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Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62021TO0665(01)
Order of the President of the General Court of 22 December 2021.#Civitta Eesti AS v European Commission.#Interim relief – Public supply contracts – Legal, socio-economic and technical assistance in the fields of energy and mobility and transport – Application for interim measures – No urgency.#Case T-665/21 R.22 December 2021
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62021TO0768(01)
Order of the President of the General Court of 22 December 2021.#Francisco Javier Castellanos Triviño and Others v European Commission.#Interim relief – Dismissal of the main action – No need to adjudicate.#Case T-768/21 R.22 December 2021
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62021TO0381
Order of the General Court (Eighth Chamber) of 22 December 2021.#Debregeas et associés Pharma (D & A Pharma) v European Medicines Agency.#Action for annulment – Medicinal products for human use – Application for marketing authorisation for the medicinal product Hopveus – Non-renewal of a permanent scientific advisory group – No interest in bringing proceedings – Inadmissibility.#Case T-381/21.22 December 2021
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62021TO0381_INF
Order of the General Court (Eighth Chamber) of 22 December 2021.#Debregeas et associés Pharma (D & A Pharma) v European Medicines Agency.#Action for annulment – Medicinal products for human use – Application for marketing authorisation for the medicinal product Hopveus – Non-renewal of a permanent scientific advisory group – No interest in bringing proceedings – Inadmissibility.#Case T-381/21.22 December 2021
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62021TO0768(01)_INF
Order of the President of the General Court of 22 December 2021.#Francisco Javier Castellanos Triviño and Others v European Commission.#Interim relief – Dismissal of the main action – No need to adjudicate.#Case T-768/21 R.22 December 2021
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62020TO0725_INF
Order of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) of 22 December 2021.#Guangdong Haomei New Materials Co. Ltd and Guangdong King Metal Light Alloy Technology Co. Ltd v European Commission.#Dumping – Imports of aluminium extrusions originating in China – Act imposing a provisional anti-dumping duty – Act not open to challenge – Preparatory act – Inadmissibility – Definitive anti-dumping duty – No longer any interest in bringing proceedings – No need to adjudicate.#Case T-725/20.22 December 2021
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62020TO0725
Order of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) of 22 December 2021.#Guangdong Haomei New Materials Co. Ltd and Guangdong King Metal Light Alloy Technology Co. Ltd v European Commission.#Dumping – Imports of aluminium extrusions originating in China – Act imposing a provisional anti-dumping duty – Act not open to challenge – Preparatory act – Inadmissibility – Definitive anti-dumping duty – No longer any interest in bringing proceedings – No need to adjudicate.#Case T-725/20.22 December 2021
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62020CJ0524_SUM
Arrêt de la Cour (dixième chambre) du 21 décembre 2021.#Vítkovice Steel a.s. contre Ministerstvo životního prostředí.#Renvoi préjudiciel – Système d’échange de quotas d’émission de gaz à effet de serre – Directive 2003/87/CE – Article 11, paragraphe 3 – Décision 2011/278/UE – Article 3, sous b), et article 10, paragraphe 2, sous a) – Sous-installation avec référentiel de produit – Décision 2013/448/UE – Validité – Installation utilisant un convertisseur à oxygène – Fonte liquide – Intrant provenant d’une installation tierce – Refus d’allocation des quotas d’émission – Recevabilité – Défaut d’introduction d’un recours en annulation par la requérante au principal.#Affaire C-524/20.21 December 2021
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62020CJ0146_SUM
Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 21 December 2021.#AD and Others v Corendon Airlines and Others.#References for a preliminary ruling – Air transport – Regulation (EC) No 261/2004 – Common rules on compensation and assistance to passengers in the event of cancellation or long delay of flights – Articles 2 and 3 – Concepts of ‘operating air carrier’, ‘confirmed reservation’ and ‘scheduled time of arrival’ – Articles 5, 7 and 8 – Flight departure time brought forward in relation to the original planned departure time – Classification – Reduction in the amount of compensation – Offer of re-routing – Article 14 – Obligation to inform passengers of their rights – Scope.#Joined Cases C-146/20, C-188/20, C-196/20 and C-270/20.21 December 2021
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62020CJ0243_SUM
Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 21 December 2021.#DP and SG v Trapeza Peiraios AE.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Consumer protection – Directive 93/13/EEC – Unfair terms – Article 1(2) – Contractual terms reflecting mandatory statutory or regulatory provisions – Exclusion from the scope of that directive – Loan repayable in a foreign currency – Term reflecting a provision of national law that is supplementary in nature – Effect of the failure to transpose Article 1(2) of the directive – Article 3(1) and Article 4(1) – Review of the unfairness of a term – Article 8 – Adoption or retention of provisions of national law ensuring a maximum degree of protection for the consumer – Interaction between those various provisions of Directive 93/13.#Case C-243/20.21 December 2021
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62020CJ0263_SUM
Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 21 December 2021.#Airhelp Limited v Laudamotion GmbH.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Air transport – Regulation (EC) No 261/2004 – Common rules on compensation and assistance to passengers in the event of cancellation or long delay of flights – Article 2(l) – Article 5(1)(c) – Flight booked through an online platform – Flight departure time brought forward by the operating air carrier – Classification – Receipt of notification of the flight being brought forward sent to an electronic address not belonging to the passengers concerned – Directive 2000/31/EC – Electronic commerce – Article 11 – Presumption of receipt – Scope of the operating air carrier’s obligation to provide information.#Case C-263/20.21 December 2021
