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Opinion of Advocate General Campos Sánchez-Bordona delivered on 19 January 2023.#TLL The Longevity Labs GmbH v Optimize Health Solutions mi GmbH and BM.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landesgericht für Zivilrechtssachen Graz.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Food safety – Novel food – Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 – Sprouted buckwheat flour with a high spermidine content – Germination of buckwheat seeds in a nutrient solution containing spermidine.#Case C-141/22.

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Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 19 January 2023.#L. GmbH and H. Ltd v Bundesrepublik Deutschland.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Medical devices – Directive 93/42/EEC – Article 1(2)(a) – Definition – Article 1(5)(c) – Scope – Medicinal products for human use – Directive 2001/83/EC – Article 1(2) – Definition of the concept of ‘medicinal product’ – Article 2(2) – Applicable legal framework – Classification as a ‘medical device’ or as a ‘medicinal product’.#Joined Cases C-495/21 and C-496/21.

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Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 19 January 2023.#L. GmbH and H. Ltd v Bundesrepublik Deutschland.#Requests for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesverwaltungsgericht.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Medical devices – Directive 93/42/EEC – Article 1(2)(a) – Definition – Article 1(5)(c) – Scope – Medicinal products for human use – Directive 2001/83/EC – Article 1(2) – Definition of the concept of ‘medicinal product’ – Article 2(2) – Applicable legal framework – Classification as a ‘medical device’ or as a ‘medicinal product’.#Joined Cases C-495/21 and C-496/21.

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Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 19 January 2023.#Administración General del Estado and Others v Asociación para la Defensa de los Intereses Comunes de las Autoescuelas (AUDICA) and Ministerio Fiscal.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Directive 2006/123/EC – Services in the internal market – Article 2(2)(d) – Substantive scope – Service in the field of transport – Provision of road safety awareness and re-education courses for the recovery of driving licence points – Concession to operate a public service – Article 15 – Requirements – Division of the relevant territory into five lots – Quantitative and territorial limit on access to the activity concerned – Overriding reasons in the public interest – Whether justified – Road safety – Proportionality – Service of general economic interest.#Case C-292/21.

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Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 19 January 2023.#Administración General del Estado and Others v Asociación para la Defensa de los Intereses Comunes de las Autoescuelas (AUDICA) and Ministerio Fiscal.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Supremo.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Directive 2006/123/EC – Services in the internal market – Article 2(2)(d) – Substantive scope – Service in the field of transport – Provision of road safety awareness and re-education courses for the recovery of driving licence points – Concession to operate a public service – Article 15 – Requirements – Division of the relevant territory into five lots – Quantitative and territorial limit on access to the activity concerned – Overriding reasons in the public interest – Whether justified – Road safety – Proportionality – Service of general economic interest.#Case C-292/21.

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Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 19 January 2023.#Pesticide Action Network Europe ASBL and Others v État belge.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Environment – Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 – Placing of plant protection products on the market – Article 53(1) – Emergency situations in plant protection – Derogation – Scope – Seeds treated with plant protection products – Neonicotinoids – Active substances posing high risks to bees – Prohibition of the placing on the market and outside use of seeds treated with plant protection products containing those active substances – Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/784 and Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/785 – Non-applicability of the derogation – Protection of human and animal health and the environment – Precautionary principle.#Case C-162/21.

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Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 19 January 2023.#Pesticide Action Network Europe ASBL and Others v État belge.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d'État (Belgium).#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Environment – Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 – Placing of plant protection products on the market – Article 53(1) – Emergency situations in plant protection – Derogation – Scope – Seeds treated with plant protection products – Neonicotinoids – Active substances posing high risks to bees – Prohibition of the placing on the market and outside use of seeds treated with plant protection products containing those active substances – Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/784 and Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/785 – Non-applicability of the derogation – Protection of human and animal health and the environment – Precautionary principle.#Case C-162/21.

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Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 19 January 2023.#Comité interprofessionnel des huiles essentielles françaises (CIHEF) and Others v Ministre de la Transition écologique and Premier ministre.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Approximation of laws – Biocidal products – Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 – Article 72 – Free movement of goods – Article 34 TFEU – Possibility for Member States to adopt restrictive measures on commercial and advertising practices – Selling arrangements falling outside the scope of Article 34 TFEU – Whether justified – Article 36 TFEU – Objective of protecting human and animal health and the environment – Proportionality.#Case C-147/21.

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Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 19 January 2023.#Comité interprofessionnel des huiles essentielles françaises (CIHEF) and Others v Ministre de la Transition écologique and Premier ministre.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d'État.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Approximation of laws – Biocidal products – Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 – Article 72 – Free movement of goods – Article 34 TFEU – Possibility for Member States to adopt restrictive measures on commercial and advertising practices – Selling arrangements falling outside the scope of Article 34 TFEU – Whether justified – Article 36 TFEU – Objective of protecting human and animal health and the environment – Proportionality.#Case C-147/21.

