Records

Order of the President of the General Court of 31 December 2020.#ExxonMobil Production Deutschland GmbH v European Commission.#Interim measures – Directive 2003/87/EC – Decision 2011/278/EU – System for greenhouse gas emissions allowance trading – Application for interim measures – No urgency.#Case T-731/20 R.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 31 December 2020

Order of the President of the General Court of 31 December 2020.#Aurubis AG v European Commission.#Interim measures – Directive 2003/87/EC – Decision 2011/278/EU – System for greenhouse gas emissions allowance trading – Application for interim measures – No urgency.#Case T-729/20 R.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 31 December 2020

Order of the President of the General Court of 31 December 2020.#ExxonMobil Production Deutschland GmbH v European Commission.#Interim measures – Directive 2003/87/EC – Decision 2011/278/EU – System for greenhouse gas emissions allowance trading – Application for interim measures – No urgency.#Case T-731/20 R.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 31 December 2020

Order of the President of the General Court of 31 December 2020.#Aurubis AG v European Commission.#Interim measures – Directive 2003/87/EC – Decision 2011/278/EU – System for greenhouse gas emissions allowance trading – Application for interim measures – No urgency.#Case T-729/20 R.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 31 December 2020

Ordonnance du Président de la Cour du 18 décembre 2020.#Commission européenne contre République d'Autriche.#Manquement d’État – Demande d’intervention – État tiers, partie à l’Accord sur l’Espace économique européen, et Autorité de surveillance AELE – Admission.#Affaire C-328/20.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 18 December 2020

Order of the General Court (Ninth Chamber) of 18 December 2020.#Facegym Ltd v European Union Intellectual Property Office.#EU trade mark – Application for EU word mark FACEGYM – Absolute ground for refusal – Descriptiveness – Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 – Action manifestly lacking any foundation in law.#Case T-289/20.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 18 December 2020

Order of the General Court (Eighth Chamber) of 18 December 2020.#Micreos Food Safety BV v European Commission.#Action for annulment – Public health – Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 – Phage-based product used to reduce the presence of the bacterial pathogen Listeria monocytogenes in animal-derived ready-to-eat food – Rejection of the request to approve Listex™ P100 as a decontaminant in animal-derived ready-to-eat food – Act not open to challenge – Act not intended to produce binding legal effects – Purely confirmatory act – Informative act – Inadmissibility.#Case T-568/19.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 18 December 2020

Order of the General Court (Ninth Chamber) of 18 December 2020.#Facegym Ltd v European Union Intellectual Property Office.#EU trade mark – Application for EU word mark FACEGYM – Absolute ground for refusal – Descriptiveness – Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 – Action manifestly lacking any foundation in law.#Case T-289/20.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 18 December 2020

Order of the President of the Court of 18 December 2020.#European Commission v Republic of Austria.#Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Application for leave to intervene – Third State, party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, and EFTA Surveillance Authority – Grant of application for leave to intervene.#Case C-328/20.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 18 December 2020

Order of the General Court (Eighth Chamber) of 18 December 2020.#Micreos Food Safety BV v European Commission.#Action for annulment – Public health – Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 – Phage-based product used to reduce the presence of the bacterial pathogen Listeria monocytogenes in animal-derived ready-to-eat food – Rejection of the request to approve Listex™ P100 as a decontaminant in animal-derived ready-to-eat food – Act not open to challenge – Act not intended to produce binding legal effects – Purely confirmatory act – Informative act – Inadmissibility.#Case T-568/19.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 18 December 2020

Arrêt de la Cour (dixième chambre) du 17 décembre 2020.#Inpost Paczkomaty sp. z o.o. et Inpost S.A. contre Commission européenne.#Pourvoi – Aides d’État – Article 106, paragraphe 2, TFUE – Services d’intérêt économique général (SIEG) – Encadrement de l’Union européenne – Application aux aides d’État sous forme de compensations de service public – Secteur postal – Directive 97/67/CE – Article 7 – Compensation du coût net résultant des obligations de service universel – Décision déclarant l’aide compatible avec le marché intérieur.#Affaires jointes C-431/19 P et C-432/19 P.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 17 December 2020

