European Court of Justice (News)

Alphabet and Others
Competition
A refusal by an undertaking in a dominant position to ensure that its platform is interoperable with an app of another undertaking, which thereby becomes more attractive, can be abusive

Slagelse Almennyttige Boligselskab Afdeling Schackenborgvænge
Principles of Community law
AG Ćapeta: The Danish legislation on public housing in transformation areas constitutes direct discrimination based on an ethnic criterion

Alchaster II
AG Spielmann: Arrest Warrants under the TCA with the United Kingdom - changes in parole rules do not, in principle, fall under the concept of "heavier penalty" under the EU Charter

Lexitor
Environment and consumers
Consumer credit agreements: in the event of failure to comply with the obligation to provide information, a bank may be deprived of its right to interest

Solemn undertaking of three Members of the European Commission

Russmedia Digital and Inform Media Press
Freedom of establishment
Electronic commerce and the GDPR: Advocate General Szpunar clarifies the responsibilities of the operator of an online marketplace

Ryanair v Commission
State aid
The General Court dismisses Ryanair’s action against the European Commission’s decision once again approving rescue aid to TAP in the context of the COVID19 pandemic

Poland v Commission
Law governing the institutions
The 2019 reform of the Polish judicial system: the General Court confirms that Poland must pay a total amount of approximately €320,200,000 in respect of the penalty payment decided upon by the Court of Justice during the infringement proceedings

Commission v Courtois and Others
Law governing the institutions

The Commission’s obligation to disclose the identity of the members of the negotiating team for the advance purchase of Covid-19 vaccines is temporarily suspended, pending the Court’s ruling.

Keren
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
International protection: EU law does not preclude, under certain conditions, beneficiaries of international protection from having to pass a civic integration examination

Asociația Inițiativa pentru Justiție v Commission
New accessions
Rule of law: action brought by a professional association of Romanian prosecutors against the Commission decision repealing the decision establishing the mechanism for cooperation and verification is dismissed as inadmissible

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

Royal Football Club Seraing
Sports arbitration: AG Ćapeta proposes that awards by the Court of Arbitration for Sport must be open to full review by national courts to ensure the compatibility of FIFA rules with EU law

Ministarstvo financija
Citizenship of the Union
Erasmus+ grant: the amount paid to a student should not be taken into account in calculating the income tax of the parent on whom that student is dependent

MegaFon v Council
External relations
War in Ukraine: the General Court confirms the restrictive measures adopted against the Russian mobile telephone operator MegaFon

Beevers Kaas
Competition
Competition law and distribution deals: The exclusive distributor must be protected against active sales in its territory by all the supplier’s other buyers

Mousse
Principles of Community law
GDPR and rail transport: a customer’s gender identity is not necessary data for the purchase of a transport ticket

Bindl v Commission
Law governing the institutions
The General Court orders the Commission to pay damages to a visitor to its ‘Conference on the Future of Europe’ website as a result of the transfer of personal data to the United States

Loredas
Freedom of movement for persons
Organisation of working time: domestic employers must establish a system enabling the duration of the daily working time of each domestic worker to be measured