European Court of Justice (News)

Regione Puglia
Freedom of establishment
A Member State may, within the geographical limits set by it, grant several licenses to the same operator for the prospection, exploration and production of hydrocarbons, such as petrol and natural gas, for adjacent areas, provided that it ensures non-discriminatory access to those activities for all operators and assesses the cumulative effect of projects likely to have significant effects on the environment

Allemagne - Ville de Paris and Others v Commission,C-178/19 P Hongrie - Ville de Paris e.a./Commission
Environment and consumers
The Court of Justice sets aside the judgment of the General Court partially annulling the Commission regulation fixing emission values for real driving emissions tests for new light vehicles.

MIUR and Ufficio Scolastico Regionale per la Campania
DFON
Teachers of Catholic religious education: the requirement to hold a suitability certificate issued by a Church authority does not justify the renewal of fixed-term contracts

Trapeza Peiraios
Environment and consumers
The Court clarifies the extent of protection afforded to consumers under a loan contract repayable in a foreign currency

Randstad Italia
DFON
EU law does not preclude the highest court in the judicial order of a Member State from being unable to set aside a judgment delivered in breach of EU law by that Member State’s highest administrative court

Gtflix Tv
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
Dissemination of allegedly disparaging remarks on the internet: compensation for the resulting damage in a Member State may be sought before the courts of that Member State

Azurair and Others C-188/20, C-196/20, C-270/20,C-263/20 Airhelp,C-395/20 Corendon Airlines
Transport
A flight must be regarded as having been ‘cancelled’ in the case where the operating air carrier brings it forward by more than one hour

Euro Box Promotion and Others,C-379/19 DNA- Serviciul Teritorial Oradea, C-547/19 Asociaţia « Forumul Judecătorilor din România », C-811/19 FQ e.a. ,C-840/19 NC
Law governing the institutions
Le droit de l’Union s’oppose à l’application d’une jurisprudence de la Cour constitutionnelle dans la mesure où celle-ci, combinée avec les dispositions nationales en matière de prescription, crée un risque systémique d’impunité

Bank Melli Iran
Free movement of capital
The prohibition imposed by EU law on complying with secondary sanctions laid down by the United States against Iran may be relied on in civil proceedings

Servizio Elettrico Nazionale and Others
Competition
Advocate General Rantos sets out the criteria for classifying an exclusionary practice as an abuse of a dominant position

Solemn undertaking before the Court of Justice of the European Union given by two new Members of the European Court of Auditors

Dyson and Others v Commission
Law governing the institutions
Energy consumption of cyclonic bagless vacuum cleaners: the General Court dismisses Dyson Ltd’s claim for compensation for alleged loss

Hungary v Parliament and Council, Poland v Parliament and Council
Principles of Community law
AG Campos Sánchez-Bordona: the actions brought by Hungary and Poland against the regime of conditionality for the protection of the Union budget in the event of breaches of the principles of the rule of law should be dismissed

Facebook Ireland
Principles of Community law
According to Advocate General Richard de la Tour, the Member States may allow consumer protection associations to bring representative actions against infringements of the protection of personal data

Roos and Others v Parliament
SANT
Le président du Tribunal ne suspend pas la décision du Parlement européen conditionnant l’accès à ses bâtiments à la présentation d’un certificat Covid-19 numérique de l’UE

LR Ģenerālprokuratūra
Privileges and immunities
Where a criminal authority finds that the conduct investigated by it of a governor of a central bank of a Member State was manifestly not committed by that governor in his or her official capacity, proceedings against him or her may be continued since immunity from legal proceedings does not apply

Puigdemont i Casamajó and Others v Parliament
Law governing the institutions
The Vice-President of the General Court of the European Union refuses the new request for the suspension of waiver of the parliamentary immunity of Mr Carles Puigdemont i Casamajó, Mr Antoni Comín i Oliveres and Ms Clara Ponsatí i Obiols

IB (Résidence habituelle d’un époux - Divorce)
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
Jurisdiction to hear a divorce application: the Court clarifies the meaning and scope of the concept of the « habitual residence » of a spouse

État luxembourgeois (Informations sur un groupe de contribuables)
Approximation of laws
Coopération administrative dans le domaine fiscal : une demande d’informations peut concerner un groupe de personnes identifiables, mais non nominativement et individuellement identifiées

SpaceNet ,Telecom Deutschland,Commissioner of the Garda Síochána
Approximation of laws
Advocate General Campos Sánchez-Bordona reiterates that the general and indiscriminate retention of traffic and location data relating to electronic communications is permitted only in the event of a serious threat to national security