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62019CJ0874_SUM
Sodba Sodišča (tretji senat) z dne 21. decembra 2021.#Aeris Invest Sàrl proti Enotnemu odboru za reševanje.#Pritožba – Ekonomska in monetarna unija – Bančna unija – Sanacija ter reševanje kreditnih institucij in investicijskih podjetij – Enotni mehanizem za reševanje kreditnih institucij in nekaterih investicijskih podjetij (EMR) – Enotni odbor za reševanje (EOR) – Postopek reševanja, ki se uporablja, ko subjekt propada ali bo verjetno propadel – Sprejetje sheme za reševanje za Banco Popular Español SA – Instrument prodaje poslovanja – Odpis in konverzija kapitalskih instrumentov – Uredba (EU) št. 806/2014 – Člen 20 – Pojem ,dokončno vrednotenje‘ – Posledice – Zavrnitev ali opustitev izvedbe naknadnega dokončnega vrednotenja – Pravna sredstva – Ničnostna tožba.#Zadeva C-874/19 P.21 December 2021
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62021TJ0195_RES
Judgment of the General Court (Fifth Chamber) of 21 December 2021.#Oleksandr Viktorovych Klymenko v Council of the European Union.#Common foreign and security policy – Restrictive measures taken having regard to the situation in Ukraine – Freezing of funds – List of the persons, entities and bodies covered by the freezing of funds and economic resources – Maintenance of the applicant’s name on the list – Council’s obligation to verify that the decision of an authority of a third State was taken in accordance with the rights of the defence and the right to effective judicial protection.#Case T-195/21.21 December 2021
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62020CJ0394_RES
Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 21 December 2021.#XY v Finanzamt V.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Free movement of capital – Articles 63 and 65 TFEU – National legislation on inheritance tax – Immovable property situated on national territory – Limited tax liability – Different treatment of residents and non-residents – Right to an allowance on the taxable value – Proportionate reduction in the case of limited tax liability – Liabilities arising from reserved portions – No deduction in the case of limited tax liability.#Case C-394/20.21 December 2021
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62019CJ0357_RES
Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 21 December 2021.#Criminal proceedings against PM and Others.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Decision 2006/928/EC – Mechanism for cooperation and verification of progress in Romania to address specific benchmarks in the areas of judicial reform and the fight against corruption – Legal nature and effects – Binding on Romania – Rule of law – Judicial independence – Second subparagraph of Article 19(1) TEU – Article 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Fight against corruption – Protection of the European Union’s financial interests – Article 325(1) TFEU – ‘PFI’ Convention’ – Criminal proceedings – Decisions of the Curtea Constituțională (Constitutional Court, Romania) concerning the legality of the taking of certain evidence and the composition of judicial panels in cases of serious corruption – Duty on national courts to give full effect to the decisions of the Curtea Constituțională (Constitutional Court) – Disciplinary liability of judges in case of non-compliance with such decisions – Power to disapply decisions of the Curtea Constituțională (Constitutional Court) that conflict with EU law – Principle of primacy of EU law.#Joined Cases C-357/19, C-379/19, C-547/19, C-811/19 and C-840/19.21 December 2021
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62018TJ0721_RES
Judgment of the General Court (Ninth Chamber) of 21 December 2021.#Zoi Apostolopoulou and Anastasia Apostolopoulou-Chrysanthaki v European Commission.#Non-contractual liability – Grant agreements concluded in the context of various EU programmes – Breach of contractual terms by the beneficiary company – Eligible costs – OLAF investigation – Liquidation of the company – Recovery from the partners in the company – Enforcement – Allegations made by the representatives of the Commission before the national courts – Identification of the defendant – Failure to have regard to procedural requirements – Partial inadmissibility – Sufficiently serious breach of a rule of law intended to confer rights on individuals.#Joined Cases T-721/18 and T-81/19.21 December 2021
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62019TJ0870_INF
Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber) of 21 December 2021.#Worldwide Spirits Supply, Inc. v European Union Intellectual Property Office.#EU trade mark – Invalidity proceedings – EU figurative mark CLEOPATRA QUEEN – Earlier national word mark CLEOPATRA MELFINCO – Articles 15 and 57 of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Articles 18 and 64 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) – Proof of genuine use of the earlier mark – Declaration of invalidity.#Case T-870/19.21 December 2021
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62020CJ0497_RES
Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 21 December 2021.#Randstad Italia SpA v Umana SpA and Others.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Second subparagraph of Article 19(1) TEU – Obligation of Member States to provide remedies sufficient to ensure effective legal protection in the fields covered by Union law – Public procurement – Directive 89/665/EEC – Article 1(1) and (3) – Article 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Judgment of a Member State’s highest administrative court declaring inadmissible, in breach of the case-law of the Court of Justice, an action brought by a tenderer excluded from a public procurement procedure – No remedy against that judgment before the highest court in that Member State’s judicial order – Principles of effectiveness and equivalence.#Case C-497/20.21 December 2021
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62020CJ0124_RES
Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 21 December 2021.#Bank Melli Iran v Telekom Deutschland GmbH.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Commercial policy – Regulation (EC) No 2271/96 – Protection against the effects of the extraterritorial application of legislation adopted by a third country – Restrictive measures taken by the United States of America against Iran – Secondary sanctions adopted by that third country preventing persons from engaging, outside its territory, in commercial relationships with certain Iranian undertakings – Prohibition on complying with such a law – Exercise of a right of ordinary termination.#Case C-124/20.21 December 2021
