European Court of Justice (News)

NeXovation v Commission
State aid
The General Court upholds the Commission’s decision concerning State aid granted by Germany to the Nürburgring

NeXovation v Commission
State aid
The General Court upholds the Commission’s decision concerning State aid granted by Germany to the Nürburgring

adidas v EUIPO - Shoe Branding Europe (Représentation de trois bandes parallèles)
Intellectual and industrial property
The General Court of the EU confirms the invalidity of the adidas EU trade mark which consists of three parallel stripes applied in any direction

adidas v EUIPO - Shoe Branding Europe (Représentation de trois bandes parallèles)
Intellectual and industrial property
The General Court of the EU confirms the invalidity of the adidas EU trade mark which consists of three parallel stripes applied in any direction

Austria v Germany
Citizenship of the Union
The German vignette for the use by passenger vehicles of federal roads is contrary to EU law

Austria v Germany
Citizenship of the Union
The German vignette for the use by passenger vehicles of federal roads is contrary to EU law

Resignation of Judge Egils Levits

Resignation of Judge Egils Levits

Organisation juive européenne and Vignoble Psagot
Approximation of laws
Advocate General Hogan: EU law requires, for a product originating in a territory occupied by Israel since 1967, the indication of the geographical name of this territory and, where it is the case, the indication that the product comes from an Israeli settlement

Organisation juive européenne and Vignoble Psagot
Approximation of laws
Advocate General Hogan: EU law requires, for a product originating in a territory occupied by Israel since 1967, the indication of the geographical name of this territory and, where it is the case, the indication that the product comes from an Israeli settlement

TopFit and Biffi
DISC
The exclusion, in part, of nationals of other Member States from the German senior amateur athletics championships may be contrary to EU law.

TopFit and Biffi
DISC
The exclusion, in part, of nationals of other Member States from the German senior amateur athletics championships may be contrary to EU law.

Death of Advocate General Yves Bot

Dalli v Commission
Law governing the institutions
The Court dismisses the action brought by the former European Commissioner John Dalli by which he applied for compensation for damage allegedly suffered as a result of the termination of his office

Glawischnig-Piesczek
Freedom of establishment
According to Advocate General Szpunar, Facebook can be ordered to seek and identify all comments identical to a defamatory comment that has been found to be illegal, and equivalent comments in so far as the latter originate from the same user

OG (Parquet de Lübeck)
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
German public prosecutor’s offices do not provide a sufficient guarantee of independence from the executive for the purposes of issuing a European arrest warrant

WB
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
Les notaires en Pologne, dressant un certificat d’hérédité à la demande conjointe de toutes les parties à la procédure notariale, ne sont pas des « juridictions » au sens du règlement sur les successions et, par conséquent, ledit certificat n’est pas une « décision » en matière de successions

Steinhoff and Others v ECB
Law governing the institutions
The General Court rejects the action for compensation brought against the ECB by private investors who suffered losses as a result of the restructuring of the Greek public debt in 2012

Commission v Hungary
Free movement of capital
In cancelling the rights of usufruct over agricultural land in its territory that are held, directly or indirectly, by nationals of other Member States, Hungary has failed to fulfil its obligations arising from the principle of the free movement of capital and the right to property guaranteed by the Charter

Poland v Commission
State aid
The General Court annuls the Commission’s decisions concerning the Polish tax on the retail sector