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Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62017CJ0571
Arrest van het Hof (Vijfde kamer) van 22 december 2017.#Openbaar Ministerie tegen Samet Ardic.#Prejudiciële verwijzing – Prejudiciële spoedprocedure – Politiële en justitiële samenwerking in strafzaken – Europees aanhoudingsbevel – Kaderbesluit 2002/584/JBZ – Procedures van overlevering tussen de lidstaten – Voorwaarden voor tenuitvoerlegging – Gronden tot facultatieve weigering van de tenuitvoerlegging – Artikel 4 bis, lid 1, zoals voortvloeiend uit kaderbesluit 2009/299/JBZ – Bevel dat is uitgevaardigd met het oog op de tenuitvoerlegging van een vrijheidsstraf – Begrip ‚proces dat tot de beslissing heeft geleid’ – Strekking – Persoon die onherroepelijk tot een vrijheidsstraf is veroordeeld na een proces dat in zijn aanwezigheid is gevoerd – Straf waarvan de tenuitvoerlegging nadien ten dele en onder bepaalde voorwaarden is opgeschort – Later proces dat tot de herroeping van de opschorting wegens niet-naleving van de voorwaarden heeft geleid – Herroepingsproces dat in afwezigheid van de betrokkene is gevoerd.#Zaak C-571/17 PPU.22 December 2017
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62016CJ0492
Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 20 December 2017.#Incyte Corporation v Szellemi Tulajdon Nemzeti Hivatala.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Fővárosi Törvényszék.#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Intellectual and industrial property — Patents — Medicinal products for human use — Regulation (EC) No 469/2009 — Article 18 — Plant-protection products — Regulation (EC) No 1610/96 — Article 17(2) — Supplementary protection certificate — Duration — Fixing the date of expiry — Consequences of a judgment of the Court — Possibility or requirement to rectify the date of expiry.#Case C-492/16.20 December 2017
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62016CJ0504
Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 20 December 2017.#Deister Holding AG and Juhler Holding A/S v Bundeszentralamt für Steuern.#References for a preliminary ruling from the Finanzgericht Köln.#References for a preliminary ruling — Direct taxation — Freedom of establishment — Directive 90/435/EEC — Article 1(2) — Article 5 — Parent company — Holding company — Withholding tax on profits distributed to a non-resident parent holding company — Exemption — Fraud, tax evasion and abuse — Presumption.#Joined Cases C-504/16 and C-613/16.20 December 2017
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62016CJ0529
Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 20 December 2017.#Hamamatsu Photonics Deutschland GmbH v Hauptzollamt München.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Finanzgericht München.#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Common Customs Tariff — Customs Code — Article 29 — Determination of the customs value — Cross-border transactions between related companies — Advance transfer pricing arrangement — Agreed transfer price composed of an amount initially invoiced and a flat-rate adjustment made after the end of the accounting period.#Case C-529/16.20 December 2017
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62016CJ0277
Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 20 December 2017.#Polkomtel sp. z o.o. v Prezes Urzędu Komunikacji Elektronicznej.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Sąd Najwyższy.#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Common regulatory framework for electronic communications networks and services — Directive 2002/21/EC — Articles 8 and 16 — Directive 2002/19/EC — Articles 8 and 13 — Operator designated as having significant market power — Price control — Obligations imposed by national regulatory authorities — Obligation to ensure cost orientation of prices — Prices set below the costs incurred by the operator concerned for the provision of voice call termination services on mobile networks — Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Article 16 — Freedom to conduct a business — Proportionality.#Case C-277/16.20 December 2017
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62016CJ0516
Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 20 December 2017.#Erzeugerorganisation Tiefkühlgemüse eGen v Agrarmarkt Austria.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesverwaltungsgericht.#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Agriculture — Common organisation of the markets — Operational programme in the fruit and vegetables sector — Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007, as amended by Regulation (EC) No 361/2008 — Articles 103b, 103d and 103g — EU financial aid — Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 — Article 60 and point 23 of Annex IX — Investments on the holdings and/or premises of the producer organisations — Concept — Legitimate expectations — Legal certainty.#Case C-516/16.20 December 2017
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62016CJ0081
Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 20 December 2017.#Kingdom of Spain v European Commission.#Appeal — State aid — Digital television — Aid for the deployment of digital terrestrial television in remote and less urbanised areas — Subsidies granted to operators of digital terrestrial television platforms — Decision declaring the aid incompatible in part with the internal market — Concept of ‘State aid’ — Advantage — Service of general economic interest — Definition — Discretion of the Member States.#Case C-81/16 P.20 December 2017
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62016CJ0070
Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 20 December 2017.#Comunidad Autónoma de Galicia and Redes de Telecomunicación Galegas Retegal, SA (Retegal) v European Commission.#Appeal — State aid — Digital television — Aid for the deployment of digital terrestrial television in remote and less urbanised areas — Subsidies granted to operators of digital terrestrial television platforms — Decision declaring the aid incompatible in part with the internal market — Concept of ‘State aid’ — Advantage — Service of general economic interest — Definition — Discretion of the Member States.#Case C-70/16 P.20 December 2017
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62016CJ0649
