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Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 8 September 2022.#IRnova AB v FLIR Systems AB.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Judicial cooperation in civil matters – Jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters – Regulation (EU) No 1215/2012 – Article 24(4) – Exclusive jurisdiction – Jurisdiction over the registration or validity of patents – Scope – Patent application deposited and patent granted in a third State – Status of inventor – Proprietor of the right to an invention.#Case C-399/21.

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Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 8 September 2022.#IRnova AB v FLIR Systems AB.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Svea Hovrätt.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Judicial cooperation in civil matters – Jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters – Regulation (EU) No 1215/2012 – Article 24(4) – Exclusive jurisdiction – Jurisdiction over the registration or validity of patents – Scope – Patent application deposited and patent granted in a third State – Status of inventor – Proprietor of the right to an invention.#Case C-399/21.

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Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 8 September 2022.#R.T. v Hauptzollamt Hamburg.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Customs union – Union Customs Code – Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 – Regulation (EU) 2015/2446 – Place where the customs debt is incurred – Value added tax (VAT) – Directive 2006/112/EC – Article 30 – Article 60 – Article 71(1) – Chargeable event and place where the import VAT becomes chargeable – Place where the tax liability is incurred – Finding of a failure to comply with an obligation imposed by EU customs legislation – Determination of the place of importation of goods – Means of transport registered in a third country and imported into the European Union in infringement of customs legislation.#Case C-368/21.

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Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 8 September 2022.#R.T. v Hauptzollamt Hamburg.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Finanzgericht Hamburg.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Customs union – Union Customs Code – Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 – Regulation (EU) 2015/2446 – Place where the customs debt is incurred – Value added tax (VAT) – Directive 2006/112/EC – Article 30 – Article 60 – Article 71(1) – Chargeable event and place where the import VAT becomes chargeable – Place where the tax liability is incurred – Finding of a failure to comply with an obligation imposed by EU customs legislation – Determination of the place of importation of goods – Means of transport registered in a third country and imported into the European Union in infringement of customs legislation.#Case C-368/21.

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Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 8 September 2022.#Asociación Multisectorial de Empresas de la Electrónica, las Tecnologías de la Información y la Comunicación, de las Telecomunicaciones y de los contenidos Digitales (AMETIC) v Administración General del Estado and Others.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Copyright and related rights – Directive 2001/29/EC – Article 5(2)(b) – Exclusive reproduction right – Exception – Copies for private use – Levy – Ex ante exemption – Exemption certificate issued by a private law entity controlled solely by copyright management societies – Powers of review of that entity.#Case C-263/21.

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Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 8 September 2022.#Asociación Multisectorial de Empresas de la Electrónica, las Tecnologías de la Información y la Comunicación, de las Telecomunicaciones y de los contenidos Digitales (AMETIC) v Administración General del Estado and Others.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Supremo.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Copyright and related rights – Directive 2001/29/EC – Article 5(2)(b) – Exclusive reproduction right – Exception – Copies for private use – Levy – Ex ante exemption – Exemption certificate issued by a private law entity controlled solely by copyright management societies – Powers of review of that entity.#Case C-263/21.

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Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 8 September 2022.#Finanzamt R v W-GmbH.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Value added tax (VAT) – Directive 2006/112/EC – Article 2(1), Article 9(1), Article 167 and Article 168(a) – Deduction of input tax – Definition of ‘taxable person’ – Holding company – Expenditure linked to a shareholder contribution in kind to its subsidiaries – No contribution of expenditure to the general costs – Subsidiaries’ activities largely tax-exempt.#Case C-98/21.

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Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 8 September 2022.#Finanzamt R v W-GmbH.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesfinanzhof.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Value added tax (VAT) – Directive 2006/112/EC – Article 2(1), Article 9(1), Article 167 and Article 168(a) – Deduction of input tax – Definition of ‘taxable person’ – Holding company – Expenditure linked to a shareholder contribution in kind to its subsidiaries – No contribution of expenditure to the general costs – Subsidiaries’ activities largely tax-exempt.#Case C-98/21.

