European Court of Justice (News)

Commission v Italy (Bactérie Xylella fastidiosa)
Environment and consumers
Italy has failed to comply with its obligation to implement measures to prevent the spread of the Xylella fastidiosa bacterium, which can cause the death of a large number of plants, in particular olive trees

Verein für Konsumenteninformation
Approximation of laws
The option to pay by SEPA direct debit cannot be subject to a condition of residence in the national territory

Verein für Konsumenteninformation
Approximation of laws
The option to pay by SEPA direct debit cannot be subject to a condition of residence in the national territory

AW and Others (Appels au 112)
Approximation of laws
Telecommunications undertakings must transmit, free of charge, to the authority handling emergency calls made to ‘112’ information enabling the caller to be located

AW and Others (Appels au 112)
Approximation of laws
Telecommunications undertakings must transmit, free of charge, to the authority handling emergency calls made to ‘112’ information enabling the caller to be located

Salvoni
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
Lors de la délivrance du certificat relatif à force exécutoire d’une injonction de paiement définitive, le juge national ne peut pas vérifier d’office si les règles de compétence juridictionnelle ont été méconnues, même si un consommateur est concerné

Salvoni
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
Lors de la délivrance du certificat relatif à force exécutoire d’une injonction de paiement définitive, le juge national ne peut pas vérifier d’office si les règles de compétence juridictionnelle ont été méconnues, même si un consommateur est concerné

Fashion ID
PDON
The operator of a website that features a Facebook ‘Like’ button can be a controller jointly with Facebook in respect of the collection and transmission to Facebook of the personal data of visitors to its website

Puppinck and Others v Commission
Law governing the institutions
Advocate General Bobek: the General Court was correct in confirming the Commission decision not to submit a legislative proposal in the context of the European citizens’ initiative ‘One of Us’

Puppinck and Others v Commission
Law governing the institutions
Advocate General Bobek: the General Court was correct in confirming the Commission decision not to submit a legislative proposal in the context of the European citizens’ initiative ‘One of Us’

Spiegel Online
Freedom of establishment
The use of a protected work for the purposes of reporting current events does not, in principle, require a prior request for authorisation

Spiegel Online
Freedom of establishment
The use of a protected work for the purposes of reporting current events does not, in principle, require a prior request for authorisation

Inter-Environnement Wallonie and Bond Beter Leefmilieu Vlaanderen
Environment and consumers
The Belgian law extending the operating life of nuclear power stations Doel 1 and Doel 2 was adopted without the required environmental assessments being carried out first

Inter-Environnement Wallonie and Bond Beter Leefmilieu Vlaanderen
Environment and consumers
The Belgian law extending the operating life of nuclear power stations Doel 1 and Doel 2 was adopted without the required environmental assessments being carried out first

Pelham and Others
Freedom of establishment
Sampling without authorisation can infringe a phonogram producer’s rights

Funke Medien NRW
Freedom of establishment
Freedom of information and the freedom of the press cannot justify a derogation from the rights of copyright holders beyond the exceptions and limitations set out in the Copyright Directive

Sony and Sony Electronics v Commission
Competition
The General Court upholds the Commission’s Decision finding that there was a cartel on the optical disk drives market

Yanukovych v Council
External relations
The General Court annuls the freezing of funds of seven members of the former Ukrainian ruling class, including Viktor Yanukovych, former President of Ukraine

České aerolinie
Transport
Connecting flights that are the subject of a single reservation departing from a Member State to a non-Member State via another non-Member State: the air carrier that performed the first flight is obliged to pay compensation to passengers who suffered a long delay in the arrival of the second flight performed by a nonCommunity air carrier

Commission v Greece (Tsipouro)
Taxation
La législation grecque appliquant un taux d’accise réduit au tsipouro et à la tsikoudia fabriqués par les entreprises de distillation et un taux d’accise fortement réduit à ceux fabriqués par les petits distillateurs est contraire au droit de l’Union