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62020CJ0586_INF
Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 21 December 2021.#P. Krücken Organic GmbH v European Commission.#Appeal – Law governing the institutions – Action for damages – Conditions governing the non-contractual liability of the European Union – Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 – Organic production and labelling of organic products – Article 33(3) – Concept of ‘appropriate supervision’ – Regulation (EC) No 1235/2008 – Arrangements for imports of organic products from third countries – Private control body for the purpose of equivalence – Attribution of that body’s conduct to the European Commission.#Case C-586/20 P.21 December 2021
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62019CJ0934_SUM
Rozsudok Súdneho dvora (tretia komora) z 21. decembra 2021.#Algebris (UK) Ltd a Anchorage Capital Group LLC proti Jednotnej rade pre riešenie krízových situácií.#Odvolanie – Hospodárska a menová únia – Banková únia – Ozdravenie a riešenie krízových situácií úverových inštitúcií a investičných spoločností – Jednotný mechanizmus riešenia krízových situácií úverových inštitúcií a určitých investičných spoločností (MRU) – Jednotná rada pre riešenie krízových situácií (SRB) – Postup riešenia krízových situácií uplatniteľný v prípade zlyhávania alebo pravdepodobného zlyhania určitého subjektu – Schválenie nástroja riešenia krízových situácií vo vzťahu k spoločnosti Banco Popular Español SA – Nástroj odpredaja obchodnej činnosti – Odpísanie a konverzia nástrojov vlastného kapitálu – Nariadenie (EÚ) č. 806/2014 – Článok 20 – Pojem ,konečné ocenenie‘ – Dôsledky – Odmietnutie alebo neuskutočnenie konečného ex post ocenenia – Opravné prostriedky – Žaloba o neplatnosť.#Vec C-934/19 P.21 December 2021
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62020CJ0395_SUM
Решение на Съда (първи състав) от 21 декември 2021 г.#EP и GM срещу Corendon Airlines Turistik Hava Tasimacilik A.S.#Преюдициално запитване — Въздушен транспорт — Регламент (ЕО) № 261/2004 — Общи правила за обезщетяване и помощ на пътниците при отмяна или голямо закъснение на полети — Член 2, буква л) — Член 5, параграф 1 — Промяна на часа на излитане на полет — Отложено с около три часа излитане — Информиране на пътниците девет дни преди излитането — Понятия за отмяна и за закъснение.#Дело C-395/20.21 December 2021
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62020CJ0428_SUM
Απόφαση του Δικαστηρίου (δεύτερο τμήμα) της 21ης Δεκεμβρίου 2021.#A.K. κατά Skarb Państwa.#Προδικαστική παραπομπή – Υποχρεωτική ασφάλιση της αστικής ευθύνης που προκύπτει από την κυκλοφορία αυτοκινήτων οχημάτων – Δεύτερη οδηγία 84/5/ΕΟΚ – Άρθρο 1, παράγραφος 2 – Οδηγία 2005/14/ΕΚ – Οδηγία 2009/103/ΕΚ – Άρθρο 9, παράγραφος 1 – Υποχρέωση αύξησης των καλυπτόμενων από την υποχρεωτική ασφάλιση ελαχίστων ποσών – Μεταβατική περίοδος – Νέος κανόνας ο οποίος εφαρμόζεται αμέσως στα μελλοντικά αποτελέσματα κατάστασης γεννηθείσας υπό το κράτος του προγενέστερου κανόνα – Κατάσταση που έχει διαμορφωθεί προ της ενάρξεως ισχύος κανόνα ουσιαστικού δικαίου της Ένωσης – Εθνική ρύθμιση βάσει της οποίας οι συναφθείσες προ της 11ης Δεκεμβρίου 2009 ασφαλιστικές συμβάσεις εξαιρούνται από την υποχρέωση αύξησης των καλυπτόμενων από την υποχρεωτική ασφάλιση ελαχίστων ποσών.#Υπόθεση C-428/20.21 December 2021
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62020CJ0251_RES
Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 21 December 2021.#Gtflix Tv v DR.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Judicial cooperation in civil matters – Jurisdiction and the enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters – Regulation (EU) No 1215/2012 – Article 7(2) – Special jurisdiction in matters relating to tort, delict or quasi-delict – Publication on the internet of allegedly disparaging comments concerning a person – Place where the harmful event occurred – Courts of each Member State in which content placed online is or has been accessible.#Case C-251/20.21 December 2021
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62017TJ0177
Judgment of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) of 21 December 2021.#Ethniko Kentro Erevnas kai Technologikis Anaptyxis (EKETA) v European Commission.#Arbitration clause – Ask-it contract concluded under the Sixth Framework Programme – Eligible costs – Debit note issued by the Commission for the recovery of amounts advanced – Reliability of the time records – Conflict of interests – Subcontracting.#Case T-177/17.21 December 2021
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62020TJ0381
Judgment of the General Court (Eighth Chamber) of 21 December 2021.#Datax sp. z o.o. v European Research Executive Agency.#Arbitration clause – Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007-2013) – HELP and GreenNets grant agreements – OLAF’s investigation – Personnel costs – Burden of proof – Reliability of timesheets – Ineligibility of costs declared by the beneficiary – Request for recovery – Debit notes – Limitation – Reasonable time – Proportionality.#Case T-381/20.21 December 2021
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62020TJ0573
Judgment of the General Court (First Chamber) of 21 December 2021.#MG v European Investment Bank.#Civil service – EIB staff – Remuneration – Family allowances – Refusal to grant allowances to non-custodial parent – Conciliation procedure – Reasonable time – Liability.#Case T-573/20.21 December 2021
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62017TJ0177_INF
Judgment of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) of 21 December 2021.#Ethniko Kentro Erevnas kai Technologikis Anaptyxis (EKETA) v European Commission.#Arbitration clause – Ask-it contract concluded under the Sixth Framework Programme – Eligible costs – Debit note issued by the Commission for the recovery of amounts advanced – Reliability of the time records – Conflict of interests – Subcontracting.#Case T-177/17.21 December 2021
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62020TJ0587_INF
