Legal News

1. 4/2020 : 15 January 2020 - Opinion of the Advocate General in cases C-623/17,C-511/18,C-512/18,C-520/18

   Privacy International
   Principles of Community law
   Advocate General Campos Sánchez-Bordona: the means and methods of combating terrorism must be compatible with the requirements of the rule of law

2. 3/2020 : 14 January 2020 - Opinion of the Advocate General in the case C-641/18

   Rina
   Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
   Advocate General Szpunar proposes that the Court should rule that the victims of the sinking of a ship flying the Panamanian flag can bring an action for damages before the Italian courts against the Italian bodies which classified and certified that ship.

3. 2/2020 : 14 January 2020 - Opinion of the Advocate General in the case C-78/18

   Commission v Hungary (Transparence associative)
   Free movement of capital
   Advocate General Campos Sánchez-Bordona: the restrictions imposed by Hungary on the financing of civil organisations from abroad are not compatible with EU law

4. 1/2020 : 13 January 2020 - Formal sitting

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

5. 166/2019 : 20 December 2019 - Order of the Court of Justice in Case C-646/19 P(R)

   Puigdemont i Casamajó and Comín i Oliveres v Parliament
   Law governing the institutions
   Ce texte n'est disponible qu'en espagnol

6. 165/2019 : 19 December 2019 - Opinion of the Advocate General in the case C-311/18

   Facebook Ireland and Schrems
   Approximation of laws
   According to Advocate General Saugmandsgaard Øe, Commission Decision 2010/87/EU on standard contractual clauses for the transfer of personal data to processors established in third countries is valid

7. 164/2019 : 19 December 2019 - Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-752/18

   Deutsche Umwelthilfe
   COAD
   The coercive detention of persons at the head of the Land of Bavaria for the purpose of enjoining them to adopt measures to improve ambient air quality in Munich (such as a traffic ban in respect of certain diesel vehicles) can be ordered only if a national legal basis which is sufficiently accessible, precise and foreseeable in its application exists to that end and if the detention is proportionate

8. 163/2019 : 19 December 2019 - Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-532/18

   Niki Luftfahrt
   Transport
   An airline is liable for the harm caused by a spilt cup of hot coffee

9. 162/2019 : 19 December 2019 - Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-390/18

   Airbnb Ireland
   Freedom of establishment
   France cannot require Airbnb to hold an estate agent’s professional licence as it did not notify the Commission of that requirement in accordance with the Directive on electronic commerce

10. 161/2019 : 19 December 2019 - Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-502/19

    Junqueras Vies
    Privileges and immunities
    A person elected to the European Parliament acquires the status of Member of that institution at the time of the official declaration of the results and enjoys, from that time, the immunities attached to that status