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Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 8 September 2022.#E.K. and Others v D.B.P. and Others.#Requests for a preliminary ruling from the Sąd Rejonowy dla Warszawy - Śródmieścia w Warszawie.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Directive 93/13/EEC – Unfair terms in consumer contracts – Articles 6(1) and 7(1) – Mortgage credit agreements – Effects of a finding that a term is unfair – Limitation period – Principle of effectiveness.#Joined Cases C-80/21 to C-82/21.

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Opinion of Advocate General Szpunar delivered on 8 September 2022.#Monz Handelsgesellschaft lnternational mbH & Co. KG v Büchel GmbH & Co. Fahrzeugtechnik KG.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Intellectual property – Design – Directive 98/71/EC – Article 3(3) and (4) – Conditions for obtaining protection for a component part of a complex product – Concepts of ‘visibility’ and ‘normal use’ – Visibility of a component part of a complex product during normal use of that product by the end user.#Case C-472/21.

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Opinion of Advocate General Ćapeta delivered on 8 September 2022.#J.K. v TP S.A.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Sąd Rejonowy dla m.st. Warszawy w Warszawie.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Equal treatment in employment and occupation – Directive 2000/78/EC – Article 3(1)(a) and (c) – Conditions for access to self-employment – Employment and working conditions – Prohibition of discrimination based on sexual orientation – Self-employed person working on the basis of a contract for specific work – Termination and non-renewal of contract – Freedom to choose a contracting party.#Case C-356/21.

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Opinion of Advocate General Richard de la Tour delivered on 8 September 2022.#Staatssecretaris van Justitie en Veiligheid v B. and F, K. v Staatssecretaris van Justitie en Veiligheid.#Requests for a preliminary ruling from the Raad van State.#References for a preliminary ruling – Regulation (EU) No 604/2013 – Determining the Member State responsible for examining an application for international protection – Lodging of multiple applications for international protection in three Member States – Article 29 – Time limit for transfer – Expiry – Transfer of responsibility for examining the application – Article 27 – Remedy – Scope of judicial review – Possibility for the applicant to rely on the transfer of responsibility for examining the application.#Joined Cases C-323/21 to C-325/21.

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Opinion of Advocate General Pitruzzella delivered on 8 September 2022.#X v Udlændingenævnet.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Østre Landsret.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – EEC-Turkey Association Agreement – Article 9 – Decision No 1/80 – Article 10(1) – Article 13 – Standstill clause – Family reunification – National rule introducing new more restrictive conditions in the area of family reunification for spouses of Turkish nationals who hold a permanent residence permit in the Member State concerned – Requirement that Turkish workers successfully take a test demonstrating a certain level of knowledge of the official language of that Member State – Justification – Objective of ensuring successful integration.#Case C-279/21.

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Opinion of Advocate General Emiliou delivered on 8 September 2022.#A.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Korkein hallinto-oikeus.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Freedom of movement for workers – Recognition of professional qualifications in a Member State – Directive 2005/36/EC – Right to exercise the profession of nursery school teacher – Regulated profession – Right of access to the profession on the basis of a diploma issued in the home Member State – Professional qualification obtained in a third country.#Case C-270/21.

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Opinion of Advocate General Kokott delivered on 8 September 2022.#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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Opinion of Advocate General Richard de la Tour delivered on 8 September 2022.#BE v Nemzeti Adatvédelmi és Információszabadság Hatóság.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Fővárosi Törvényszék.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Articles 77 to 79 – Remedies – Parallel exercise – Relationship – Procedural autonomy – Effectiveness of the protection rules established by that regulation – Consistent and homogeneous application of those rules throughout the European Union – Article 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union.#Case C-132/21.

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Opinion of Advocate General Pitruzzella delivered on 8 September 2022.#ZA and Others v Repsol Comercial de Productos Petrolíferos SA.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Juzgado de lo Mercantil de Madrid.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Competition – Vertical restrictions of competition – Article 101(1) and (2) TFEU – Principle of effectiveness – Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 – Article 2 – Directive 2014/104/EU – Article 9(1) – Binding effect of the final decisions of the national competition authorities finding an infringement of the competition law rules – Temporal and material application – Actions for damages and for a declaration of nullity for infringements of the EU competition law provisions.#Case C-25/21.

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