Legal News

1. 117/2020 : 24 September 2020 - Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-195/20 PPU

   Generalbundesanwalt beim Bundesgerichtshof (Principe de spécialité)
   Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
   A measure involving deprivation of liberty taken against a person referred to in a first European Arrest Warrant (EAW) on the basis of a prior offence different from the one which justified his surrender under a second EAW is not contrary to EU law if that person’s departure from the Member State that issued the first EAW was voluntary

2. 116/2020 : 23 September 2020 - Judgment of the General Court in joined cases T-515/13 RENV,T-719/13 RENV

   Spain v Commission
   State aid
   The Spanish tax system applicable to certain finance lease agreements entered into by shipyards constitutes an aid scheme

3. 115/2020 : 23 September 2020 - Judgments of the General Court in Cases T-411/17,T-414/17,T-420/17

   Landesbank Baden-Württemberg v SRB
   Economic policy
   The General Court annuls the decision of the Single Resolution Board on the calculation of the 2017 ex-ante contributions to the Single Resolution Fund and declares that Delegated Regulation 2015/63 is unlawful in part

4. 114/2020 : 23 September 2020 - Opinions of the Advocate General in joined cases C-83/19,C-129/19,C-195/19,C-291/19,C-355/19,C-397/19

   Asociaţia "Forumul Judecătorilor Din România"
   New accessions
   According to Advocate General Bobek, the interim appointment of the Chief Judicial Inspector and the national provisions on the establishment of a specific prosecution section with exclusive jurisdiction for offences committed by members of the judiciary are contrary to EU law

5. 113/2020 : 23 September 2020 - Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-777/18

   Vas Megyei Kormányhivatal
   SERV
   The principle of the freedom to provide services and the directive on cross-border healthcare preclude national legislation which excludes the reimbursement without prior authorisation of the costs connected to emergency surgery undergone by an insured person, who is a resident of a Member State, in another Member State

6. 112/2020 : 22 September 2020 - Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-594/18 P

   Austria v Commission
   State aid
   The Court of Justice confirms the Commission decision approving United Kingdom aid for Hinkley Point C nuclear power station

7. 111/2020 : 22 September 2020 - Judgment of the Court of Justice in Joined Cases C-724/18,C-727/18

   Cali Apartments
   Freedom of establishment
   National legislation making the repeated short-term letting of accommodation to a transient clientele which does not take up residence there subject to authorisation is consistent with EU law

8. 110/2020 : 18 September 2020 - Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-265/19

   Recorded Artists Actors Performers
   Freedom of establishment
   EU law precludes a Member State from excluding performers who are nationals of States outside the EEA from the right to a single equitable remuneration for the playing of recorded music

9. 109/2020 : 17 September 2020 - Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-212/19

   Compagnie des pêches de Saint-Malo
   State aid
   Seized with an interpretation request concerning the arrangements for implementing a Commission decision penalising France for State Aid declared incompatible with the common market, the Court of Justice rules that the decision is invalid

10. 108/2020 : 17 September 2020 - Judgment of the Court of Justice in Joined Cases C-449/18 P, C-474/18 P

    EUIPO v Messi Cuccittini
    Intellectual and industrial property
    The Court of Justice dismisses the appeals brought by EUIPO and a Spanish company against the judgment of the General Court authorising football player Lionel Messi to register the trade mark ‘MESSI’ for sports equipment and clothing