Urteil des Gerichtshofs (Erste Kammer) vom 20. Dezember 2017.#Peter Valach u.a. gegen Waldviertler Sparkasse Bank AG u.a.#Vorlage zur Vorabentscheidung – Justizielle Zusammenarbeit in Zivilsachen – Verordnung (EU) Nr. 1215/2012 – Geltungsbereich – Klage auf deliktischen Schadensersatz gegen die Mitglieder eines Gläubigerausschusses, die einen Sanierungsplan in einem Insolvenzverfahren abgelehnt haben.#Rechtssache C-649/16.20 December 2017
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62015CJ0521
Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 20 December 2017.#Kingdom of Spain v Council of the European Union.#Action for annulment — Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/1289 — Imposition of a fine on a Member State in the context of economic and budgetary surveillance of the euro area — Manipulation of statistical data relating to the deficit of the Member State concerned — Jurisdiction — Regulation (EU) No 1173/2011 — Article 8(1) and (3) — Delegated Decision 2012/678/EU — Articles 2(1) and (3) and 14(2) — Regulation (EC) No 479/2009 — Articles 3(1), 8(1), 11 and 11a — Rights of defence — Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Article 41(1) — Right to good administration — Articles 121, 126 and 136 TFEU — Protocol No 12 on the excessive deficit procedure — Existence of an infringement — Misrepresentations — Determination of the fine — Principle that penal provisions may not have retroactive effect.#Case C-521/15.20 December 2017
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62016CJ0291
Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 20 December 2017.#Schweppes SA v Red Paralela SL and Red Paralela BCN SL.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Juzgado de lo Mercantil n° 8 de Barcelona.#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Approximation of laws — Trade marks — Directive 2008/95/EC — Article 7(1) — Exhaustion of the rights conferred by a trade mark — Parallel trade marks — Assignment of trade marks in respect of part of the European Economic Area (EEA) — Commercial strategy deliberately promoting the image of a single global trade mark following that assignment — Independent proprietors nonetheless maintaining close commercial and economic relations.#Case C-291/16.20 December 2017
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62016CJ0066
Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 20 December 2017.#Comunidad Autónoma del País Vasco and Others v European Commission.#Appeal — State aid — Digital television — Aid for the deployment of digital terrestrial television in remote and less urbanised areas — Subsidies granted to operators of digital terrestrial television platforms — Decision declaring the aid incompatible in part with the internal market — Concept of ‘State aid’ — Advantage — Service of general economic interest — Definition — Discretion of the Member States.#Joined Cases C-66/16 P to C-69/16 P.20 December 2017
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62016CJ0467
Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 20 December 2017.#Brigitte Schlömp v Landratsamt Schwäbisch Hall.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Amtsgericht Stuttgart.#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Area of Freedom, Security and Justice — Judicial cooperation in civil matters — Jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters — Lugano II Convention — Lis pendens — Concept of ‘court’ — Arbitration authority under Swiss law, responsible for the conciliation procedure prior to all substantive proceedings.#Case C-467/16.20 December 2017
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62016CJ0500
Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 20 December 2017.#Caterpillar Financial Services sp. z o.o. v Dyrektor Izby Skarbowej w Warszawie.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Naczelny Sąd Administracyjny.#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Taxation — Common system of value added tax (VAT) — Directive 2006/112/EC — Article 135(1)(a) — Exemptions — Taxes levied in breach of EU law — Obstacles to the refund of an overpayment of VAT — Article 4(3) TEU — Principles of equivalence, effectiveness and sincere cooperation — Rights conferred on individuals — Expiry of the limitation period for the tax liability — Effects of a judgment of the Court — Principle of legal certainty.#Case C-500/16.20 December 2017
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62016CJ0276
Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 20 December 2017.#Prequ' Italia Srl v Agenzia delle Dogane e dei Monopoli.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Corte suprema di cassazione.#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Principle of protection of the rights of the defence — Right to be heard — Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 — Community Customs Code — Article 244 — Recovery of a customs debt — Lack of prior hearing of the addressee before the adoption of an amended tax assessment — Right of the addressee to obtain suspension of the implementation of the amended tax assessment — Lack of automatic suspension in the event of the bringing of administrative proceedings — Reference to the conditions provided for in Article 244 of the Customs Code.#Case C-276/16.20 December 2017
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62016CJ0364
Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 20 December 2017.#Trioplast Industrier AB v European Commission.#Appeal — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Market in industrial plastic bags — Formal notice from the European Commission to the appellant for the payment of default interest on the amount of the fine imposed — Action for annulment and for damages.#Case C-364/16 P.20 December 2017
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62016CJ0334
Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 20 December 2017.#José Luís Núñez Torreiro v AIG Europe Limited, Sucursal en España and Unión Española de Entidades Aseguradoras y Reaseguradoras (Unespa).#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Audiencia Provincial de Albacete.#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Compulsory insurance against civil liability in respect of the use of motor vehicles — Directive 2009/103/EC — Article 3, first paragraph — Concept of ‘use of vehicles’ — National legislation excluding the driving of motor vehicles on roads and terrain that are not ‘suitable for use by motor vehicles’, with the exception of those which, though not suitable, are nonetheless ‘ordinarily so used’).#Case C-334/16.20 December 2017