Unionin tuomioistuimen tuomio (neljäs jaosto) 17.12.2020.#Ranskan tasavalta vastaan Euroopan komissio.#Muutoksenhaku – Euroopan maatalouden tukirahasto (maataloustukirahasto) ja Euroopan maaseudun kehittämisen maatalousrahasto (maaseuturahasto) – Täytäntöönpanopäätös (EU) 2017/2014 – Euroopan unionin rahoituksen ulkopuolelle jätetyt menot – Ranskan tasavallan menot – 100 prosentin kiinteämääräinen oikaisu – Oikeasuhteisuus – Euroopan komission suuntaviivat rahoitusoikaisujen laskentaan sääntöjenmukaisuuden tarkastamismenettelyn sekä tilien tarkastamis- ja hyväksymismenettelyn yhteydessä.#Asia C-404/19 P.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 17 December 2020

Urteil des Gerichtshofs (Sechste Kammer) vom 17. Dezember 2020.#WQ gegen Land Berlin.#Vorlage zur Vorabentscheidung – Gemeinsame Agrarpolitik – Verordnung (EU) Nr. 1307/2013 – Vorschriften über Direktzahlungen an Inhaber landwirtschaftlicher Betriebe im Rahmen von Stützungsregelungen – Basisprämienregelung – Art. 24 Abs. 2 Satz 1 – Begriff der,beihilfefähigen Hektarflächen, die dem Betriebsinhaber zur Verfügung stehen‘ – Unrechtmäßige Bewirtschaftung der betreffenden Fläche durch einen Dritten – Art. 32 Abs. 2 Buchst. b Ziff. ii – motion auf Aktivierung von Zahlungsansprüchen für eine Aufforstungsfläche – Begriff,Fläche, für die im Jahr 2008 Anspruch auf Zahlungen bestand‘ – Betriebsprämienregelung oder einheitliche Flächenzahlung.#Rechtssache C-216/19.

Original: Urteil des Gerichtshofs (Sechste Kammer) vom 17. Dezember 2020.#WQ gegen Land Berlin.#Vorlage zur Vorabentscheidung – Gemeinsame Agrarpolitik – Verordnung (EU) Nr. 1307/2013 – Vorschriften über Direktzahlungen an Inhaber landwirtschaftlicher Betriebe im Rahmen von Stützungsregelungen – Basisprämienregelung – Art. 24 Abs. 2 Satz 1 – Begriff der ,beihilfefähigen Hektarflächen, die dem Betriebsinhaber zur Verfügung stehen‘ – Unrechtmäßige Bewirtschaftung der betreffenden Fläche durch einen Dritten – Art. 32 Abs. 2 Buchst. b Ziff. ii – Antrag auf Aktivierung von Zahlungsansprüchen für eine Aufforstungsfläche – Begriff ,Fläche, für die im Jahr 2008 Anspruch auf Zahlungen bestand‘ – Betriebsprämienregelung oder einheitliche Flächenzahlung.#Rechtssache C-216/19.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 17 December 2020

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A Bíróság ítélete (ötödik tanács), 2020. december 17.#Husqvarna AB kontra Lidl Digital International GmbH & Co. KG, anciennement Lidl E-Commerce International GmbH & Co. KG.#Előzetes döntéshozatal – Európai uniós védjegyek – 207/2009/EK rendelet – Az 51. cikk (1) bekezdésének a) pontja – Az 55. cikk (1) bekezdése – Az uniós védjegyoltalom megszűnése – Olyan uniós védjegy, amelynek tényleges használatát megszakítás nélkül öt éven át elmulasztották – Az ötéves időtartam lejárta – Az értékelés időpontja.#C-607/19. sz. ügy.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 17 December 2020

