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The 'last mile' in the TEN-T

Original: Die letzte Meile im TEN-V

European Union · European Parliament · 22 December 2014

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Breaking down barriers in the built environment for people with disabilities

Original: Abbattimento barriere architettoniche persone con disabilità

European Union · European Parliament · 22 December 2014

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Proposal for a directive on the accessibility of public sector bodies' websites (COM(2012) 721 final)

Original: Propuesta de Directiva sobre la accesibilidad de los sitios web de los organismos del sector público (COM(2012)721final)

European Union · European Parliament · 22 December 2014

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Ban on flying single-engine helicopters over residential areas

Original: Interdiction de vol des hélicoptères monomoteurs

European Union · European Parliament · 22 December 2014

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Approval of the Lower Saxony regional programme within the context of EAFRD support

Original: Genehmigung des Landesprogramms Niedersachsen im Rahmen der ELER-Förderung

European Union · European Parliament · 22 December 2014

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Order of the General Court (Ninth Chamber) of 22 December 2014.#Bouchra Al Assad v Council of the European Union.#Actions for annulment — Common foreign and security policy — Restrictive measures taken against Syria — Freezing of funds — Inclusion of an individual on the lists of targeted persons — Personal connections with members of the regime — Rights of the defence — Fair hearing — Obligation to state reasons — Burden of proof — Right to effective judicial protection — Proportionality — Right to property — Right to privacy — Principle of res judicata — Inadmissibility — Manifest inadmissibility — Action devoid of legal foundation.#Case T‑407/13.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 22 December 2014

VP/HR - Voter registration in Tanzania

European Union · European Parliament · 18 December 2014

Financing of the investment package

Original: Finansowanie pakietu inwestycyjnego

European Union · European Parliament · 18 December 2014

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State of cyanide mining in the EU

European Union · European Parliament · 18 December 2014

Delays in cohesion policy

Original: Opóźnienia w polityce spójności

European Union · European Parliament · 18 December 2014

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Circular economy

European Union · European Parliament · 18 December 2014

EU policy vis-à-vis the Republic of Moldova following parliamentary elections

European Union · European Parliament · 18 December 2014

Proposal on organic farming under the Commission Work Programme 2015

Original: Предложения за биологично земеделие в работния план на ЕК за 2015 г.

European Union · European Parliament · 18 December 2014

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Questionable necessity and added value of the project entitled 'Researching and gathering first-hand accounts with a view to writing a history of the European Commission from 1986 to 2000'

European Union · European Parliament · 18 December 2014

Judgment of the Court (First Chamber), 18 December 2014.#Walter Larcher v Deutsche Rentenversicherung Bayern Süd.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundessozialgericht.#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Social security for migrant workers — Article 45 TFEU — Article 3(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 — Old-age benefits — Principle of non-discrimination — Worker who, prior to retirement, has participated, in a Member State, in a part-time work scheme for older employees — Consideration for entitlement to an old-age pension in another Member State.#Case C‑523/13.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 18 December 2014

Judgment of the Court (First Chamber), 18 December 2014.#Staatssecretaris van Financiën v Schoenimport ‘Italmoda’ Mariano Previti vof and Turbu.com BV and Turbu.com Mobile Phone’s BV v Staatssecretaris van Financiën.#Requests for preliminary ruling from the Hoge Raad der Nederlanden.#References for a preliminary ruling — VAT — Sixth Directive — Transitional arrangements for trade between Member States — Goods dispatched or transported within the Community — Tax evasion carried out in the Member State of arrival — Evasion taken into account in the Member State of dispatch — Refusal of the benefit of rights to deduction, exemption or refund — Absence of provisions in national law.#Joined Cases C‑131/13, C‑163/13 and C‑164/13.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 18 December 2014

Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber), 18 December 2014.#The Queen, on the application of Sean Ambrose McCarthy and Others v Secretary of State for the Home Department.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the High Court of Justice of England and Wales, Queen’s Bench Division (Administrative Court).#Citizenship of the European Union — Directive 2004/38/EC — Right of citizens of the Union and their family members to move and reside freely within the territory of a Member State — Right of entry — Third-country national who is a family member of a Union citizen and in possession of a residence card issued by a Member State — National legislation requiring an entry permit to be obtained prior to entry into national territory — Article 35 of Directive 2004/38/EC — Article 1 of the Protocol (No 20) on the application of certain aspects of Article 26 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union to the United Kingdom and to Ireland.#Case C‑202/13.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 18 December 2014

Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber), 18 December 2014.#Mohamed M’Bodj v État belge.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Cour constitutionnelle (Belgium).#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Article 19(2) — Directive 2004/83/EC –– Minimum standards for determining who qualifies for refugee status or subsidiary protection status — Person eligible for subsidiary protection — Article 15(b) — Torture or inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment of an applicant in the country of origin — Article 3 — More favourable standards — Applicant suffering from a serious illness — No appropriate treatment available in the country of origin — Article 28 — Social protection — Article 29 — Health care.#Case C‑542/13.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 18 December 2014

Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 18 December 2014.#European Commission v United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.#Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Recovery of taxes unduly paid under EU law — National legislation — Retroactive curtailment of the limitation period for the applicable remedies — Principle of effectiveness — Principle of the protection of legitimate expectations.#Case C‑640/13.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 18 December 2014

Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber), 18 December 2014.#Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Careggi-Firenze v Data Medical Service srl.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato.#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Public service contracts — Directive 92/50/EEC — Articles 1(c) and 37 — Directive 2004/18/EC — First subparagraph of Article 1(8) and Article 55 — Concepts of ‘service provider’ and ‘economic operator’ — Public university hospital — Entity with legal personality and business and organisational autonomy — Principally non-profit-making activity — Institutional purpose of offering health services — Possibility of offering similar services on the market — Admission to participate in a tendering procedure for the award of a public contract.#Case C‑568/13.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 18 December 2014

Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 18 December 2014.#European Commission v Republic of Poland.#Failure to fulfil obligations — Directive 2006/112/EC — VAT — Reduced rate — Articles designed for fire protection.#Case C‑639/13.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 18 December 2014

Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber), 18 December 2014.#Fag og Arbejde (FOA) v Kommunernes Landsforening (KL).#Request for a preliminary ruling from the retten i Kolding.#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Social policy — Dismissal — Grounds for dismissal — Obesity of the worker — General principle of non-discrimination on grounds of obesity — No such general principle — Directive 2000/78/EC — Equal treatment in employment and occupation — Prohibition of any discrimination based on a disability — Whether a ‘disability’ exists.#Case C‑354/13.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 18 December 2014

Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber), 18 December 2014.#CA Consumer Finance SA v Ingrid Bakkaus and Others.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal d’instance d’Orléans.#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Consumer protection — Consumer credit — Directive 2008/48/EC — Pre-contractual information duties — Obligation to check the borrower’s creditworthiness — Burden of proof — Methods of proof.#Case C‑449/13.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 18 December 2014

Judgment of the Court (First Chamber), 18 December 2014.#European Commission v Parker Hannifin Manufacturing Srl and Parker-Hannifin Corp.#Appeals — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — European market for marine hoses — Succession of legal entities — Attributability of unlawful conduct — Reduction of the fine by the General Court — Unlimited jurisdiction.#Case C‑434/13 P.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 18 December 2014

Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber), 18 December 2014.#Sophia Marie Nicole Sanders v David Verhaegen and Barbara Huber v Manfred Huber.#Requests for a preliminary ruling from the Amtsgericht Düsseldorf and the Amtsgericht Karlsruhe.#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Area of freedom, security and justice — Cooperation in civil matters — Regulation No 4/2009 — Article 3 — Jurisdiction to rule on an action relating to a maintenance obligation in respect of a person resident in another Member State — National legislation establishing a centralisation of jurisdiction.#Joined Cases C‑400/13 and C‑408/13.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 18 December 2014

Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber), 18 December 2014.#LVP NV v Belgische Staat.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the rechtbank van eerste aanleg te Brussel.#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Common organisation of the markets — Bananas — System of importation — Applicable tariff rates.#Case C‑306/13.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 18 December 2014

Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber), 18 December 2014.#United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland v Council of the European Union.#Actions for annulment — Coordination of social security systems — EEC‑Turkey Association Agreement — Council decision on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the Association Council — Choice of legal basis — Article 48 TFEU — Article 79(2)(b) TFEU — Article 217 TFEU.#Case C‑81/13.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 18 December 2014

Sentenza della Corte (Sesta Sezione) del 18 dicembre 2014.#Società Edilizia Turistica Alberghiera Residenziale (SETAR) SpA contro Comune di Quartu S. Elena.#Domanda di pronuncia pregiudiziale proposta dalla Commissione tributaria provinciale di Cagliari.#Rinvio pregiudiziale – Direttiva 2008/98/CE – Articolo 15 – Gestione dei rifiuti – Possibilità per il produttore di rifiuti di provvedere personalmente al loro trattamento – Legge nazionale di trasposizione adottata, ma non ancora entrata in vigore – Scadenza del termine di trasposizione – Effetto diretto.#Causa C‑551/13.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 18 December 2014

Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber), 18 December 2014.#International Stem Cell Corporation v Comptroller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the High Court of Justice (England & Wales), Chancery Division (Patents Court).#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Directive 98/44/EC — Article 6(2)(c) — Legal protection of biotechnological inventions — Parthenogenetic activation of oocytes — Production of human embryonic stem cells — Patentability — Exclusion of ‘uses of human embryos for industrial or commercial purposes’ — Concepts of ‘human embryo’ and ‘organism capable of commencing the process of development of a human being’.#Case C‑364/13.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 18 December 2014

Arrest van het Hof (Derde kamer) van 18 december 2014.#Somalische Vereniging Amsterdam en Omgeving (Somvao) tegen Staatssecretaris van Veiligheid en Justitie.#Verzoek van de Raad van State (Nederland) om een prejudiciële beslissing.#Prejudiciële verwijzing – Bescherming van de financiële belangen van de Europese Unie – Verordening (EG, Euratom) nr. 2988/95 – Artikel 4 – Algemene begroting van de Unie – Verordening (EG, Euratom) nr. 1605/2002 – Artikel 53 ter, lid 2 – Beschikking 2004/904/EG – Europees Vluchtelingenfonds voor de periode 2005‑2010 – Artikel 25, lid 2 – Rechtsgrondslag van de verplichting tot terugvordering van subsidies in geval van een onregelmatigheid.#Zaak C‑599/13.

Original: Arrest van het Hof (Derde kamer) van 18 december 2014.#Somalische Vereniging Amsterdam en Omgeving (Somvao) tegen Staatssecretaris van Veiligheid en Justitie.#Verzoek van de Raad van State (Nederland) om een prejudiciële beslissing.#Prejudiciële verwijzing – Bescherming van de financiële belangen van de Europese Unie – Verordening (EG, Euratom) nr. 2988/95 – Artikel 4 – Algemene begroting van de Unie – Verordening (EG, Euratom) nr. 1605/2002 – Artikel 53 ter, lid 2 – Beschikking 2004/904/EG – Europees Vluchtelingenfonds voor de periode 2005‑2010 – Artikel 25, lid 2 – Rechtsgrondslag van de verplichting tot terugvordering van subsidies in geval van een onregelmatigheid.#Zaak C‑599/13.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 18 December 2014

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Arrest van het Hof (Tweede kamer) van 18 december 2014.#Staatssecretaris van Financiën tegen X.#Verzoek van de Hoge Raad der Nederlanden om een prejudiciële beslissing.#Prejudiciële verwijzing – Vrijheid van vestiging – Belastingwetgeving – Inkomstenbelasting – Niet-ingezeten belastingplichtige – Aftrekbaarheid van de kosten van een historisch monument dat door de eigenaar ervan wordt bewoond – Niet-aftrekbaarheid ten aanzien van een monument enkel op de grond dat dit niet is geregistreerd in de staat van belastingheffing, terwijl het wél is geregistreerd in de staat van de woonplaats.#Zaak C‑87/13.

Original: Arrest van het Hof (Tweede kamer) van 18 december 2014.#Staatssecretaris van Financiën tegen X.#Verzoek van de Hoge Raad der Nederlanden om een prejudiciële beslissing.#Prejudiciële verwijzing – Vrijheid van vestiging – Belastingwetgeving – Inkomstenbelasting – Niet-ingezeten belastingplichtige – Aftrekbaarheid van de kosten van een historisch monument dat door de eigenaar ervan wordt bewoond – Niet-aftrekbaarheid ten aanzien van een monument enkel op de grond dat dit niet is geregistreerd in de staat van belastingheffing, terwijl het wél is geregistreerd in de staat van de woonplaats.#Zaak C‑87/13.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 18 December 2014

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Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber), 18 December 2014.#Generali-Providencia Biztosító Zrt v Közbeszerzési Hatóság Közbeszerzési Döntőbizottság.#Request for preliminary ruling from the Fővárosi Közigazgatási és Munkaügyi Bíróság.#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Public procurement — Contracts falling below the threshold laid down in Directive 2004/18/EC — Articles 49 TFEU and 56 TFEU — Applicability — Certain cross-border interest — Grounds for exclusion from a tendering procedure — Exclusion of an economic operator having committed an infringement of national competition rules, established by a judgment given not more than five years ago — Lawfulness — Proportionality.#Case C‑470/13.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 18 December 2014

