competition
The General Court annuls the Commission’s decision to reject a complaint lodged by a Polish wholesaler

Scania and Others v Commission
Competition
The General Court dismisses Scania’s action and maintains the fine of €880.52 million imposed by the Commission for Scania’s participation in a cartel between truck manufacturers

Polskie Górnictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo v Commission (Engagements de Gazprom)
Competition
The General Court dismisses the action brought against a decision by the Commission to make binding on Gazprom commitments proposed by the latter in order to address competition concerns raised by the former in relation to the national markets for the upstream wholesale supply of gas in the countries of eastern and central Europe

Sātiņi-S
Agriculture and fisheries
The Court of Justice interprets the provisions of EU law relating to compensation payments granted under Natura 2000