Judgment of the General Court (First Chamber) of 21 December 2021.#MO v Council of the European Union.#Civil service – Officials – Compulsory reassignment – 2019 Appraisal exercise – Right to be heard – Liability.#Case T-587/20.21 December 2021
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62020TJ0573_INF
Judgment of the General Court (First Chamber) of 21 December 2021.#MG v European Investment Bank.#Civil service – EIB staff – Remuneration – Family allowances – Refusal to grant allowances to non-custodial parent – Conciliation procedure – Reasonable time – Liability.#Case T-573/20.21 December 2021
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62017TJ0189_INF
Judgment of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) of 21 December 2021.#Ethniko Kentro Erevnas kai Technologikis Anaptyxis (EKETA) v European Commission.#Arbitration clause – Humabio contract concluded under the Sixth Framework Programme – Eligible costs – Debit note issued by the Commission for the recovery of amounts advanced – Reliability of the time records – Conflict of interests.#Case T-189/17.21 December 2021
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62020TJ0587
Judgment of the General Court (First Chamber) of 21 December 2021.#MO v Council of the European Union.#Civil service – Officials – Compulsory reassignment – 2019 Appraisal exercise – Right to be heard – Liability.#Case T-587/20.21 December 2021
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62017TJ0189
Judgment of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) of 21 December 2021.#Ethniko Kentro Erevnas kai Technologikis Anaptyxis (EKETA) v European Commission.#Arbitration clause – Humabio contract concluded under the Sixth Framework Programme – Eligible costs – Debit note issued by the Commission for the recovery of amounts advanced – Reliability of the time records – Conflict of interests.#Case T-189/17.21 December 2021
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62019TJ0870
Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber) of 21 December 2021.#Worldwide Spirits Supply, Inc. v European Union Intellectual Property Office.#EU trade mark – Invalidity proceedings – EU figurative mark CLEOPATRA QUEEN – Earlier national word mark CLEOPATRA MELFINCO – Articles 15 and 57 of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Articles 18 and 64 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) – Proof of genuine use of the earlier mark – Declaration of invalidity.#Case T-870/19.21 December 2021
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62020TJ0409
Judgment of the General Court (First Chamber) of 21 December 2021.#KS v European Border and Coast Guard Agency.#Civil service – Members of the temporary staff – Fixed-term contract – Termination of the contract – Breakdown in the relationship of trust – Article 47(b)(ii) of the CEOS – Right to be heard – Duty to have regard for the welfare of staff – Requests for assistance and compensation – Action for annulment and compensation.#Case T-409/20.21 December 2021
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62020TJ0549
Judgment of the General Court (Tenth Chamber) of 21 December 2021.#Magic Box Int. Toys SLU v European Union Intellectual Property Office.#EU trade mark – Invalidity proceedings – EU word mark SUPERZINGS – Earlier international figurative mark ZiNG – Relative ground for refusal – Likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001).#Case T-549/20.21 December 2021
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62020TJ0549_INF
Judgment of the General Court (Tenth Chamber) of 21 December 2021.#Magic Box Int. Toys SLU v European Union Intellectual Property Office.#EU trade mark – Invalidity proceedings – EU word mark SUPERZINGS – Earlier international figurative mark ZiNG – Relative ground for refusal – Likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001).#Case T-549/20.21 December 2021
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62019CJ0876_INF
Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 21 December 2021.#PlasticsEurope v European Chemicals Agency.#Appeal – Establishment of a list of substances subject to authorisation – List of substances identified with a view to their eventual inclusion in Annex XIV to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 – Updating of the entry of the substance bisphenol A as a substance of very high concern.#Case C-876/19 P.21 December 2021
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62020TJ0598_INF
Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber) of 21 December 2021.#Skechers USA, Inc. II v European Union Intellectual Property Office.#EU trade mark – Application for the EU word mark ARCH FIT – Absolute grounds for refusal – Lack of distinctive character – Descriptive character – Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001.#Case T-598/20.21 December 2021
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62020TJ0699
Judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) of 21 December 2021.#Fashion Energy Srl v European Union Intellectual Property Office.#EU trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for EU figurative mark 1st AMERICAN – Earlier EU figurative mark representing an eagle or other bird of prey – Relative ground for refusal – Likelihood of confusion – Phonetic similarity of the signs – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) – Article 72(6) of Regulation 2017/1001 – Article 94(1) of Regulation 2017/1001.#Case T-699/20.21 December 2021
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62020TJ0369
Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber) of 21 December 2021.#European Federation of Financial Analysts' Societies (EFFAS) v European Union Intellectual Property Office.#EU trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for the EU word mark CEFA Certified European Financial Analyst – Earlier EU word mark CFA – Relative ground for refusal – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001).#Case T-369/20.21 December 2021
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62020TJ0369_INF
Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber) of 21 December 2021.#European Federation of Financial Analysts' Societies (EFFAS) v European Union Intellectual Property Office.#EU trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for the EU word mark CEFA Certified European Financial Analyst – Earlier EU word mark CFA – Relative ground for refusal – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001).#Case T-369/20.21 December 2021
