Legal News

1. 80/2020 : 2 July 2020 - Opinions of the Advocate General in joined cases C-245/19,C-246/19

   État du Grand-duché de Luxembourg (Droit de recours contre une demande d’information en matière fiscale)
   DFON
   According to Advocate General Kokott, the addressee, the taxpayer concerned and other concerned third parties must be able to obtain judicial review of an order to provide information made in the context of the cross-border exchange of information between tax authorities

2. 79/2020 : 25 June 2020 - Opinion of the Advocate General in the case C-808/18

   Commission v Hungary (Accueil des demandeurs de protection internationale)
   Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
   According to Advocate General Pikamäe, Hungary has failed to fulfil obligations arising from EU law in relation to a substantial part of its national legislation on asylum procedures and the return of illegally staying third-country nationals

3. 78/2020 : 25 June 2020 - Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-92/18

   France v Parliament
   Law governing the institutions
   The European Parliament was entitled to adopt the EU budget for 2018 in Brussels, at second reading

4. 77/2020 : 25 June 2020 - Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-24/19

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   Environment and consumers
   An order and a circular that set out the general conditions for the grant of development consent for the installation and operation of wind turbines must themselves be the subject of a prior environmental assessment

5. 76/2020 : 25 June 2020 - Judgment of the Court of Justice in Joined Cases C-762/18,C-37/19

   Varhoven kasatsionen sad na Republika Bulgaria
   Freedom of movement for persons
   Workers are entitled, for the period between an unlawful dismissal and reinstatement as an employee, to annual paid leave or, at the end of the employment relationship, to a payment in lieu of such leave not taken

6. 75/2020 : 25 June 2020 - Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-36/20 PPU

   Ministerio Fiscal (Autorité susceptible de recevoir une demande de protection internationale)
   Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
   Judicial authorities adjudicating on the detention of a third-country national without a legal right of residence can receive an application for international protection and must inform the person concerned of the specific procedures for lodging such an application

7. 74/2020 : 18 June 2020 - Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-754/18

   Ryanair Designated Activity Company
   Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
   A family member of an EU citizen who is not a national of a Member State but who holds a permanent residence card shall be exempt from the visa requirement for entry into the territory of the Member States.

8. 73/2020 : 18 June 2020 - Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-78/18

   Commission v Hungary (Transparence associative)
   Free movement of capital
   The restrictions imposed by Hungary on the financing of civil organisations by persons established outside that Member State do not comply with EU law

9. 72/2020 : 11 June 2020 - Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-88/19

   Alianța pentru combaterea abuzurilor
   Environment and consumers
   The strict protection of animal species provided for in the Habitats Directive also extends to specimens that leave their natural habitat and stray into human settlements

10. 71/2020 : 11 June 2020 - Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-378/19

    Prezident Slovenskej republiky
    Freedom of establishment
    The fact that in the Slovak Republic, the power to appoint and to dismiss the president of the national regulatory authority passed from the President of the Republic to the government does not in itself constitute an infringement of the electricity market directive