323Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 16 July 2026.#International Management Group (IMG) v European Commission.#Appeal – EU Financial Regulations – Implementation of the EU budget under joint or indirect management with an international organisation – Decision refusing to recognise an entity as an international organisation with retroactive effect – Concept of ‘international organisation’ – Constituent elements – Interpretation of the international agreement establishing the organisation – Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties – Articles 31 and 32 – Non-contractual liability.#Case C-790/24 P.cjeu_case · July 15, 2026
324Arrêt de la Cour (cinquième chambre) du 16 juillet 2026.#International Management Group (IMG) contre Commission européenne.#Pourvoi – Responsabilité non contractuelle – Réglementation financière de l’Union – Exécution du budget de l’Union européenne en gestion indirecte par une organisation internationale – Décision refusant à une entité la reconnaissance du statut d’organisation internationale – Préjudice matériel – Perte de chance de conclure avec la Commission européenne des conventions de délégation selon le mode de la gestion indirecte en qualité d’organisation internationale et de percevoir une contribution visant à couvrir les frais administratifs induits – Lien de causalité – Réalité et étendue du préjudice.#Affaire C-789/24 P.cjeu_case · July 15, 2026
325Arrêt de la Cour (cinquième chambre) du 16 juillet 2026.#International Management Group (IMG) contre Commission européenne.#Pourvoi – Responsabilité non contractuelle – Réglementation financière de l’Union – Exécution du budget de l’Union européenne en gestion indirecte par une organisation internationale – Décision refusant à une entité la reconnaissance du statut d’organisation internationale – Préjudice matériel – Perte de chance de conclure avec la Commission européenne des conventions de délégation selon le mode de la gestion indirecte en qualité d’organisation internationale et de percevoir une contribution visant à couvrir les frais administratifs induits – Lien de causalité – Réalité et étendue du préjudice.#Affaire C-789/24 P.cjeu_case · July 15, 2026
326Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 16 July 2026.#Criminal proceedings against EGB and Others.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Combating terrorism – Article 83(1) TFEU – Directive (EU) 2017/541 – Article 3 – Terrorist offences – Article 4 – Offences relating to a terrorist group – Article 15(1) – Obligation to provide for effective, proportionate and dissuasive criminal penalties – Effectiveness – Principle of legal certainty – Principle of equal treatment and non-discrimination – Primacy of EU law – Principle of sincere cooperation – National amnesty law which provides for the extinction of criminal liability – Acts which have not intentionally caused serious breaches of human rights.#Case C-666/24.cjeu_case · July 15, 2026
327Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 16 July 2026.#Ministerio Fiscal and Others v EGB and Others.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Combating terrorism – Article 83(1) TFEU – Directive (EU) 2017/541 – Article 3 – Terrorist offences – Article 4 – Offences relating to a terrorist group – Article 15(1) – Obligation to provide for effective, proportionate and dissuasive criminal penalties – Effectiveness – Principle of legal certainty – Principle of equal treatment and non-discrimination – Primacy of EU law – Principle of sincere cooperation – National amnesty law which provides for the extinction of criminal liability – Acts which have not intentionally caused serious breaches of human rights.#Case C-666/24.cjeu_case · July 15, 2026
328Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 16 July 2026.#Sociedad Civil Catalana, Asociación Cívica y Cultural (SCC) and Ministerio Fiscal v RAS and Others.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of the financial interests of the Union – Article 325(1) TFEU – Effective judicial protection in matters covered by EU law – Second subparagraph of Article 19(1) TEU – Accounting liability proceedings – Pursuit of the independence of part of the national territory of a Member State – National amnesty law concerning acts giving rise to liability in respect of public funds – Extinction of liability within a maximum period of two months, without examination of the defence submissions and exculpatory evidence and without hearing all the parties to the proceedings – First paragraph of Article 23 of the Statute of the Court of Justice of the European Union – Stay of the main proceedings by a national court which has submitted a request for a preliminary ruling to the Court of Justice under Article 267 TFEU.#Case C-523/24.cjeu_case · July 15, 2026
329Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 16 July 2026.#Sociedad Civil Catalana, Asociación Cívica y Cultural (SCC) and Ministerio Fiscal v RAS and Others.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of the financial interests of the Union – Article 325(1) TFEU – Effective judicial protection in matters covered by EU law – Second subparagraph of Article 19(1) TEU – Accounting liability proceedings – Pursuit of the independence of part of the national territory of a Member State – National amnesty law concerning acts giving rise to liability in respect of public funds – Extinction of liability within a maximum period of two months, without examination of the defence submissions and exculpatory evidence and without hearing all the parties to the proceedings – First paragraph of Article 23 of the Statute of the Court of Justice of the European Union – Stay of the main proceedings by a national court which has submitted a request for a preliminary ruling to the Court of Justice under Article 267 TFEU.#Case C-523/24.cjeu_case · July 15, 2026
330Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 16 July 2026.#ZD and MI v Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio (FIGC) and Others.#References for a preliminary ruling – Disciplinary sanctions in the area of sport – Temporary prohibition on the pursuit of certain professional activities, imposed by a national sports association on two directors of a professional football club – Infringement consisting in making or approving false financial and accounting statements – Internal market – Articles 45 and 56 TFEU – Obstacle to the freedom of movement for workers and the freedom to provide services – Whether justified – Legitimate objective in the public interest – Proper conduct of sporting competitions – Observance of the principle of proportionality – Determination of sanctions – Existence of transparent, objective, non-discriminatory, proportionate and verifiable criteria – Second subparagraph of Article 19(1) TEU – Effective judicial protection – Article 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Right to an effective remedy – Whether there is effective judicial review – National legislation allowing the court having jurisdiction over the indirect review of the lawfulness of those sanctions to award compensation to the persons subject to sanctions but not to annul or suspend those sanctions.#Joined Cases C-424/24 and C-425/24.cjeu_case · July 15, 2026
331Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 16 July 2026.#ZD and MI v Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio (FIGC) and Others.#References for a preliminary ruling – Disciplinary sanctions in the area of sport – Temporary prohibition on the pursuit of certain professional activities, imposed by a national sports association on two directors of a professional football club – Infringement consisting in making or approving false financial and accounting statements – Internal market – Articles 45 and 56 TFEU – Obstacle to the freedom of movement for workers and the freedom to provide services – Whether justified – Legitimate objective in the public interest – Proper conduct of sporting competitions – Observance of the principle of proportionality – Determination of sanctions – Existence of transparent, objective, non-discriminatory, proportionate and verifiable criteria – Second subparagraph of Article 19(1) TEU – Effective judicial protection – Article 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Right to an effective remedy – Whether there is effective judicial review – National legislation allowing the court having jurisdiction over the indirect review of the lawfulness of those sanctions to award compensation to the persons subject to sanctions but not to annul or suspend those sanctions.#Joined Cases C-424/24 and C-425/24.cjeu_case · July 15, 2026
332Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 16 July 2026.#Autorità per le Garanzie nelle Comunicazioni (AGCOM) v Google Ireland Limited.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Directive 2000/31/EC – Article 1(5) – Scope – Exclusion of gambling activities – Advertising of gambling – Hosting such advertising – Article 14 – Liability regime for hosting service providers – Active role – Commercial contract concluded between a hosting service provider and a recipient of the service.#Case C-421/24.cjeu_case · July 15, 2026
333Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 16 July 2026.#xx v ww and Others.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Area of freedom, security and justice – Judicial cooperation between the courts of Member States in civil or commercial matters – Regulation (EU) 2020/1783 – Article 12(2) – Request made to the requested court for the execution of a measure of inquiry adopted by the requesting court – Grounds for refusal to execute such a request – Rule of substantive law of the requested Member State – Taking of the evidence considered to be contrary to the fundamental principles of the law of the requested Member State – Exhumation of a body for the purpose of establishing parentage – Post-mortem genetic testing – Articles 1 and 7 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Right to respect for human dignity – Right to know one’s genetic origins.#Case C-196/24.cjeu_case · July 15, 2026
334Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 16 July 2026.#xx v ww and Others.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Area of freedom, security and justice – Judicial cooperation between the courts of Member States in civil or commercial matters – Regulation (EU) 2020/1783 – Article 12(2) – Request made to the requested court for the execution of a measure of inquiry adopted by the requesting court – Grounds for refusal to execute such a request – Rule of substantive law of the requested Member State – Taking of the evidence considered to be contrary to the fundamental principles of the law of the requested Member State – Exhumation of a body for the purpose of establishing parentage – Post-mortem genetic testing – Articles 1 and 7 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Right to respect for human dignity – Right to know one’s genetic origins.#Case C-196/24.cjeu_case · July 15, 2026
335Arrêt de la Cour (quatrième chambre) du 16 juillet 2026.#X.Y. e.a. contre Prokuratura Krajowa e.a.#Renvoi préjudiciel – État de droit – Indépendance des juges – Article 19, paragraphe 1, second alinéa, TUE – Article 47 de la charte des droits fondamentaux de l’Union européenne – Réglementation nationale permettant de vérifier le respect des exigences d’indépendance et d’impartialité d’un juge en poste au sein du Sąd Najwyższy (Cour suprême, Pologne) – Composition de la formation de jugement appelée à contrôler le respect de ces exigences – Irrégularité des conditions de nomination d’un membre d’une telle formation – Conséquences à tirer de cette irrégularité – Impartialité – Primauté du droit de l’Union.#Affaires jointes C-96/24, C-103/24 et C-112/24.cjeu_case · July 15, 2026
336Opinion of Advocate General Campos Sánchez-Bordona delivered on 16 July 2026.###cjeu_case · July 15, 2026
339Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 16 July 2026.#C. Limited v M. S.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Rule of law – Judicial independence – Second subparagraph of Article 19(1) TEU – Article 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – National legislation permitting a review of compliance with the requirements of independence and impartiality of a judge sitting in the Sąd Najwyższy (Supreme Court, Poland) – Composition of the panel of judges called upon to review compliance with those requirements – Irregularities in the appointment of a member of the panel – Consequences of such irregularities – Impartiality – Primacy of EU law.#Case C-748/23.cjeu_case · July 15, 2026
340Arrêt de la Cour (quatrième chambre) du 16 juillet 2026.#C. Limited contre M. S.#Renvoi préjudiciel – État de droit – Indépendance des juges – Article 19, paragraphe 1, second alinéa, TUE – Article 47 de la charte des droits fondamentaux de l’Union européenne – Réglementation nationale permettant de vérifier le respect des exigences d’indépendance et d’impartialité d’un juge en poste au sein du Sąd Najwyższy (Cour suprême, Pologne) – Composition de la formation de jugement appelée à contrôler le respect de ces exigences – Irrégularité des conditions de nomination d’un membre d’une telle formation – Conséquences à tirer de cette irrégularité – Impartialité – Primauté du droit de l’Union.#Affaire C-748/23.cjeu_case · July 15, 2026