European Court of Justice (News)

Pešková and Peška
Transport
A collision between an aircraft and a bird is an extraordinary circumstance which may exempt the air carrier from its obligation to pay compensation in the event that a flight is delayed significantly

Pešková and Peška
Transport
A collision between an aircraft and a bird is an extraordinary circumstance which may exempt the air carrier from its obligation to pay compensation in the event that a flight is delayed significantly

Erzberger
DISC
According to Advocate General Saugmandsgaard Øe, the German law on employee participation is compatible with EU law

Erzberger
DISC
According to Advocate General Saugmandsgaard Øe, the German law on employee participation is compatible with EU law

Andriciuc and Others
Approximation of laws
According to Advocate General Wahl, a term of a loan agreement that provides for the repayment of the loan in the foreign currency in which the loan was granted does not necessarily constitute an unfair term

Andriciuc and Others
Approximation of laws
According to Advocate General Wahl, a term of a loan agreement that provides for the repayment of the loan in the foreign currency in which the loan was granted does not necessarily constitute an unfair term

Nogueira and Others
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
According to Advocate General Saugmandsgaard Øe, disputes relating to contracts of employment of air hostesses and stewards come within the jurisdiction of the courts of the place ‘where or from which’ those employees principally carry out their obligations vis-à-vis their employer

Stichting Brein
The sale of a multimedia player which enables films that are available illegally on the internet to be viewed easily and for free on a television screen could constitute an infringement of copyright

APVE and Others
Competition
According to Advocate General Wahl, agricultural producer organisations and their associations may be held liable for agreements, decisions or concerted practices contrary to EU law

EUIPO v Szajner
Intellectual and industrial property
The Court of Justice confirms that the company Forge de Laguiole may oppose the registration, at EU level, of the trade mark Laguiole in the area of, inter alia, knives and cutlery

Fahimian
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
The national authorities may refuse, for reasons of public security, to grant to an Iranian national with a degree from a university subject to restrictive measures a visa for study in a sensitive field such as information technology security

All European Final of the European Moot Court Competition takes place at the Court of Justice of the European Union in Luxembourg on 31 March

Fidenato and Others
Environment and consumers
According to Advocate General Bobek, Member States can adopt emergency measures regarding genetically modified food and feed only if they can establish, in addition to urgency, a clear and serious risk to health and the environment

Rosneft
External relations
The restrictive measures adopted by the Council in response to the crisis in Ukraine against certain Russian undertakings, including Rosneft, are valid

Celebration of the 60th anniversary of the signing of the Rome Treaties

Solemn undertaking before the Court of Justice of the European Union by a new Member of the European Court of Auditors

Tele2 (Netherlands) and Others
Approximation of laws
A telephone subscriber’s consent to the publication of his data also covers its use in another Member State

G4S Secure Solutions
Principles of Community law
An internal rule of an undertaking which prohibits the visible wearing of any political, philosophical or religious sign does not constitute direct discrimination

A and Others
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
Actions by armed forces during periods of armed conflict, within the meaning of international humanitarian law, may constitute ‘terrorist acts’

Piringer
SERV
Member States may reserve to notaries the power to authenticate signatures appended to the documents necessary for the creation or transfer of rights to real property