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62015TJ0209_INF
Judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) of 21 December 2021.#Gmina Kosakowo v European Commission.#State aid – Airport infrastructure – Public funding by the municipalities of Gdynia and Kosakowo for setting up the Gdynia-Kosakowo Airport – Decision declaring the aid incompatible with the internal market and ordering its recovery – Advantage – Market economy operator principle – Effect on trade between Member States – Adverse effect on competition – Recovery – Obligation to state reasons.#Case T-209/15.21 December 2021
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62020TJ0006_INF
Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber) of 21 December 2021.#Dr. Spiller GmbH v European Union Intellectual Property Office.#EU trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for EU word mark Alpenrausch Dr. Spiller – Earlier EU word mark RAUSCH – Relative ground for refusal – Likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001).#Case T-6/20.21 December 2021
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62020TO0571(01)_INF
Order of the General Court (Ninth Chamber) of 21 December 2021.#Luna Italia Srl v European Union Intellectual Property Office.#EU trade mark – Invalidity proceedings – EU figurative mark LUNA SPLENDIDA – Earlier EU figurative mark Luna – Relative ground for refusal – Article 53(1)(a) and Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 60(1)(a) and Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) – Action manifestly lacking any foundation in law.#Case T-571/20.21 December 2021
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62020TJ0598
Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber) of 21 December 2021.#Skechers USA, Inc. II v European Union Intellectual Property Office.#EU trade mark – Application for the EU word mark ARCH FIT – Absolute grounds for refusal – Lack of distinctive character – Descriptive character – Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001.#Case T-598/20.21 December 2021
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62021CO0538
Order of the Court (Chamber determining whether appeals should proceed) of 21 December 2021.#Republic of Cyprus v European Union Intellectual Property Office.#Appeal – EU trade mark – Determination as to whether appeals should be allowed to proceed – Article 170b of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice – Request failing to demonstrate that an issue is significant with respect to the unity, consistency or development of EU law – Refusal to allow the appeal to proceed.#Case C-538/21 P.21 December 2021
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62015TJ0263(01)
Judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) of 21 December 2021.#Gmina Miasto Gdynia and Port Lotniczy Gdynia-Kosakowo sp. z o.o. v European Commission.#State aid – Airport infrastructure – Public funding by the municipalities of Gdynia and Kosakowo for setting up the Gdynia-Kosakowo Airport – Decision declaring the aid incompatible with the internal market and ordering its recovery – Advantage – Market economy operator principle – Effect on trade between Member States – Adverse effect on competition – Recovery – Withdrawal of a decision – Failure to re-open the formal investigation procedure – Procedural rights of the interested parties – Rights of the defence – Obligation to state reasons.#Case T-263/15 RENV.21 December 2021
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62017TJ0190
Judgment of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) of 21 December 2021.#Ethniko Kentro Erevnas kai Technologikis Anaptyxis (EKETA) v European Commission.#Arbitration clause – Cater contract concluded under the Sixth Framework Programme – Eligible costs – Debit note issued by the Commission for the recovery of amounts advanced – Reliability of the time records – Conflict of interests.#Case T-190/17.21 December 2021
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62020CJ0497
Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 21 December 2021.#Randstad Italia SpA v Umana SpA and Others.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Corte suprema di cassazione.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Second subparagraph of Article 19(1) TEU – Obligation of Member States to provide remedies sufficient to ensure effective legal protection in the fields covered by Union law – Public procurement – Directive 89/665/EEC – Article 1(1) and (3) – Article 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Judgment of a Member State’s highest administrative court declaring inadmissible, in breach of the case-law of the Court of Justice, an action brought by a tenderer excluded from a public procurement procedure – No remedy against that judgment before the highest court in that Member State’s judicial order – Principles of effectiveness and equivalence.#Case C-497/20.21 December 2021
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62020CJ0146
Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 21 December 2021.#AD and Others v Corendon Airlines and Others.#Requests for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht Düsseldorf and Landesgericht Korneuburg.#References for a preliminary ruling – Air transport – Regulation (EC) No 261/2004 – Common rules on compensation and assistance to passengers in the event of cancellation or long delay of flights – Articles 2 and 3 – Concepts of ‘operating air carrier’, ‘confirmed reservation’ and ‘scheduled time of arrival’ – Articles 5, 7 and 8 – Flight departure time brought forward in relation to the original planned departure time – Classification – Reduction in the amount of compensation – Offer of re-routing – Article 14 – Obligation to inform passengers of their rights – Scope.#Joined Cases C-146/20, C-188/20, C-196/20 and C-270/20.21 December 2021
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62017TJ0190_INF
Judgment of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) of 21 December 2021.#Ethniko Kentro Erevnas kai Technologikis Anaptyxis (EKETA) v European Commission.#Arbitration clause – Cater contract concluded under the Sixth Framework Programme – Eligible costs – Debit note issued by the Commission for the recovery of amounts advanced – Reliability of the time records – Conflict of interests.#Case T-190/17.21 December 2021
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62015TJ0263(01)_INF
Judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) of 21 December 2021.#Gmina Miasto Gdynia and Port Lotniczy Gdynia-Kosakowo sp. z o.o. v European Commission.#State aid – Airport infrastructure – Public funding by the municipalities of Gdynia and Kosakowo for setting up the Gdynia-Kosakowo Airport – Decision declaring the aid incompatible with the internal market and ordering its recovery – Advantage – Market economy operator principle – Effect on trade between Member States – Adverse effect on competition – Recovery – Withdrawal of a decision – Failure to re-open the formal investigation procedure – Procedural rights of the interested parties – Rights of the defence – Obligation to state reasons.#Case T-263/15 RENV.21 December 2021
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62021TJ0159_INF
Judgment of the General Court (Fifth Chamber) of 21 December 2021.#Dante Ricardo Bustos v European Union Intellectual Property Office.#EU trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for EU figurative mark motwi – Earlier national word mark MONTY – Relative ground for refusal – No likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001.#Case T-159/21.21 December 2021
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62021TJ0159
Judgment of the General Court (Fifth Chamber) of 21 December 2021.#Dante Ricardo Bustos v European Union Intellectual Property Office.#EU trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for EU figurative mark motwi – Earlier national word mark MONTY – Relative ground for refusal – No likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001.#Case T-159/21.21 December 2021
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62021TO0205
Order of the General Court (Fifth Chamber) of 21 December 2021.#Kewazo GmbH v European Union Intellectual Property Office.#EU trade mark – Application for EU word mark Liftbot – Absolute ground for refusal – Descriptive character – Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 – Action manifestly lacking any foundation in law.#Case T-205/21.21 December 2021
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62015TJ0209
Judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) of 21 December 2021.#Gmina Kosakowo v European Commission.#State aid – Airport infrastructure – Public funding by the municipalities of Gdynia and Kosakowo for setting up the Gdynia-Kosakowo Airport – Decision declaring the aid incompatible with the internal market and ordering its recovery – Advantage – Market economy operator principle – Effect on trade between Member States – Adverse effect on competition – Recovery – Obligation to state reasons.#Case T-209/15.21 December 2021
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62021CO0538_INF
Order of the Court (Chamber determining whether appeals should proceed) of 21 December 2021.#Republic of Cyprus v European Union Intellectual Property Office.#Appeal – EU trade mark – Determination as to whether appeals should be allowed to proceed – Article 170b of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice – Request failing to demonstrate that an issue is significant with respect to the unity, consistency or development of EU law – Refusal to allow the appeal to proceed.#Case C-538/21 P.21 December 2021
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62020TJ0159_INF
Judgment of the General Court (First Chamber) of 21 December 2021.#Helene Hamers v European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training.#Civil service – Members of the temporary staff – Investigation conducted by OLAF – Transmission to national judicial authorities of information relating to facts liable to lead to criminal proceedings – National criminal proceedings – Acquittal – Cedefop’s conduct in relation to the national criminal proceedings – Rejection of the claim for compensation – Action for annulment and damages – Conflict of interests – Presumption of innocence – Powers of Cedefop’s Board of Appeal.#Case T-159/20.21 December 2021
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62020TJ0159
Judgment of the General Court (First Chamber) of 21 December 2021.#Helene Hamers v European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training.#Civil service – Members of the temporary staff – Investigation conducted by OLAF – Transmission to national judicial authorities of information relating to facts liable to lead to criminal proceedings – National criminal proceedings – Acquittal – Cedefop’s conduct in relation to the national criminal proceedings – Rejection of the claim for compensation – Action for annulment and damages – Conflict of interests – Presumption of innocence – Powers of Cedefop’s Board of Appeal.#Case T-159/20.21 December 2021
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62020TJ0409_INF
Judgment of the General Court (First Chamber) of 21 December 2021.#KS v European Border and Coast Guard Agency.#Civil service – Members of the temporary staff – Fixed-term contract – Termination of the contract – Breakdown in the relationship of trust – Article 47(b)(ii) of the CEOS – Right to be heard – Duty to have regard for the welfare of staff – Requests for assistance and compensation – Action for annulment and compensation.#Case T-409/20.21 December 2021
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62020TJ0699_INF
Judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) of 21 December 2021.#Fashion Energy Srl v European Union Intellectual Property Office.#EU trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for EU figurative mark 1st AMERICAN – Earlier EU figurative mark representing an eagle or other bird of prey – Relative ground for refusal – Likelihood of confusion – Phonetic similarity of the signs – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) – Article 72(6) of Regulation 2017/1001 – Article 94(1) of Regulation 2017/1001.#Case T-699/20.21 December 2021
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62020TJ0381_INF
Judgment of the General Court (Eighth Chamber) of 21 December 2021.#Datax sp. z o.o. v European Research Executive Agency.#Arbitration clause – Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007-2013) – HELP and GreenNets grant agreements – OLAF’s investigation – Personnel costs – Burden of proof – Reliability of timesheets – Ineligibility of costs declared by the beneficiary – Request for recovery – Debit notes – Limitation – Reasonable time – Proportionality.#Case T-381/20.21 December 2021