Arrêt de la Cour (grande chambre) du 18 décembre 2014.#Centre public d'action sociale d'Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve contre Moussa Abdida.#Renvoi préjudiciel – Charte des droits fondamentaux de l’Union européenne – Articles 19, paragraphe 2, et 47 – Directive 2004/83/CE – Normes minimales relatives aux conditions d’octroi du statut de réfugié ou du statut conféré par la protection subsidiaire – Personne pouvant bénéficier de la protection subsidiaire – Article 15, sous b) – Torture ou traitements ou sanctions inhumains ou dégradants infligés à un demandeur dans son pays d’origine – Article 3 – Normes plus favorables – Demandeur atteint d’une grave maladie – Absence de traitement adéquat disponible dans le pays d’origine – Directive 2008/115/CE – Retour des ressortissants de pays tiers en séjour irrégulier – Article 13 – Recours juridictionnel avec effet suspensif – Article 14 – Garanties dans l’attente du retour – Besoins de base.#Affaire C-562/13.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 18 December 2014

Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber), 18 December 2014.#Staatssecretaris van Economische Zaken and Staatssecretaris van Financiën v Q.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Raad van State (Netherlands).#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Free movement of capital — Tax legislation — Gift tax — Exemption in respect of an ‘estate’ — No exemption in respect of property situated in the territory of another Member State.#Case C‑133/13.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 18 December 2014

VP/HR - Possible merger of European External Action Service (EEAS) civilian and military crisis management and crisis prevention structures

European Union · European Parliament · 17 December 2014

VP/HR - Why is the EU supporting Israel's systematic brutality?

Original: VP/HR - Miksi EU antaa tukensa Israelin raakalaispolitiikalle?

European Union · European Parliament · 17 December 2014

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CII conference organised in Riva del Garda by OLAF - follow-up

Original: Von OLAF ausgerichtete CII-Konferenz in Riva del Garda - Nachbereitung

European Union · European Parliament · 17 December 2014

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Dismissals in the Commission

European Union · European Parliament · 17 December 2014

Pedestrians' safety

European Union · European Parliament · 17 December 2014

Judgment of the General Court (Third Chamber) of 17 December 2014.#Lidl Stiftung & Co. KG v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs).#Community trade mark — Application for figurative Community mark Deluxe — Absolute ground for refusal — Lack of distinctiveness — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009.#Case T‑344/14.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 17 December 2014

Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber) of 17 December 2014.#Pilkington Group Ltd and Others v European Commission.#Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — European market in carglass — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC — Market-sharing agreements and exchanges of commercially sensitive information — Fines — Rights of defence –– Retroactive application of the 2006 Guidelines on the method of setting fines — Value of sales — Passive or minor role — Deterrent effect of the fine — Taking into account fines previously imposed — Ceiling of the fine — Exchange rate for the calculation of the ceiling of the fine.#Case T‑72/09.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 17 December 2014

Judgment of the General Court (Third Chamber), 17 December 2014 (publication by extracts).#Si.mobil telekomunikacijske storitve d.d. v European Commission.#Competition — Abuse of dominant position — Slovenian mobile telephone services market — Decision rejecting a complaint — Case being dealt with by the competition authority of a Member State — No EU interest.#Case T‑201/11.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 17 December 2014

Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber), 17 December 2014.#Hamas v Council of the European Union.#Common foreign and security policy — Restrictive measures against certain persons and entities with a view to combating terrorism — Freezing of funds — Factual basis of the decisions to freeze funds — Reference to terrorist acts — Need for a decision of a competent authority for the purpose of Common Position 2001/931 — Obligation to state reasons — Temporal adjustment of the effects of an annulment.#Case T‑400/10.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 17 December 2014

Clarifications regarding the arrest of Giulietto Chiesa in Estonia

Original: Chiarimenti sull'arresto di Giulietto Chiesa in Estonia

European Union · European Parliament · 16 December 2014

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Draft Waste Act of the Slovak Republic

European Union · European Parliament · 16 December 2014

Uncertainty over the economic benefits of the TTIP

Original: Incertitude sur les gains économiques du TTIP

European Union · European Parliament · 16 December 2014

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Floods in Northern Greece

Original: Πλημμύρες στη Βόρειο Ελλάδα

European Union · European Parliament · 16 December 2014

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Compliance by Turkey

Original: Συμμόρφωση της Τουρκίας

European Union · European Parliament · 16 December 2014

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Naturalisation of investors in Cyprus

European Union · European Parliament · 16 December 2014

Need to translate the Commission's various websites into French

Original: Nécessité de traduire en français les différents sites internet de la Commission

European Union · European Parliament · 16 December 2014

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