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62016CJ0462
Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 20 December 2017.#Finanzamt Bingen-Alzey v Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesfinanzhof.#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Taxation — Value added tax (VAT) — Directive 2006/112/EC — Article 90(1) — Reduction of the price under conditions determined by the Member States — Reduction of the taxable amount — Principles laid down in the judgment of 24 October 1996, Elida Gibbs (C‑317/94, EU:C:1996:400) — Discounts granted to private medical insurance funds.#Case C-462/16.20 December 2017
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62016CJ0372
Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 20 December 2017.#Soha Sahyouni v Raja Mamisch.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberlandesgericht München.#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Area of freedom, security and justice — Regulation (EU) No 1259/2010 — Enhanced cooperation in the area of the law applicable to divorce and legal separation — Recognition of a private divorce obtained before a religious court in a third country — Scope of that regulation.#Case C-372/16.20 December 2017
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62016CJ0102
Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 20 December 2017.#Vaditrans BVBA v Belgische Staat.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Raad van State.#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Road transport — Driver’s rest periods — Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 — Article 8(6) and (8) — Whether it is possible to take daily rest periods and reduced weekly rest periods away from base and in a vehicle — Exclusion of regular weekly rest periods.#Case C-102/16.20 December 2017
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62016CJ0255
Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 20 December 2017.#Criminal proceedings against Bent Falbert and Others.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Københavns Byret.#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Information procedure in the field of technical rules and regulations — National legislation clarifying or introducing a prohibition on unauthorised offering of gaming, lotteries and betting and introducing a prohibition on unauthorised offering of advertising for gaming, lotteries and betting.#Case C-255/16.20 December 2017
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62015CO0008
Rectification order of 20 December 2017.#Ledra Advertising Ltd and Others v European Commission and European Central Bank.#Rectification of judgment.#Joined Cases C-8/15 P to C-10/15 P.20 December 2017
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62016CJ0158
Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 20 December 2017.#Margarita Isabel Vega González v Consejería de Hacienda y Sector Público del gobierno del Principado de Asturias.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Juzgado Contencioso-Administrativo de Oviedo.#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Social policy — Directive 1999/70/EC — Framework agreement on fixed-term work concluded by ETUC, UNICE and CEEP — Clause 4 — Principle of non-discrimination — Concept of ‘employment conditions’ — Placement on the administrative status for special service leave — National legislation providing for special leave to be granted, in case of election to public office, only to established civil servants, to the exclusion of non-established civil servants.#Case C-158/16.20 December 2017
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62016CJ0397
Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 20 December 2017.#Acacia Srl v Pneusgarda Srl and Audi AG and Acacia Srl and Rolando D'Amato v Dr. Ing. h.c.F. Porsche AG.#Requests for a preliminary ruling from the Corte d'appello di Milano and the Bundesgerichtshof.#References for a preliminary ruling — Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 — Community designs — Article 110(1) — No protection — ‘Repair’ clause — Concept of ‘component part of a complex product’ — Repair of the complex product so as to restore its original appearance — Measures to be adopted by the user for the purposes of relying on the ‘repair’ clause — Replica car wheel rim identical to the original wheel rim design.#Joined Cases C-397/16 and C-435/16.20 December 2017
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62015CJ0664
Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 20 December 2017.#Protect Natur-, Arten- und Landschaftsschutz Umweltorganisation v Bezirkshauptmannschaft Gmünd.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgerichtshof.#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Environment — Directive 2000/60/EC — EU action in the field of water policy — Article 4(1) and Article 14(1) — Obligations to prevent deterioration of the status of bodies of surface water and encourage the active involvement of all interested parties in the implementation of the directive — Aarhus Convention — Public participation in decision-making and access to justice in environmental matters — Article 6 and Article 9(3) and (4) — Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Article 47 — Right to effective judicial protection — Project that is likely to have an impact on water status — Administrative procedure for a permit — Environmental organisation — Application seeking to secure status as a party to the administrative procedure — Possibility of relying on rights deriving from Directive 2000/60/EC — Extinction of the status of party to the procedure and of the right to bring an action if those rights are not exercised within good time during the administrative procedure.#Case C-664/15.20 December 2017
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62016CJ0322
Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 20 December 2017.#Global Starnet Ltd v Ministero dell'Economia e delle Finanze and Amministrazione Autonoma Monopoli di Stato.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato.#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Freedom to provide services, freedom of establishment, free movement of capital and freedom to conduct a business — Restrictions — Award of new licences for the online operation of gaming — Principles of legal certainty and protection of legitimate expectations — Judgment of the Constitutional Court — Whether or not the national court is obliged to refer a question to the Court of Justice for a preliminary ruling.#Case C-322/16.20 December 2017