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62020CJ0243
Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 21 December 2021.#DP and SG v Trapeza Peiraios AE.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Polymeles Protodikeio Athinon.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Consumer protection – Directive 93/13/EEC – Unfair terms – Article 1(2) – Contractual terms reflecting mandatory statutory or regulatory provisions – Exclusion from the scope of that directive – Loan repayable in a foreign currency – Term reflecting a provision of national law that is supplementary in nature – Effect of the failure to transpose Article 1(2) of the directive – Article 3(1) and Article 4(1) – Review of the unfairness of a term – Article 8 – Adoption or retention of provisions of national law ensuring a maximum degree of protection for the consumer – Interaction between those various provisions of Directive 93/13.#Case C-243/20.21 December 2021
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62020CJ0263
Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 21 December 2021.#Airhelp Limited v Laudamotion GmbH.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landesgericht Korneuburg.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Air transport – Regulation (EC) No 261/2004 – Common rules on compensation and assistance to passengers in the event of cancellation or long delay of flights – Article 2(l) – Article 5(1)(c) – Flight booked through an online platform – Flight departure time brought forward by the operating air carrier – Classification – Receipt of notification of the flight being brought forward sent to an electronic address not belonging to the passengers concerned – Directive 2000/31/EC – Electronic commerce – Article 11 – Presumption of receipt – Scope of the operating air carrier’s obligation to provide information.#Case C-263/20.21 December 2021
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62020CJ0395
Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 21 December 2021.#EP and GM v Corendon Airlines Turistik Hava Tasimacilik A.S.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht Düsseldorf.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Air transport – Regulation (EC) No 261/2004 – Common rules on compensation and assistance to passengers in the event of cancellation or long delay of flights – Article 2(l) – Article 5(1) – Change in the departure time of a flight – Departure postponed by approximately three hours – Passengers notified nine days before departure – Concepts of ‘cancellation’ and ‘delay’.#Case C-395/20.21 December 2021
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62020CJ0124
Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 21 December 2021.#Bank Melli Iran v Telekom Deutschland GmbH.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Hanseatisches Oberlandesgericht Hamburg.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Commercial policy – Regulation (EC) No 2271/96 – Protection against the effects of the extraterritorial application of legislation adopted by a third country – Restrictive measures taken by the United States of America against Iran – Secondary sanctions adopted by that third country preventing persons from engaging, outside its territory, in commercial relationships with certain Iranian undertakings – Prohibition on complying with such a law – Exercise of a right of ordinary termination.#Case C-124/20.21 December 2021
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62019TJ0703
Judgment of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) of 21 December 2021.#DD v European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights.#Action for damages – Civil service – Members of the temporary staff – Initiation of an administrative inquiry – Article 86(2) of the Staff Regulations – Duty to provide information – Duration of the procedure – Reasonable time – Obligation to state reasons – Manifest error of assessment – Confidentiality of the administrative inquiry – Duty to have regard for the welfare of officials – Non-material damage – Causal link.#Case T-703/19.21 December 2021
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62019TJ0796
Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber) of 21 December 2021.#HB v European Commission.#Public service contracts – Provision of technical assistance services to the Ukrainian authorities – Decision to reduce the amount of the contract and to recover the amounts already paid – Action for annulment and for damages – Act forming part of a purely contractual framework from which it is inseparable – No arbitration clause – Inadmissibility – No heads of damage that are separable from the contract.#Case T-796/19.21 December 2021
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62019TJ0795
Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber) of 21 December 2021.#HB v European Commission.#Public service contracts – Provision of technical assistance services to the High Judicial Council – Decision to reduce the amount of the contract and to recover the amounts already paid – Action for annulment and for damages – Act forming part of a purely contractual framework from which it is inseparable – No arbitration clause – Inadmissibility – No heads of damage that are separable from the contract.#Case T-795/19.21 December 2021
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62019TJ0703_INF
Judgment of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) of 21 December 2021.#DD v European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights.#Action for damages – Civil service – Members of the temporary staff – Initiation of an administrative inquiry – Article 86(2) of the Staff Regulations – Duty to provide information – Duration of the procedure – Reasonable time – Obligation to state reasons – Manifest error of assessment – Confidentiality of the administrative inquiry – Duty to have regard for the welfare of officials – Non-material damage – Causal link.#Case T-703/19.21 December 2021
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62020TO0571(01)
Order of the General Court (Ninth Chamber) of 21 December 2021.#Luna Italia Srl v European Union Intellectual Property Office.#EU trade mark – Invalidity proceedings – EU figurative mark LUNA SPLENDIDA – Earlier EU figurative mark Luna – Relative ground for refusal – Article 53(1)(a) and Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 60(1)(a) and Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) – Action manifestly lacking any foundation in law.#Case T-571/20.21 December 2021
