European Court of Justice (News)

Bundesamt für Fremdenwesen und Asyl and Others
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
According to Advocate General Jean Richard de la Tour, the discriminatory measures adopted against Afghan women by the Taliban regime amount, on account of their cumulative effect, to persecution

Commission v Ireland and Others
State aid
According to Advocate General Pitruzzella, the judgment of the General Court on ‘tax rulings’ adopted by Ireland in relation to Apple should be set aside

Commission v Sweden
Approximation of laws
Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations: Sweden is ordered to pay € 8 500 000 for late transposition of the amended Firearms Directive

Všeobecná úverová banka
Unfair term in a consumer credit contract secured by the family home: the court must assess the proportionality between the seller or supplier’s power to demand the whole of the loan and the seriousness of the consumer’s non-compliance

Gesamtverband Autoteile-Handel
Approximation of laws
Car manufacturers must make vehicle identification numbers available to independent operators

Google Ireland and Others
Freedom of establishment
Combating illegal content on the Internet: a Member State may not subject a communication platform provider established in another Member State to general and abstract obligations

Mazepin v Council
External relations
War in Ukraine: the General Court confirms that the funds of Mr Dmitry Arkadievich Mazepin must remain frozen

Sattvica v EUIPO - Maradona and Others (DIEGO MARADONA)
Intellectual and industrial property
Legal battle over the DIEGO MARADONA trade mark: the General Court of the European Union confirms the EUIPO’s refusal to register the transfer of that trade mark in favour of the Argentine company Sattvica

Visit to the Court of Justice of the European Union by the President of the Republic of Slovenia, Ms Nataša Pirc Musar

Staatsanwaltschaft Berlin (EncroChat)
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
Advocate General Ćapeta: A public prosecutor may issue a European Investigation Order (EIO) for the transfer of evidence already gathered in another Member State

LATAM Airlines Group
Transport
Pre-emptively denied boarding: passengers have the right to compensation even if they did not present themselves for boarding and even if they have been informed at least two weeks before the scheduled time of departure of the flight that they will be denied boarding

FT
Principles of Community law
Protection of personal data: a patient has the right to obtain a first copy of his or her medical records free of charge

Bulgarian Energy Holding and Others v Commission
Competition
The General Court annuls the Commission Decision according to which the BEH Group abused its dominant position by refusing access to strategic gas infrastructures in Bulgaria

G. ST. T.
Approximation of laws
A custodial sentence of a minimum of five years for trade mark infringement may prove to be disproportionate

Lufthansa CityLine
Working time: schemes for obtaining increased remuneration when exceeding a certain number of working hours must not place part-time workers at a disadvantage

Zippo Manufacturing and Others v Commission
Commercial policy
The General Court annuls the additional customs duties on certain lighters from the United States

Verband Wirtschaft im Wettbewerb
Energy
Advertisements for ovens and range hoods must make reference both to the energy efficiency class of those products and to the range of efficiency classes

KBC Verzekeringen
Approximation of laws
An electric bicycle is not covered by the obligation to insure motor vehicles because it is not propelled exclusively by mechanical power

Sofatutor
Approximation of laws
The consumer’s right to withdraw from an initially free and automatically extended subscription made via distance contract is guaranteed only once

Ascenza Agro and Industrias Afrasa v Commission
Agriculture and fisheries
The General Court dismisses the action against the non-renewal of the approval of the active substance chlorpyrifos-methyl, used in plant protection products