Legal News

1. 58/2023 : 31 March 2023 - Information

   Significant amendments to the Rules of Procedure of the General Court of the European Union will come into force on 1 April
   
   

2. 57/2023 : 30 March 2023 - Opinion of the Advocate General in the case C-106/22

   Xella Magyarország
   Free movement of capital
   Advocate General Ćapeta: EU law does not, in principle, preclude national legislation which allows for the screening of foreign direct investment of third country provenance even if implemented via an EU-based company

3. 56/2023 : 30 March 2023 - Opinion of the Advocate General in the case C-27/22

   Volkswagen Group Italia and Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
   Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
   According to Advocate General Campos Sánchez-Bordona, Volkswagen cannot be penalised in Italy for ‘Dieselgate’, after having been penalised in Germany, if there has not been sufficient coordination between the penalty proceedings of both States

4. 55/2023 : 30 March 2023 - Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-5/22

   Green Network (Injonction de remboursement de frais)
   Freedom of establishment
   National regulatory authorities for energy may have the power to order electricity undertakings to repay sums received in breach of consumer protection requirements

5. 54/2023 : 30 March 2023 - Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-34/21

   Hauptpersonalrat der Lehrerinnen und Lehrer
   Principles of Community law
   Live streaming by videoconference of classes in state school education falls within the scope of the GDPR

6. 53/2023 : 29 March 2023 - Judgment of the General Court in case T-142/21

   Wizz Air Hungary v Commission () and aide au sauvetage)
   State aid
   The action against the Commission’s decision approving the aid granted by Romania to the airline Blue Air in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic is dismissed in its entirety

7. 52/2023 : 23 March 2023 - Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-653/21

   Syndicat Uniclima
   Environment and consumers
   Fire safety in establishments open to the public: Member States may not impose additional requirements on pressure equipment bearing the CE marking for the purposes of making that equipment available on the national market

8. 51/2023 : 21 March 2023 - Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-100/21

   Daimler (Responsabilité des constructeurs de véhicules munis de dispositifs d’invalidation)
   Environment and consumers
   The purchaser of a vehicle equipped with an unlawful defeat device has a right to compensation from the car manufacturer where that device has caused damage to that purchaser

9. 50/2023 : 20 March 2023 - Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-522/21

   Saatgut-Treuhandverwaltung (KWS Meridian)
   Agriculture and fisheries
   Protection of plant variety rights: no minimum level of compensation set

10. 49/2023 : 16 March 2023 - Opinion of the Advocate General in cases C-634/21, C-26/22, C-64/22

    SCHUFA Holding and Others (Scoring)
    Principles of Community law
    Advocate General Pikamäe: the automated establishment of a probability concerning the ability of a person to service a loan constitutes profiling under the GDPR