Unionin tuomioistuimen tuomio (kahdeksas jaosto) 17.12.2020.#FRANCK d.d. Zagreb vastaan Ministarstvo financija Republike Hrvatske, Samostalni sektor za drugostupanjski upravni postupak.#Ennakkoratkaisupyyntö – Arvonlisävero – Direktiivi 2006/112/EY – Vapautukset – 135 artiklan 1 kohdan b ja d alakohta – Käsitteet ”luottojen myöntäminen” ja ”muut siirrettävät asiakirjat” – Monitahoiset liiketoimet – Pääasiallinen suoritus – Varojen käyttöön antaminen korvausta vastaan – Vekselin siirtäminen factoringyhtiölle ja saadun rahan siirto vekselin asettajalle.#Asia C-801/19.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 17 December 2020

Urteil des Gerichtshofs (Erste Kammer) vom 17. Dezember 2020.#Adina Onofrei gegen Conseil de l’ordre des avocats au barreau de Paris u. a.#Vorlage zur Vorabentscheidung – Freizügigkeit – Niederlassungsfreiheit – Zugang zum Rechtsanwaltsberuf – Befreiung hinsichtlich der Ausbildung und des Diploms – Gewährung der Befreiung – Voraussetzungen – Nationale Regelung, die eine Befreiung zugunsten von Beamten und ehemaligen Beamten der Kategorie A oder gleichgestellten Personen vorsieht, die im nationalen Hoheitsgebiet, im nationalen öffentlichen Dienst des betreffenden Mitgliedstaats oder in einer internationalen Organisation im Bereich des nationalen Rechts beruflich tätig gewesen sind.#Rechtssache C-218/19.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 17 December 2020

Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 17 December 2020.#Federal Republic of Germany v European Commission.#Appeal – Approximation of laws – Regulation (EU) No 305/2011 – Harmonised conditions for the marketing of construction products – Harmonised standards and technical regulations – Harmonised standards EN 14342:2013, EN 14904:2006, EN 13341:2005 + A1:2011 and EN 12285-2:2005 – Action for annulment.#Joined Cases C-475/19 P and C-688/19 P.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 17 December 2020

Unionin tuomioistuimen tuomio (kymmenes jaosto)17.12.2020.#Bundeszentralamt für Steuern vastaan Y-GmbH.#Ennakkoratkaisupyyntö – Arvonlisävero – Arvonlisäveron palautus – Direktiivi 2008/9/EY – 8 artiklan 2 kohdan d alakohta – 15 artikla – Laskun numeron ilmoittaminen – Palautushakemus.#Asia C-346/19.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 17 December 2020

Unionin tuomioistuimen tuomio (kolmas jaosto) 17.12.2020.#WEG Tevesstraße vastaan Finanzamt Villingen-Schwenningen.#Ennakkoratkaisupyyntö – Verotus – Arvonlisävero – Direktiivi 2006/112/EY – Kiinteän omaisuuden vuokrausta koskeva vapautus – Kansallinen lainsäädäntö, jonka mukaan lämmön toimitus asunnonomistajien yhteisöltä sen jäseninä oleville omistajille on vapautettu arvonlisäverosta.#Asia C-449/19.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 17 December 2020

Urteil des Gerichtshofs (Erste Kammer) vom 17. Dezember 2020.#G. M. A. gegen État belge.#Vorlage zur Vorabentscheidung – Freizügigkeit – Art. 45 AEUV – Unionsbürgerschaft – Richtlinie 2004/38/EG – Recht auf Aufenthalt für mehr als drei Monate – Art. 14 Abs. 4 Buchst. b – Arbeitsuchende – Angemessene Frist, um von Stellenangeboten, die für den Arbeitsuchenden in Betracht kommen, Kenntnis zu erlangen und um die Maßnahmen zu ergreifen, die es ihm ermöglichen, eingestellt zu werden – Anforderungen, die der Aufnahmemitgliedstaat während dieser Zeit an den Arbeitsuchenden stellt – Voraussetzungen des Rechts auf Aufenthalt – Pflicht, weiterhin Arbeit zu suchen und eine begründete Aussicht zu haben, eingestellt zu werden.#Rechtssache C-710/19.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 17 December 2020