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Opinion of Advocate General Kokott delivered on 19 January 2023.#Eco Advocacy CLG v An Bord Pleanála.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the High Court (Ireland).#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Environment – Directive 92/43/EEC – Conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora – Special areas of conservation – Article 6(3) – Screening of a plan or project with a view to determining whether or not it is necessary to carry out an appropriate assessment of the implications of that plan or project for a special area of conservation – Statement of reasons – Measures that may be taken into account – Project for the construction of a dwelling – Procedural autonomy – Principles of equivalence and effectiveness – Procedural rules according to which the subject matter of the dispute is determined by the pleas in law put forward at the point in time at which the action was brought.#Case C-721/21.

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Opinion of Advocate General Pitruzzella delivered on 19 January 2023.#SC Cartrans Preda SRL v Direcţia Generală Regională a Finanţelor Publice Ploieşti - Administraţia Judeţeană a Finanţelor Publice Prahova.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunalul Prahova.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Directive 2006/112/EC – Common system of value added tax (VAT) – Exemptions – Road carriage transactions directly connected with the import of goods – Rules of evidence – Articles 56 and 57 TFEU – Freedom to provide services – Recovery of VAT by a non-resident – Taxation of consideration paid by way of a tax on the income of non-resident persons – Tax withheld at source by a resident.#Case C-461/21.

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Joined Cases C-495/21 and C-496/21, Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Nasal drops) and Others: Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 19 January 2023 (requests for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesverwaltungsgericht — Germany) — L. GmbH (C-495/21), H. Ltd (C-496/21) v Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Medical devices — Directive 93/42/EEC — Article 1(2)(a) — Definition — Article 1(5)(c) — Scope — Medicinal products for human use — Directive 2001/83/EC — Article 1(2) — Definition of the concept of ‘medicinal product’ — Article 2(2) — Applicable legal framework — Classification as a ‘medical device’ or as a ‘medicinal product’)

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Case C-292/21, CNAE and Others: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 19 January 2023 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Supremo — Spain) — Administración General del Estado, Confederación Nacional de Autoescuelas (CNAE), UTE CNAE-ITT-FORMASTER-ECT v Asociación para la Defensa de los Intereses Comunes de las Autoescuelas (AUDICA), Ministerio Fiscal (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Directive 2006/123/EC — Services in the internal market — Article 2(2)(d) — Substantive scope — Service in the field of transport — Provision of road safety awareness and re-education courses for the recovery of driving licence points — Concession to operate a public service — Article 15 — Requirements — Division of the relevant territory into five lots — Quantitative and territorial limit on access to the activity concerned — Overriding reasons in the public interest — Justification — Road safety — Proportionality — Service of general economic interest)

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Case C-162/21, Pesticide Action Network Europe and Others: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 19 January 2023 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d’État — Belgium) — Pesticide Action Network Europe, Nature and Progrès Belgique ASBL, TN v État belge (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Environment — Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 — Placing of plant protection products on the market — Article 53(1) — Emergency situations in plant protection — Derogation — Scope — Seeds treated with plant protection products — Neonicotinoids — Active substances posing high risks to bees — Prohibition of the placing on the market and outside use of seeds treated with plant protection products containing those active substances — Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/784 and Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/785 — Non-applicability of the derogation — Protection of human and animal health and the environment — Precautionary principle)

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Case C-147/21, CIHEF and Others: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 19 January 2023 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d’État — France) — Comité interprofessionnel des huiles essentielles françaises (CIHEF) and Others v Ministre de la Transition écologique, Premier ministre (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Approximation of laws — Biocidal products — Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 — Article 72 — Free movement of goods — Article 34 TFEU — Possibility for Member States to adopt restrictive measures on commercial and advertising practices — Selling arrangements falling outside the scope of Article 34 TFEU — Whether justified — Article 36 TFEU — Objective of protecting human and animal health and the environment — Proportionality)

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Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 19 January 2023.#Unilever Italia Mkt. Operations Srl v Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Competition – Article 102 TFEU – Dominant position – Imputation, to the producer, of actions of its distributors – Existence of contractual links between the producer and the distributors – Concept of ‘economic unit’ – Scope – Abuse – Exclusivity clause – Need to demonstrate the effects on the market.#Case C-680/20.

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Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 19 January 2023.#Unilever Italia Mkt. Operations Srl v Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Competition – Article 102 TFEU – Dominant position – Imputation, to the producer, of actions of its distributors – Existence of contractual links between the producer and the distributors – Concept of ‘economic unit’ – Scope – Abuse – Exclusivity clause – Need to demonstrate the effects on the market.#Case C-680/20.

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