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62020TJ0006
Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber) of 21 December 2021.#Dr. Spiller GmbH v European Union Intellectual Property Office.#EU trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for EU word mark Alpenrausch Dr. Spiller – Earlier EU word mark RAUSCH – Relative ground for refusal – Likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001).#Case T-6/20.21 December 2021
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62019TJ0796_INF
Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber) of 21 December 2021.#HB v European Commission.#Public service contracts – Provision of technical assistance services to the Ukrainian authorities – Decision to reduce the amount of the contract and to recover the amounts already paid – Action for annulment and for damages – Act forming part of a purely contractual framework from which it is inseparable – No arbitration clause – Inadmissibility – No heads of damage that are separable from the contract.#Case T-796/19.21 December 2021
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62019TJ0795_INF
Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber) of 21 December 2021.#HB v European Commission.#Public service contracts – Provision of technical assistance services to the High Judicial Council – Decision to reduce the amount of the contract and to recover the amounts already paid – Action for annulment and for damages – Act forming part of a purely contractual framework from which it is inseparable – No arbitration clause – Inadmissibility – No heads of damage that are separable from the contract.#Case T-795/19.21 December 2021
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62020CJ0428
Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 21 December 2021.#A.K. v Skarb Państwa.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Sąd Apelacyjny w Warszawie.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Compulsory insurance against civil liability in respect of the use of motor vehicles – Second Directive 84/5/EEC – Article 1(2) – Directive 2005/14/EC – Directive 2009/103/EC – Article 9(1) – Obligation to increase the minimum amounts covered by compulsory insurance – Transitional period – New rule applicable immediately to the future effects of a situation which arose under the old rule – Situation arising prior to the entry into force of a substantive rule of EU law – National rules excluding insurance contracts concluded before 11 December 2009 from the obligation to increase the minimum amounts covered by compulsory insurance.#Case C-428/20.21 December 2021
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62020CJ0251
Arrêt de la Cour (grande chambre) du 21 décembre 2021.#Gtflix Tv contre DR.#Renvoi préjudiciel – Coopération judiciaire en matière civile – Compétence judiciaire et exécution des décisions en matière civile et commerciale – Règlement (UE) no 1215/2012 – Article 7, point 2 – Compétence spéciale en matière délictuelle ou quasi délictuelle – Publication sur Internet de propos prétendument dénigrants à l’égard d’une personne – Lieu de la matérialisation du dommage – Juridictions de chaque État membre sur le territoire duquel un contenu mis en ligne est ou a été accessible.#Affaire C-251/20.21 December 2021
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62019CJ0874
Arrêt de la Cour (troisième chambre) du 21 décembre 2021.#Aeris Invest Sàrl contre Conseil de résolution unique.#Pourvoi – Union économique et monétaire – Union bancaire – Redressement et résolution des établissements de crédit et des entreprises d’investissement – Mécanisme de résolution unique des établissements de crédit et de certaines entreprises d’investissement (MRU) – Conseil de résolution unique (CRU) – Procédure de résolution applicable en cas de défaillance avérée ou prévisible d’une entité – Adoption d’un dispositif de résolution à l’égard de Banco Popular Español SA – Instrument de cession des activités – Dépréciation et conversion d’instruments de fonds propres – Règlement (UE) no 806/2014 – Article 20 – Notion de “valorisation définitive” – Conséquences – Refus ou abstention de procéder à une valorisation définitive ex post – Voies de recours – Recours en annulation.#Affaire C-874/19 P.21 December 2021
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62019CJ0357
Hotărârea Curții (Marea Cameră) din 21 decembrie 2021.#Proces penal împotriva QN și alții.#Trimitere preliminară – Decizia 2006/928/CE – Mecanism de cooperare și de verificare a progresului realizat de România în vederea atingerii anumitor obiective de referință specifice în domeniul reformei sistemului judiciar și al luptei împotriva corupției – Natură și efecte juridice – Caracter obligatoriu pentru România – Stat de drept – Independența judecătorilor – Articolul 19 alineatul (1) al doilea paragraf TUE – Articolul 47 din Carta drepturilor fundamentale a Uniunii Europene – Lupta împotriva corupției – Protecția intereselor financiare ale Uniunii – Articolul 325 alineatul (1) TFUE – Convenția «PIF» – Proceduri penale – Decizii ale Curții Constituționale (România) privind legalitatea administrării anumitor probe și compunerea completurilor de judecată în materie de corupție gravă – Obligația judecătorilor naționali de a da efect deplin deciziilor Curții Constituționale – Răspundere disciplinară a judecătorilor în cazul nerespectării acestor decizii – Puterea de a lăsa neaplicate deciziile Curții Constituționale neconforme cu dreptul Uniunii – Principiul supremației dreptului Uniunii.#Cauze conexate C-357/19, C-379/19, C-547/19, C-811/19 și C-840/19.21 December 2021
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62021TJ0195
Judgment of the General Court (Fifth Chamber) of 21 December 2021.#Oleksandr Viktorovych Klymenko v Council of the European Union.#Common foreign and security policy – Restrictive measures taken having regard to the situation in Ukraine – Freezing of funds – List of the persons, entities and bodies covered by the freezing of funds and economic resources – Maintenance of the applicant’s name on the list – Council’s obligation to verify that the decision of an authority of a third State was taken in accordance with the rights of the defence and the right to effective judicial protection.#Case T-195/21.21 December 2021