European Court of Justice (News)

Amazon EU
Environment and consumers
An e-commerce platform such as Amazon is not obliged in all cases to make a telephone number available to consumers before the conclusion of a contract

Commission v Belgium (Article 260, paragraphe 3, TFUE - Réseaux à haut débit)
Approximation of laws
The Court interprets and applies for the first time Article 260(3) TFEU, which permits the imposition of a financial penalty for failure to fulfil the ‘obligation to notify measures transposing’ an EU directive

Baltic Media Alliance
SERV
A Member State may, for reasons of public policy such as combating incitement to hatred, impose a temporary obligation to broadcast or retransmit a television channel from another Member State only in pay-to-view packages

Constantin Film Produktion v EUIPO
Intellectual and industrial property
Advocate General Bobek: EUIPO’s decision rejecting the registration of the trade mark ‘Fack Ju Göhte’ should be annulled

Puigdemont i Casamajó and Comín i Oliveres v Parliament

The application for interim measures of Mr Carles Puigdemont and Mr Antoni Comín, to order the European Parliament to enable them to take their seats in Parliament is dismissed

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

Moreira v EUIPO - Da Silva Santos Júnior (NEYMAR)
Intellectual and industrial property
The General Court of the EU confirms that registration of the mark ‘NEYMAR’ by a third party is invalid

M, C-77/17 X, C-78/17 X
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
The provisions of the Refugee Directive relating to the revocation of and refusal to grant refugee status on grounds connected with the protection of the security or the community of the host Member State are valid

CCOO
SOPO
Member States must require employers to set up a system enabling the duration of daily working time to be measured

Praxair MRC
SOPO
The calculation of compensation payments for dismissal and redeployment of an employee who is on part-time parental leave must be carried out on the basis of the full-time salary

Villar Láiz
SOPO
The Spanish legislation on the calculation of retirement pensions for part-time workers is contrary to EU law if it is found to be particularly disadvantageous to female workers

Czech Republic v Parliament and Council
Industrial Policy
Advocate General Sharpston: the Court should dismiss the Czech Republic’s action against EU legislation introducing more stringent rules for the acquisition and possession of firearms

Syndicat des cadres de la sécurité intérieure
Freedom of movement for persons
National legislation may lay down, for the purpose of calculating the average weekly working time, reference periods which start and end on fixed calendar dates

Commission v Poland (Indépendance de la Cour suprême)
Principles of Community law
Advocate General Tanchev: the Court should rule that the provisions of Polish legislation relating to the lowering of the retirement age for Supreme Court judges are contrary to EU law

All European Final of the European Moot Court Competition takes place at the Court of Justice of the European Union in Luxembourg on 5 April

Verkehrsbetrieb Hüttebräucker and BVR Busverkehr Rheinland
Transport