Arrêt de la Cour (deuxième chambre) du 17 décembre 2020.#CLCV e.a. (Dispositif d’invalidation sur moteur diesel).#Renvoi préjudiciel – Rapprochement des législations – Règlement (CE) no 715/2007 – Article 3, point 10 – Article 5, paragraphe 2 – Dispositif d’invalidation – Véhicules à moteur – Moteur diesel – Émissions de polluants – Programme agissant sur le calculateur de contrôle moteur – Technologies et stratégies permettant de limiter la production des émissions de polluants.#Affaire C-693/18.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 17 December 2020

Sentenza della Corte (Terza Sezione) del 17 dicembre 2020.#A.M. contro E.M.#Rinvio pregiudiziale – Ravvicinamento delle legislazioni – Prodotti cosmetici – Regolamento (CE) n. 1223/2009 – Articolo 19 – Informazione dei consumatori – Etichettatura – Indicazioni che devono figurare sul recipiente e sull’imballaggio dei prodotti – Etichettatura in lingua straniera – “Funzione del prodotto cosmetico” – Nozione – Imballaggi di prodotti cosmetici recanti un riferimento a un catalogo dettagliato di prodotti redatto nella lingua del consumatore.#Causa C-667/19.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 17 December 2020

Ordonnance du Tribunal (quatrième chambre) du 17 décembre 2020.#IM contre Banque européenne d'investissement et Fonds européen d'investissement.#Recours en annulation – Droit institutionnel – Poste de directeur général du FEI – Rejet de la candidature du requérant – Nomination d’un autre candidat – Défaut d’intérêt à agir – Irrecevabilité.#Affaire T-80/20.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 17 December 2020

Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 17 December 2020.#BAKATI PLUS Kereskedelmi és Szolgáltató Kft. v Nemzeti Adó- és Vámhivatal Fellebbviteli Igazgatósága.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Common system of value added tax (VAT) – Directive 2006/112/EC – Exemptions on exportation – Article 146(1)(b) – Goods dispatched or transported outside the European Union by a customer not established within the territory of the Member State concerned – Article 147 – ‘Goods to be carried in the personal luggage of travellers’ not established within the European Union – Concept – Goods which have actually left the territory of the European Union – Proof – Refusal of the exemption on exportation – Principles of fiscal neutrality and proportionality – Tax evasion.#Case C-656/19.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 17 December 2020

Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 17 December 2020.#Proceedings relating to the extradition of BY.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Citizenship of the European Union – Articles 18 and 21 TFEU – Extradition of a Union citizen to a third State – Person acquiring Union citizenship after transferring the centre of his or her interests to the Member State from which extradition is requested – Scope of EU law – Prohibition on extradition applied solely to own nationals – Restriction on freedom of movement – Justification based on the prevention of impunity – Proportionality – Information to the Member State of which the requested person is a national – Obligation on the Member State from which extradition is requested and the Member State of origin to ask the third State requesting extradition to send the criminal investigation file – No obligation.#Case C-398/19.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 17 December 2020

Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 17 December 2020.#TR v Generalstaatsanwaltschaft Hamburg.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Urgent preliminary ruling procedure – Police and judicial cooperation in criminal matters – Framework Decision 2002/584/JHA – European arrest warrant – Article 4a(1) – Surrender procedures between Member States – Conditions for execution – Grounds for optional non-execution – Exceptions – Mandatory execution – Sentence handed down in absentia – Absconding of the accused person – Directive (EU) 2016/343 – Articles 8 and 9 – Right to be present at the trial – Requirements in the event of a conviction in absentia – Verification upon surrender of the person sentenced.#Case C-416/20 PPU.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 17 December 2020

Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 17 December 2020.#Centraal Israëlitisch Consistorie van België e.a. and Others.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of animals at the time of killing – Regulation (EC) No 1099/2009 – Article 4(1) – Obligation to stun animals before they are killed – Article 4(4) – Derogation in the context of ritual slaughter – Article 26(2) – Power of Member States to adopt national rules aimed at ensuring more extensive protection of animals in the case of ritual slaughter – Interpretation – National legislation requiring, in the case of ritual slaughter, stunning which is reversible and cannot cause death – Article 13 TFEU – Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Article 10 – Freedom of religion – Freedom to manifest religion – Limitation – Proportionality – Lack of consensus among the Member States of the European Union – Discretion afforded to Member States – Principle of subsidiarity – Validity – Differing treatment of ritual slaughter and the killing of animals during hunting or recreational fishing activities and cultural or sporting events – No discrimination – Articles 20, 21 and 22 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights.#Case C-336/19.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 17 December 2020

Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 17 December 2020.#Syndicat interprofessionnel de défense du fromage Morbier v Société Fromagère du Livradois SAS.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Agriculture – Protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs – Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 – Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 – Article 13(1)(d) – Practice liable to mislead the consumer as to the true origin of the product – Reproduction of the shape or appearance of a product which has a protected name – Protected designation of origin (PDO) ‘Morbier’.#Case C-490/19.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 17 December 2020

Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 17 December 2020.#L and P.#References for a preliminary ruling – Urgent preliminary ruling procedure – Police and judicial cooperation in criminal matters – European arrest warrant – Framework Decision 2002/584/JHA – Article 1(3) – Article 6(1) – Surrender procedures between Member States – Conditions for execution – Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Second paragraph of Article 47 – Right of access to an independent and impartial tribunal – Systemic or generalised deficiencies – Concept of ‘issuing judicial authority’ – Taking into consideration developments after the issue of the European arrest warrant concerned – Obligation on the executing judicial authority to verify specifically and precisely whether there are substantial grounds for believing that the person concerned will run a real risk of breach of his or her right to a fair trial in the event of surrender.#Case C-354/20 PPU and C-412/20 PPU.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 17 December 2020

Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 17 December 2020.#European Commission v Hungary.#Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Area of freedom, security and justice – Policies on border checks, asylum and immigration – Directives 2008/115/EC, 2013/32/EU and 2013/33/EU – Procedure for granting international protection – Effective access – Border procedure – Procedural safeguards – Compulsory placement in transit zones – Detention – Return of illegally staying third-country nationals – Appeals brought against administrative decisions rejecting the application for international protection – Right to remain in the territory.#Case C-808/18.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 17 December 2020

Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 17 December 2020.#European Commission v Republic of Slovenia.#Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Article 343 TFEU – Privileges and immunities of the European Union – Statute of the European System of Central Banks (ESCB) and of the European Central Bank (ECB) – Article 39 – Privileges and immunities of the ECB – Protocol on the privileges and immunities of the European Union – Articles 2, 18 and 22 – Principle of the inviolability of the archives of the ECB – Seizure of documents at the premises of the Central Bank of Slovenia – Documents connected to the performance of the tasks of the ESCB and of the Eurosystem – Article 4(3) TEU – Principle of sincere cooperation.#Case C-316/19.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 17 December 2020

Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 17 December 2020.#Fabio De Masi and Yanis Varoufakis v European Central Bank.#Appeal – Access to European Central Bank (ECB) documents – Decision 2004/258/EC – Article 4(3) – Exceptions – Document received by the ECB – Opinion from an external service provider – Internal use as part of deliberations and preliminary consultations – Refusal to grant access.#Case C-342/19 P.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 17 December 2020

Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 17 December 2020.#BP v European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights.#Appeal – Civil service – Members of the contract staff – European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) – Fixed-term contract – Decision not to renew – New decision adopted following an annulment by the General Court – Irregularities allegedly committed during the implementation of the General Court judgment.#Case C-601/19 P.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 17 December 2020

Order of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) of 17 December 2020.#IM v European Investment Bank and European Investment Fund.#Action for annulment – Institutional law – Post of Director-General of the EIF – Rejection of the applicant’s candidature – Appointment of another candidate – No legal interest in bringing proceedings – Inadmissibility.#Case T-80/20.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 17 December 2020

