European Court of Justice (News)

Commission v Slovenia
Environment and consumers
Waste management: the Court imposes a financial penalty on Slovenia for having failed to comply with its obligations with regard to the landfilling of waste

Solemn undertaking of Ms Kaja Kallas, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission

Novel Nutriology
Agriculture
Advertising using health claims relating to botanical substances is currently prohibited

Generalstaatsanwaltschaft Frankfurt am Main
Restrictive measures: the ban on the export of banknotes denominated in euro or in another official currency of a Member State to Russia also applies when the money is intended to finance medical treatments

Rzecznik Praw Obywatelskich
Principles of Community law
Advocate General Spielmann: the involvement of a body lacking a guarantee of independence in a procedure for the appointment of a judge does not, in itself, justify the exclusion of that judge

Prezydent Miasta Mielca
State aid
State aid: the Court specifies the circumstances in which tax exemptions may be prohibited by EU law

Fastned Deutschland
Freedom of establishment
The Court of Justice provides clarity on the circumstances in which a concession may be modified without a new award procedure

Commission v Malta
Citizenship of the Union
Union citizenship: the Maltese investor citizenship scheme is contrary to EU law

The European Parliament and the Court of Justice of the European Union meet for their annual dialogue

AW "T"
Principles of Community law
Advocate General Spielmann: a national court is required to disregard, or find to be legally non-existent, the judgment of a higher court that does not meet the requirement of a tribunal previously established by law

Alace
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
International protection: according to Advocate General Richard de la Tour, a Member State may designate safe countries of origin by a legislative act and must disclose, for the purpose of judicial review, the sources of information upon which that designation is based

Hamoudi v Frontex
Law governing the institutions
Action for damages against Frontex: AG Norkus analyses the allocation of the burden of proof in relation to the existence of damage in collective expulsion cases

Belgian State
Citizenship of the Union
A third-country national who is the parent of a Union citizen enjoys a derived right of residence for more than three months in the host Member State if he or she proves, first, that he or she was dependent on that citizen in his country of origin on the date on which he or she left that country and, second, that he or she is dependent on that citizen on the date on which his or her application for a residence card was submitted, if several years have elapsed between those two dates

Sangas
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
The Member State of residence of a requested person cannot refuse to execute a European arrest warrant in order to ensure that person’s presence when the criminal proceedings are resumed

EPPO
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
The procedural acts of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) that are capable of affecting the legal situation of the persons challenging them must be amenable to judicial review

The final of the "European Law Moot Court" competition will take place tomorrow at the Court of Justice of the European Union in Luxembourg

Wojewoda Mazowiecki
Citizenship of the Union
Advocate General Richard de la Tour: EU law requires a Member State to recognise the marriage between persons of the same sex concluded in another Member State and does not require the transcription of the marriage certificate in a civil register

Commission v Hungary
Approximation of laws
According to Advocate General Rantos, Hungary infringed EU law by refusing to renew Klubrádió’s contract for the use of the 92.9 MHz frequency and by excluding it from the call for tenders relating to that frequency

ASG 2
Competition
Compensation for harm caused by a cartel: national legislation preventing a group action for collection may infringe EU law

The President and Members of the European Commission give a solemn undertaking before the Court of Justice of the European Union