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62016CJ0434
Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 20 December 2017.#Peter Nowak v Data Protection Commissioner.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Supreme Court.#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data — Directive 95/46/EC — Article 2(a) — Concept of ‘personal data’ — Written answers submitted by a candidate in a professional examination — Examiner’s comments with respect to those answers — Article 12(a) and (b) — Extent of the data subject’s rights to access and rectification.#Case C-434/16.20 December 2017
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62016CJ0419
Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 20 December 2017.#Sabine Simma Federspiel v Provincia autonoma di Bolzano and Equitalia Nord SpA.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale di Bolzano.#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Freedom of establishment and freedom of movement for workers — Articles 45 and 49 TFEU — Mutual recognition of diplomas, certificates and other evidence of formal qualifications in medicine — Directives 75/363/EEC and 93/16/EEC — Remuneration of trainee specialist doctors.#Case C-419/16.20 December 2017
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62016CJ0393
Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 20 December 2017.#Comité Interprofessionnel du Vin de Champagne v Aldi Süd Dienstleistungs-GmbH & Co.OHG.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof.#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Common organisation of the markets in agricultural products — Protection of protected designations of origin (PDOs) — Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 — Article 118m(2)(a)(ii), (b) and (c) — Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 — Article 103(2)(a)(ii), (b) and (c) — Scope — Exploitation of the reputation of a PDO — Misuse, imitation or evocation of a PDO — False or misleading indication — PDO ‘Champagne’ used in the name of a foodstuff — The name ‘Champagner Sorbet’ — Foodstuff containing champagne as an ingredient — Ingredient conferring on the foodstuff an essential characteristic).#Case C-393/16.20 December 2017
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62015CJ0434
Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 20 December 2017.#Asociación Profesional Elite Taxi v Uber Systems Spain, SL.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Juzgado Mercantil de Barcelona.#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Article 56 TFEU — Article 58(1) TFEU — Services in the field of transport — Directive 2006/123/EC — Services in the internal market — Directive 2000/31/EC — Directive 98/34/EC — Information society services — Intermediation service to connect, by means of a smartphone application and for remuneration, non-professional drivers using their own vehicle with persons who wish to make urban journeys — Requirement for authorisation.#Case C-434/15.20 December 2017
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62016CJ0178
Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 20 December 2017.#Impresa di Costruzioni Ing. E. Mantovani SpA and Guerrato SpA v Provincia autonoma di Bolzano and Others.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato.#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Public works contracts — Directive 2004/18/EC — Article 45(2) and (3) — Conditions for exclusion from participation in public procurement — Declaration regarding the absence of convictions of former directors of the tendering company — Criminal conduct of a former director — Criminal conviction — Actual and complete dissociation between the tendering company and that director — Evidence — Assessment by the contracting entity of the requirements relating to that obligation.#Case C-178/16.20 December 2017
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62016CJ0268
Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 20 December 2017.#Binca Seafoods GmbH v European Commission.#Appeal — Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 — Production and labelling of organic products — Regulation (EC) No 889/2008 — Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1358/2014 — Interest in bringing proceedings — Notion of ‘personal benefit’.#Case C-268/16 P.20 December 2017
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62016CJ0226
Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 20 December 2017.#Eni SpA and Others v Premier ministre and Ministre de l’Environnement, de l’Énergie et de la Mer.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d'État (France).#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Energy — Gas industry — Security of gas supply — Regulation (EU) No 994/2010 — Obligation of natural gas undertakings to take measures to safeguard the supply of gas to protected customers — Point 1 of the second paragraph of Article 2 — Definition of ‘protected customers’ — Article 8(2) — Additional obligation — Article 8(5) — Possibility for natural gas undertakings of fulfilling their obligation at regional level or at Union level — National legislation imposing on gas suppliers an additional gas storage obligation, the scope of which includes customers who are not protected customers within the meaning of Regulation No 994/2010 — Obligation to be fulfilled, as regards 80% of the gas stored, on the territory of the Member State concerned.#Case C-226/16.20 December 2017
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62016CJ0442
Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 20 December 2017.#Florea Gusa v Minister for Social Protection and Others.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Court of Appeal (Ireland).#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Directive 2004/38/EC — Person no longer working in a self-employed capacity — Retention of the status of self-employed person — Right of residence — Legislation of a Member State restricting eligibility for a jobseeker’s allowance to persons who have a right of residence on the territory of that Member State.#Case C-442/16.20 December 2017
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62015CJ0677
Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 20 December 2017.#European Union Intellectual Property Office v European Dynamics Luxembourg SA and Others.#Appeal — Public services contracts — Provision of external services for programme and project management and technical consultancy in the field of information technologies — Cascade procedure — Weighting of sub-criteria within the award criteria — Principles of equal opportunity and transparency — Manifest errors of assessment — Failure to state reasons — Loss of opportunity — Non-contractual liability of the European Union — Claim for damages.#Case C-677/15 P.20 December 2017
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62016TJ0577
Judgment of the General Court (Fifth Chamber) of 14 December 2017.#Alessandro Campo and Others v European External Action Service.#Civil Service — Officials — Agents — Remuneration — EEAS staff posted to a third country — Article 10 of Annex X to the Staff Regulations — Annual assessment of the allowance for living conditions — Decision reducing the allowance for living conditions in Montenegro from 15% to 10% — Plea of illegality.#Case T-577/16.14 December 2017
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62016TO0849(03)
Order of the General Court (First Chamber) of 14 December 2017.#PGNiG Supply & Trading GmbH v European Commission.#Action for annulment — Internal market in natural gas — Directive 2009/73/EC — Commission decision amending the conditions for exemption from the EU requirements of the rules governing operation of the OPAL pipeline in regard to third-party access and tariff regulation — Lack of direct concern — Inadmissibility.#Case T-849/16.14 December 2017
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62015CO0309(01)
Order of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 14 December 2017.#MIP Metro Group Intellectual Property GmbH & Co. KG v Real Express Srl.#Taxation of costs.#Case C-309/15 P-DEP.14 December 2017
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62017TO0246
Order of the General Court (Second Chamber) of 14 December 2017.#Lackmann Fleisch- und Feinkostfabrik GmbH v European Union Intellectual Property Office.#EU trade mark — Application for EU figurative mark Национальный Продукт — Disregard of the procedural requirements — Article 177(1)(d) and (e) of the Rules of Procedure — Manifest inadmissibility.#Case T-246/17.14 December 2017
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62016TJ0609
Judgment of the General Court (Ninth Chamber) of 14 December 2017.#PB v European Commission.#Civil service — Officials — Recruitment — Competition notice EPSO/AD/309/15 (AD 11) — Doctors for the Luxembourg site — Refusal of admission to the assessment centre tests — Limitation of the choice of second language to a restricted number of official languages of the European Union — Plea of unlawfulness — Manifest error of assessment — Liability — Non-material damage.#Case T-609/16.14 December 2017
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62017CO0101
Order of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 14 December 2017.#Verus Eood v European Union Intellectual Property Office.#Appeal — Article 181 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice — EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — EU word mark LUCEO — Declaration of invalidity.#Case C-101/17 P.14 December 2017
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62016CJ0630
Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 14 December 2017.#Proceedings brought by Anstar Oy.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Helsingin hallinto-oikeus.#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Harmonised conditions for the marketing of construction products — Harmonised standard EN 1090-1:2009+A1:2011 — Criteria for determining the scope of a standard adopted by the European Committee for Standardisation (CEN) in accordance with a mandate of the European Commission — Anchors to be fixed into concrete before it sets and used for fastening facade elements and masonry supports to the building frame.#Case C-630/16.14 December 2017
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62014TJ0460
Judgment of the General Court (Eighth Chamber) of 14 December 2017.#Association européenne des transformateurs de maïs doux (AETMD) v Council of the European Union.#Dumping — Prepared or preserved sweetcorn in kernels originating in Thailand — Partial interim review — Amendment of the definitive anti-dumping duty — Association representing EU producers — Infringement of procedural rights — Rights of the defence.#Case T-460/14.14 December 2017
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62016TJ0828
Judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) of 14 December 2017.#Consejo Regulador de la Denominación de Origen "Torta del Casar" v European Union Intellectual Property Office.#EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU figurative trade mark QUESO Y TORTA DE LA SERENA — Protection of the designation of origin ‘Torta del Casar’ — Relative ground for refusal — Article 2(2), Article 3(1) and Article 13(1) of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 — Article 8(4) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(4) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001).#Case T-828/16.14 December 2017
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62016TJ0280
Judgment of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) of 14 December 2017.#GeoClimaDesign AG v European Union Intellectual Property Office.#EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — EU word mark GEO — Absolute grounds for refusal — Distinctive character — Lack of descriptive character — Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) — Article 52(1)(a) of Regulation No 207/2009 (now Article 59(1)(a) of Regulation 2017/1001).#Case T-280/16.14 December 2017
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62016TJ0611
Judgment of the General Court (First Chamber) of 14 December 2017.#Ernst Ulrich Trautmann v European External Action Service.#Civil service — Officials — Remuneration — Family allowances — Education allowance — Article 15 of Annex X to the Staff Regulations — Conditions for grant — Article 3(1) of Annex VII to the Staff Regulations — Regular full-time attendance at an educational establishment which charges fees — Article 85 of the Staff Regulations — Recovery of sums overpaid — Obligation to state reasons — Right to be heard.#Case T-611/16.14 December 2017
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62016TJ0912