Order of the General Court (Eighth Chamber) of 17 December 2020.#Lukáš Wagenknecht v European Commission.#Action for failure to act – Protection of the European Union’s financial interests – Combating fraud – Meetings of the College of European Commissioners and its President with the representative of the Czech Republic – Multiannual Financial Framework 2021-2027 – Financial regulation – Direct payments from the EU budget in favour of farmers – Alleged conflict of interest of the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic – Alleged failure to act by the Commission – Article 130(1) of the Rules of Procedure – Interest in bringing proceedings – Locus standi – Definition of the Commission’s position – Inadmissibility.#Case T-350/20.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 17 December 2020

Order of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) of 17 December 2020.#United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland v European Commission.#Action for annulment – EAGF and EAFRD – Time limit for bringing an action – Starting point – Notification and publication – No excusable error – Out of time – Inadmissibility.#Case T-37/20.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 17 December 2020

Order of the Vice-President of the Court of 17 December 2020.#Anglo Austrian AAB AG and Belegging-Maatschappij "Far-East" BV v European Central Bank.#Appeal – Interim order – Economic and monetary policy – Regulation (EU) No 1024/2013 – Prudential supervision of credit institutions – Conferral of specific tasks on the European Central Bank (ECB) – Decision to withdraw a credit institution’s authorisation – New application.#Case C-207/20 P(R).

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 17 December 2020

Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 17 December 2020.#Adina Onofrei v Conseil de l’ordre des avocats au barreau de Paris and Others.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Cour de cassation.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Free movement of persons – Freedom of establishment – Access to the profession of lawyer – Exemption from training and diploma requirements – Grant of the exemption – Conditions – National legislation providing for an exemption for category A civil servants and former category A civil servants or for persons treated as such with experience in the professional practice of national law, on national territory, in the national civil service of the Member State concerned or in an international organisation.#Case C-218/19.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 17 December 2020

Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 17 December 2020.#Federal Republic of Germany v European Commission.#Appeal – Approximation of laws – Regulation (EU) No 305/2011 – Harmonised conditions for the marketing of construction products – Harmonised standards and technical regulations – Harmonised standards EN 14342:2013, EN 14904:2006, EN 13341:2005 + A1:2011 and EN 12285-2:2005 – Action for annulment.#Joined Cases C-475/19 P and C-688/19 P.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 17 December 2020

Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 17 December 2020.#Inpost Paczkomaty sp. z o.o. and Inpost S.A. v European Commission.#Appeal – State aid – Article 106(2) TFEU – Services of general economic interest (SGEIs) – EU framework – Application to State aid in the form of public service compensation – Postal sector – Directive 97/67/EC – Article 7 – Compensation for the net cost arising from universal service obligations – Decision declaring the aid compatible with the internal market.#Joined Cases C-431/19 P and C-432/19 P.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 17 December 2020

Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 17 December 2020.#Bundeszentralamt für Steuern v Y-GmbH.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesfinanzhof.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Value added tax (VAT) – Refund of VAT – Directive 2008/9/EC – Article 8(2)(d) – Article 15 – Indication of number of the invoice – Refund application.#Case C-346/19.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 17 December 2020

Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 17 December 2020.#L and P.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Rechtbank Amsterdam.#References for a preliminary ruling – Urgent preliminary ruling procedure – Police and judicial cooperation in criminal matters – European arrest warrant – Framework Decision 2002/584/JHA – Article 1(3) – Article 6(1) – Surrender procedures between Member States – Conditions for execution – Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Second paragraph of Article 47 – Right of access to an independent and impartial tribunal – Systemic or generalised deficiencies – Concept of ‘issuing judicial authority’ – Taking into consideration developments after the issue of the European arrest warrant concerned – Obligation on the executing judicial authority to verify specifically and precisely whether there are substantial grounds for believing that the person concerned will run a real risk of breach of his or her right to a fair trial in the event of surrender.#Case C-354/20 PPU and C-412/20 PPU.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 17 December 2020

Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 17 December 2020.#BAKATI PLUS Kereskedelmi és Szolgáltató Kft. v Nemzeti Adó- és Vámhivatal Fellebbviteli Igazgatósága.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Szegedi Közigazgatási és Munkaügyi Bírósá.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Common system of value added tax (VAT) – Directive 2006/112/EC – Exemptions on exportation – Article 146(1)(b) – Goods dispatched or transported outside the European Union by a customer not established within the territory of the Member State concerned – Article 147 – ‘Goods to be carried in the personal luggage of travellers’ not established within the European Union – Concept – Goods which have actually left the territory of the European Union – Proof – Refusal of the exemption on exportation – Principles of fiscal neutrality and proportionality – Tax evasion.#Case C-656/19.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 17 December 2020

Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 17 December 2020.#WQ v Land Berlin.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Berlin.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Common agricultural policy – Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 – Rules for direct payments to farmers under support schemes – Basic payment scheme – First sentence of Article 24(2) – Concept of ‘eligible hectare at the farmer’s disposal’ – Unlawful use of the area concerned by a third party – Article 32(2)(b)(ii) – Application for activation of payment entitlements for an afforested area – Concept of ‘area which gave a right to payments in 2008’ – Single payment scheme or single area payment scheme.#Case C-216/19.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 17 December 2020

Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 17 December 2020.#G. M. A. v État belge.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d'État.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Freedom of movement for persons – Article 45 TFEU – Citizenship of the Union – Directive 2004/38/EC – Right of residence for more than three months – Article 14(4)(b) – Jobseekers – Reasonable period of time to acquaint themselves with potentially suitable employment opportunities and take the necessary steps to obtain employment – Requirements imposed by the host Member State on the jobseeker during that period – Conditions governing the right of residence – Obligation to continue seeking employment and to have a genuine chance of being engaged.#Case C-710/19.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 17 December 2020

Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 17 December 2020.#Proceedings relating to the extradition of BY.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Kammergericht Berlin.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Citizenship of the European Union – Articles 18 and 21 TFEU – Extradition of a Union citizen to a third State – Person acquiring Union citizenship after transferring the centre of his or her interests to the Member State from which extradition is requested – Scope of EU law – Prohibition on extradition applied solely to own nationals – Restriction on freedom of movement – Justification based on the prevention of impunity – Proportionality – Information to the Member State of which the requested person is a national – Obligation on the Member State from which extradition is requested and the Member State of origin to ask the third State requesting extradition to send the criminal investigation file – No obligation.#Case C-398/19.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 17 December 2020

Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 17 December 2020.#European Commission v Hungary.#Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Area of freedom, security and justice – Policies on border checks, asylum and immigration – Directives 2008/115/EC, 2013/32/EU and 2013/33/EU – Procedure for granting international protection – Effective access – Border procedure – Procedural safeguards – Compulsory placement in transit zones – Detention – Return of illegally staying third-country nationals – Appeals brought against administrative decisions rejecting the application for international protection – Right to remain in the territory.#Case C-808/18.

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Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 17 December 2020.#WEG Tevesstraße v Finanzamt Villingen-Schwenningen.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Finanzgericht Baden-Württemberg.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Taxation – Value added tax (VAT) – Directive 2006/112/EC – Exemption for leasing and letting immovable property – National legislation exempting from VAT the supply of heat by an association of residential property owners to property owners belonging to that association.#Case C-449/19.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 17 December 2020

Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 17 December 2020.#European Commission v Hellenic Republic.#Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Environment – Directive 92/43/EEC – Conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora – Special areas of conservation – Article 4(4) – Obligation to establish conservation objectives – Article 6(1) – Obligation to take conservation measures – Decision 2006/613/EC – Mediterranean biogeographical region.#Case C-849/19.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 17 December 2020

Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 17 December 2020.#TR v Generalstaatsanwaltschaft Hamburg.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Hanseatisches Oberlandesgericht Hamburg.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Urgent preliminary ruling procedure – Police and judicial cooperation in criminal matters – Framework Decision 2002/584/JHA – European arrest warrant – Article 4a(1) – Surrender procedures between Member States – Conditions for execution – Grounds for optional non-execution – Exceptions – Mandatory execution – Sentence handed down in absentia – Absconding of the accused person – Directive (EU) 2016/343 – Articles 8 and 9 – Right to be present at the trial – Requirements in the event of a conviction in absentia – Verification upon surrender of the person sentenced.#Case C-416/20 PPU.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 17 December 2020