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Joined Cases C-399/10 P and C-401/10 P, Bouygues
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Court of Justice qualifies declarations of government support as State aidFrance Télécom SA (‘FT’) was formed in 1991 as a legal person governed by public law, and since 31 December 1996 had had the status of a public limite...
Honorable Mention jury Dutch Social Media Award.
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Last Friday, Dutch Publisher SDU awarded the Gouden Zandloper (Golden Hourglass) award on Social Media. The jury rapport explicitly mentions this weblog, describing it as one of the most popular websites on EU Law. Link (in Dutch:) http://www.a...
Joined Cases C‑186/11 and C‑209/11, Stanleybet et al.
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Court questioning legality Opap’s Greek Gambling Monopoly, for national Court to determine whether aimed at restricting supply of games of chance or combating criminality linked to games of chance>> Stanleybet, William Hill and Sportingbe...
Case C‑334/12 RX-II, Jaramillo et al v. EIB
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Court further defines Article 47 of the Charter>> Since 1 January 2007 the salary statements of the EIB members of the staff were no longer produced in their traditional paper format but in electronic format, but were entered in the EIB’s...
Case C‑399/11, Melloni
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Court further defines scope of Article 53 of Charter>> This request for a preliminary ruling concerned the validity of Article 4a(1) of Council Framework Decision 2002/584. The referring Court also asked the Court to examine, if nec...
Case C-617/10, Åkerberg Fransson
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Court defines scope of application Charter of Fundamental Rights, reiterating EU law not governing relationship between ECHR and legal systems of Member States.>> Article 50 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (‘the...
Case C‑607/11, ITV et al v. TVCatchup
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Television broadcasters may prohibit retransmission of their programmes by another company via the internet>> TVCatchup Ltd (‘TVC’) offered an internet television broadcasting service. This service permitted its users to receive, vi...
Case C‑420/11, Leth
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Court holds that not carrying out environmental impact assessment of project in breach of EU law, does not by itself render State liable for purely pecuniary damage>> Since the accession of Austria to the European Union, on 1 January...
Case T‑590/10, Thsesing and Bloomberg v. ECB
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ECB entitled to refuse access to two documents relating to the economic situation in Greece>> On the basis of Decision 2004/258, any EU citizen any natural or legal person residing or having its registered office in a EU Member State, has a rig...
Joined Cases C‑237/11 and C‑238/11, France and Luxembourg v. Parliament
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Court annuls votes of European Parliament concerning Parliament’s calendar of periods of part-sessions for 2012 and 2013, on the ground that those periods, split into two parts by the Parliament, cannot be regarded individually as periods of monthl...
Case T-243/09, Fedecom v Commission
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Court further defines concept op "state resources". Measures financed by both State contributions and voluntary contributions from professionals in a sector can constitute State aid within the meaning of Article 107(1) TFEU. >> Between 1992 and...
Case C-364/10, Hungary v. Slovak Republic
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Slovakia not breaching EU law by refusing President of Hungary entry into its territory. Court furthermore holds that action under Art. 259 TFEU concerning future possible infringements or limited to seeking an interpretation of EU law is inadmi...
Joined Cases C‑581/10 and C‑629/10, Nelson and others
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Court confirms its 2009 Sturgeon and Others judgment >> Regulation No 261/2004 provided that, if their flights were cancelled, passengers might receive fixed compensation amounting to between €250 and €600. In the judgment in Stur...
Case C‑286/12, Commission v Hungary
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Lowering retirement age Hungarian judges unjustified discrimination >> By this application, the European Commission sought a declaration from the Court that, by adopting a national scheme requiring the compulsory retirement of judges, pro...
Case C‑355/10, Parliament v. Council
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Court holds that provisions which require political choices falling within the responsibilities of the European Union legislature cannot be delegated >>In this case, the European Parliament sought the annulment of Council Decision 2010/25...
Case C‑244/11, Commission v. Greece.
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Court holds that Greek scheme of prior authorisation for acquisition of voting rights in strategic public limited companies and of ex post control is contrary to freedom of establishment >> Article 11 of the Greek Law 3631/2008 required ...
Case C‑84/11, Marja-Liisa Susisalo
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Article 49 TFEU not precluding licensing scheme for operation of branch pharmacies which is different for University of Helsinki Pharmacy than for private pharmacies>> This case concerned the question whether Art. 49 TFEU must be...
Case C‑27/11, Vinkov
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Court stresses Charter of Fundamental Rights applying to Member States only when implementing EU law, not creating any new competence for European Union.>> This reference for a preliminary ruling from the Administrative Court in Sofia, essentia...
Case C‑171/11, Fra.bo SpA
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Can Article 28 EC be applied to a private-law certification body? Fra.bo was an undertaking established in Italy which manufactured and sold copper fittings. Copper fittings were connections between two pieces of piping for water or gas, with seali...
Case C‑138/11, Compass-Datenbank GmbH v. Österreich
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Court further defines concept of undertakingThis reference for a preliminary ruling, which concerned the interpretation of Art. 102 TFEU, had been made in proceedings between Compass-Datenbank and Austria in relation to the making available of...