Judgment of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) of 14 December 2017.#RRTec sp. z o.o. v European Union Intellectual Property Office.#European Union trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU figurative mark RROFA — Prior EU word mark ROFA — 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-912/16.14 December 2017
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62016TJ0575
Judgment of the General Court (Fifth Chamber) of 14 December 2017.#David Martinez De Prins and Others v European External Action Service.#Civil service — Officials — Staff members — Remuneration — Staff of the EEAS serving in a third country — Article 10 of Annex X to the Staff Regulations — Annual assessment of the allowance for living conditions — Decision reducing the allowance for living conditions in Ghana from 25% to 20% — Plea of illegality.#Case T-575/16.14 December 2017
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62016CJ0243
Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 14 December 2017.#Antonio Miravitlles Ciurana and Others v Contimark SA and Jordi Socias Gispert.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Juzgado de lo Social de Barcelona.#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Company law — Directive 2009/101/EC — Articles 2 and 6 to 8 — Directive 2012/30/EU — Articles 19 and 36 –– Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Articles 20, 21 and 51 — Recovery of claims arising under an employment contract — Right to bring, before the same court, an action against the company and its director, as a person having joint and several liability for the company’s debts.#Case C-243/16.14 December 2017
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62017CO0401
Order of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 14 December 2017.#Double 'W' Enterprises Ltd v Kingdom of Spain.#Appeal — Article 181 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice –– Request for a preliminary ruling –– Lack of jurisdiction of the General Court of the European Union — Appeal manifestly unfounded.#Case C-401/17 P.14 December 2017
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62017CO0499
Order of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 14 December 2017.#Miguel Torres, SA v Alma-The Soul of Italian Wine LLLP.#Appeal — Article 181 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice — EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Article 8(5) — Application for registration of the figurative mark containing the word elements ‘sotto il sole italiano’ and ‘sotto il sole’ — Opposition proceedings — Rejection of the application for registration — Annulment of the decision upholding the opposition.#Case C-499/17 P.14 December 2017
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62015TJ0164
Judgment of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) of 14 December 2017.#European Dynamics Luxembourg SA and Evropaïki Dynamiki - Proigmena Systimata Tilepikoinonion Pliroforikis kai Tilematikis AE v European Parliament.#Public service contracts — Public procurement procedure — External provision of information technology services to the Parliament and other institutions and bodies of the EU — Ranking of a tenderer in the cascade procedure — Award criteria — Obligation to state reasons — Non-contractual liability.#Case T-164/15.14 December 2017
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62016TJ0792
Judgment of the General Court (Ninth Chamber) of 14 December 2017.#N & C Franchise Ltd v European Union Intellectual Property Office.#EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU figurative mark OJO sunglasses — Earlier international word mark oio — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Similarity of the signs — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001).#Case T-792/16.14 December 2017
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62017CJ0066
Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 14 December 2017.#Grzegorz Chudaś and Irena Chudaś v DA Deutsche Allgemeine Versicherung Aktiengesellschaft AG.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Sąd Rejonowy Poznań-Grunwald i Jeżyce w Poznaniu.#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Judicial cooperation in civil matters — Regulation (EC) No 805/2004 — Scope — European Enforcement Order for uncontested claims — Enforcement orders capable of being certified as European Enforcement Orders — Decision on the amount of costs related to the court proceedings in a judgment not concerning an uncontested claim — Excluded.#Case C-66/17.14 December 2017
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62017TJ0021
Judgment of the General Court (Ninth Chamber) of 14 December 2017.#RL v Court of Justice of the European Union.#Civil service — Officials — Promotion — 2015 promotion exercise — Decision not to promote the applicant to grade AD 10 as of 1 July 2015 — Interinstitutional transfer — Pro rata temporis system — Consideration of comparative merits — Article 45 of the Staff Regulations — Liability.#Case T-21/17.14 December 2017
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62015TJ0505
Judgment of the General Court (Ninth Chamber) of 14 December 2017.#Hungary v European Commission.#EAGF and EAFRD — Expenditure excluded from financing — Regulations (EC) Nos 1782/2003, 1290/2005, 73/2009 and 1122/2009 — Expenditure incurred by Hungary — Conditionality — Control of Statutory Management Requirements — Control of good agricultural and environmental conditions — Lump-sum and specific corrections — Risk for the Funds.#Case T-505/15.14 December 2017
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62016TJ0304
Judgment of the General Court (Ninth Chamber) of 14 December 2017.#bet365 Group Limited v European Union Intellectual Property Office.#EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — EU word mark BET 365 — Absolute ground for refusal — Distinctive character acquired through use — Proof — Use of the mark for a number of purposes — Article 7(3) and Article 52(2) of Regulation No 207/2009 (now Article 7(3) and Article 59(2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001).#Case T-304/16.14 December 2017
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62015TJ0136
Judgment of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) of 14 December 2017.#Evropaïki Dynamiki - Proigmena Systimata Tilepikoinonion Pliroforikis kai Tilematikis AE v European Parliament.#Access to documents — Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 — Requests for quotation concerning all the lots covered by a call for tenders — Refusal to grant access — Absence of specific, individual examination of the documents requested — Exception relating to the protection of public security — Exception relating to the protection of commercial interests — Exception relating to the protection of privacy — Exception relating to the protection of the decision-making process — General presumption — Unreasonable workload.#Case T-136/15.14 December 2017
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62017TO0475
Order of the General Court (Fifth Chamber) of 14 December 2017.#Rogesa Roheisengesellschaft Saar mbH v European Commission.#Action for annulment — Access to documents — Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 — Regulation (EC) No 1367/2006 — Documents concerning an installation producing a mixture of pellets and sintered ore — Implied refusal of access — Express decision adopted before the action was brought — Application for an order that there is no need to adjudicate — Interest in bringing proceedings — Manifest inadmissibility.#Case T-475/17.14 December 2017
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62016CJ0305
Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 14 December 2017.#Avon Cosmetics Ltd v The Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the First-tier Tribunal (Tax Chamber).#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Value added tax (VAT) — Sixth Directive 77/388/EEC — Article 11A(1)(a) — Taxable amount — Article 17 — Right to deduct — Article 27 — Special derogating measures — Decision 89/534/EEC — Marketing structure based on the supply of goods through non-taxable persons — Taxation on the open market value of the goods as determined at the final stage of the marketing chain — Inclusion of the costs incurred by those persons.#Case C-305/16.14 December 2017
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62016CJ0061
Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 14 December 2017.#European Bicycle Manufacturers Association (EBMA) v Giant (China) Co. Ltd.#Appeal — Dumping — Regulation (EU) No 502/2013 — Imports of bicycles originating in China — Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009 — Article 18(1) — Cooperation — Definition of ‘necessary information’ — Article 9(5) — Request for individual treatment — Risk of circumvention.#Case C-61/16 P.14 December 2017
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62016TJ0700
Judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) of 13 December 2017.#Laboratorios Ern, SA v European Union Intellectual Property Office.#EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU figurative mark SLIMDYNAMICS — Earlier national word mark DYNAMIN — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Similarity of the goods — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001).#Case T-700/16.13 December 2017
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62015TJ0497
Judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) of 13 December 2017.#Oltis Group a.s. v European Commission.#Research and development — Framework Programme for Research and Innovation 2014-2020 (Horizon 2020) — Stimulation and coordination of EU research and innovation investments in the rail sector — Establishment of the Shift2Rail Joint Undertaking — Associate membership of the Shift2Rail Joint Undertaking — Call for expressions of interest — Rejection of candidature — Obligation to state reasons — Manifest error of assessment — Misuse of powers.#Case T-497/15.13 December 2017
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62015TJ0712
Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber, Extended Composition) of 13 December 2017.#Crédit mutuel Arkéa v European Central Bank.#Economic and monetary policy — Prudential supervision of credit institutions — Article 4(3) of Regulation (EU) No 1024/2013 — Prudential supervision on a consolidated basis — Supervised group — Institutions permanently affiliated to a central body — Article 2(21)(c) of Regulation (EU) No 468/2014 — Article 10 of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 — Capital requirements — Article 16(1)(c) and (2)(a) of Regulation No 1024/2013.#Case T-712/15.13 December 2017
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62016TJ0114
Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber) of 13 December 2017.#Delfin Wellness GmbH v European Union Intellectual Property Office.#Community design — Invalidity proceedings — Registered community designs representing infrared and sauna cabins — Earlier designs — Ground for invalidity — Lack of novelty — Article 5 and Article 25(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 — Disclosure of the earlier designs before the date of priority — Article 7(1) and (2) of Regulation No 6/2002 — Right to be heard — Article 64(1) of Regulation No 6/2002.#Case T-114/16.13 December 2017
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62016TJ0692
Judgment of the General Court (First Chamber) of 13 December 2017.#CJ v European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC).#Civil service — Members of the contract staff — Fixed-term contract — Article 47(b) of the CEOS — Annulment of early termination decision — Article 266 TFEU — Compliance with a judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal — Adoption of new early termination decision — Retroactive effect.#Case T-692/16.13 December 2017
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62015TJ0314
Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber) of 13 December 2017.#Hellenic Republic v European Commission.#State aid — Aid in favour of an undertaking which has concluded a concession to operate container terminals in the Port of Piraeus — Decision declaring the aid to be incompatible with the internal market — Right of defence — Duty to give reasons — Concept of State aid — Aid to facilitate the development of certain economic activities or of certain economic areas — Incentive effect of the aid — Necessity of the aid — Determination of the amount of aid.#Case T-314/15.13 December 2017
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62016TJ0482
Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber) of 13 December 2017 (Extracts).#Oscar Orlando Arango Jaramillo and Others v European Investment Bank.#Civil service — EIB staff — Period allowed for commencing proceedings — Reasonable time — Pensions — 2008 reform — Contractual nature of the employment relationship — Proportionality — Obligation to state reasons — Legal certainty — Liability — Non-material harm.#Case T-482/16 RENV.13 December 2017
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62016TJ0602
Judgment of the General Court (First Chamber) of 13 December 2017.#CJ v European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC).#Civil service — Members of the contract staff — Career evaluation report — Assessment exercise 2012 — Drawing up — Application for annulment of the decision closing appraisal report.#Case T-602/16.13 December 2017
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62017CO0468
Order of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 13 December 2017.#Morton's of Chicago Inc. v European Union Intellectual Property Office.#Appeal — Article 181 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice — EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — Relative ground for invalidity — Declaration of invalidity — Figurative mark MORTON’S — Earlier non-registered national trade marks — Interpretation and application of national law — Action for passing off.#Case C-468/17 P.13 December 2017
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62017TJ0004
Judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) of 13 December 2017.#Ángel Coedo Suárez v Council of the European Union.#Civil service — Civil servants — Automatic retirement — Application for recognition of the occupational origin of the invalidity — Classification of the claim — Reasonable period — Irregularity of the prior administrative procedure — Inadmissibility — Liability.#Case T-4/17.13 December 2017
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62016TJ0703
Judgment of the General Court (First Chamber) of 13 December 2017.#CJ v European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC).#Civil service — Members of the contract staff — Fixed-term contract — Early termination — Article 47(b)(ii) of the CEOS — Terms of notice — Liability — Non-material damage.#Case T-703/16 RENV.13 December 2017
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62016CJ0487
Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 13 December 2017.#Telefónica SA v European Commission.#Appeal — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Portuguese and Spanish telecommunications markets — Non-competition clause contained in an agreement entered into between two companies — Restriction by object — Rights of defence — Refusal to hear witnesses — Fines — Gravity of the infringement — Mitigating circumstances).#Case C-487/16 P.13 December 2017
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62016TJ0052
Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber, Extended Composition) of 13 December 2017.#Crédit mutuel Arkéa v European Central Bank.#Economic and monetary policy — Prudential supervision of credit institutions — Article 4(3) of Regulation (EU) No 1024/2013 — Prudential supervision on a consolidated basis — Supervised group — Institutions permanently affiliated to a central body — Article 2(21)(c) of Regulation (EU) No 468/2014 — Article 10 of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 — Capital requirements — Article 16(1)(c) and (2)(a) of Regulation No 1024/2013.#Case T-52/16.13 December 2017
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62015TJ0692
Urteil des Gerichts (Dritte Kammer) vom 13. Dezember 2017.#HTTS Hanseatic Trade Trust & Shipping GmbH gegen Rat der Europäischen Union.#Gemeinsame Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik – Restriktive Maßnahmen gegen Iran zur Verhinderung der nuklearen Proliferation – Einfrieren von Geldern – Begründungspflicht – Außervertragliche Haftung – Hinreichend qualifizierter Verstoß gegen eine Rechtsnorm, die dem Einzelnen Rechte verleiht.#Rechtssache T-692/15.13 December 2017
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62016TJ0592
Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber) of 13 December 2017.#HQ v Community Plant Variety Office.#Civil Service — Members of the temporary staff — Fixed-term contract — Decision not to renew — Manifest error of assessment — Duty of care — Principle of sound administration — Right to be heard — Psychological harassment — Misuse of powers — Liability.#Case T-592/16.13 December 2017
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62016CJ0403
Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 13 December 2017.#Soufiane El Hassani v Minister Spraw Zagranicznych.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Naczelny Sąd Administracyjny.#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Area of freedom, security and justice — Regulation (EC) No 810/2009 — Article 32(3) — Community Visa Code — Decision to refuse a visa — Right of the applicant to bring an appeal against that decision — Obligation of a Member State to guarantee the right to a judicial appeal.#Case C-403/16.13 December 2017
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62016TJ0815
Judgment of the General Court (Third Chamber) of 12 December 2017.#For Tune sp. z o.o. v European Union Intellectual Property Office.#EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for registration of the EU figurative mark opus AETERNATUM — Earlier EU word mark OPUS — 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-815/16.12 December 2017
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62016TJ0035
Judgment of the General Court (Eighth Chamber) of 12 December 2017.#Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Ltd v European Union Intellectual Property Office.#EU trade mark — Revocation proceedings — EU word mark Vita — Genuine use of the mark — Article 51(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 58(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) — Use in connection with the goods in question — Obligation to state reasons.#Case T-35/16.12 December 2017
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62015TJ0771
Judgment of the General Court (Third Chamber) of 12 December 2017.#Hochmann Marketing GmbH, formerly Bittorrent Marketing GmbH v European Union Intellectual Property Office.#EU trade mark — Revocation proceedings — EU word mark bittorrent — Article 76(1) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 95(1) and (2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) — No account taken of evidence submitted before the Cancellation Division — Article 51(1)(a) of Regulation No 207/2009 (now Article 58(1)(a) of Regulation 2017/1001.#Case T-771/15.12 December 2017