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Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 14 January 2021.#TQ v Staatssecretaris van Justitie en Veiligheid.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Area of freedom, security and justice – Directive 2008/115/EC – Common standards and procedures in Member States for returning illegally staying third-country nationals – Article 5(a), Article 6(1) and (4), Article 8(1) and Article 10 – Return decision issued against an unaccompanied minor – Best interests of the child – Obligation for the Member State concerned to be satisfied, before the adoption of a return decision, that that minor will be returned to a member of his or her family, a nominated guardian or adequate reception facilities in the State of return – Distinction on the basis solely of the criterion of the age of the minor in order to grant a right of residence – Return decision not followed by removal measures.#Case C-441/19.

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Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 14 January 2021.#TQ v Staatssecretaris van Justitie en Veiligheid.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Rechtbank Den Haag, zittingsplaats 's-Hertogenbosch.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Area of freedom, security and justice – Directive 2008/115/EC – Common standards and procedures in Member States for returning illegally staying third-country nationals – Article 5(a), Article 6(1) and (4), Article 8(1) and Article 10 – Return decision issued against an unaccompanied minor – Best interests of the child – Obligation for the Member State concerned to be satisfied, before the adoption of a return decision, that that minor will be returned to a member of his or her family, a nominated guardian or adequate reception facilities in the State of return – Distinction on the basis solely of the criterion of the age of the minor in order to grant a right of residence – Return decision not followed by removal measures.#Case C-441/19.

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Arrêt de la Cour (première chambre) du 14 janvier 2021.#Procédure pénale contre OM.#Renvoi préjudiciel – Article 17 de la charte des droits fondamentaux de l’Union européenne – Droit de propriété – Article 47 de la charte des droits fondamentaux – Droit à un recours effectif – Décision-cadre 2005/212/JAI – Confiscation des produits, des instruments et des biens en rapport avec le crime – Directive 2014/42/UE – Gel et confiscation des instruments et des produits du crime dans l’Union européenne – Réglementation nationale prévoyant la confiscation, au profit de l’État, du bien utilisé pour commettre l’infraction de contrebande douanière – Bien appartenant à un tiers de bonne foi.#Affaire C-393/19.

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Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 14 January 2021.#Criminal proceedings against OM.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Apelativen sad - Plovdiv.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Article 17 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Right to property – Article 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights – Right to an effective remedy – Framework Decision 2005/212/JHA – Confiscation of crime-related proceeds, instrumentalities and property – Directive 2014/42/EU – Freezing and confiscation of instrumentalities and proceeds of crime in the European Union – National legislation providing for the confiscation, for the benefit of the State, of property used to commit the offence of smuggling – Property belonging to a third party acting in good faith.#Case C-393/19.

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Arrêt de la Cour (quatrième chambre) du 14 janvier 2021.#RTS infra BVBA et Aannemingsbedrijf Norré-Behaegel contre Vlaams Gewest.#Renvoi préjudiciel – Marchés publics – Directive 2014/24/UE – Article 57, paragraphe 6 – Motifs d’exclusion facultatifs – Mesures prises par l’opérateur économique afin de démontrer sa fiabilité malgré l’existence d’un motif d’exclusion facultatif – Obligation de l’opérateur économique d’apporter la preuve de ces mesures de sa propre initiative – Effet direct.#Affaire C-387/19.

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Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 14 January 2021.#RTS infra BVBA and Aannemingsbedrijf Norré-Behaegel v Vlaams Gewest.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Raad van State.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Public procurement contracts – Directive 2014/24/EU – Article 57(6) – Optional grounds for exclusion – Measures taken by the economic operator to demonstrate its reliability despite the existence of an optional ground for exclusion – Obligation of the economic operator to provide evidence of such measures on its own initiative – Direct effect.#Case C-387/19.

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Arrêt de la Cour (quatrième chambre) du 14 janvier 2021.#K.S. et M.H.K. contre The International Protection Appeals Tribunal e.a. et R.A.T. et D.S. contre Minister for Justice and Equality.#Renvoi préjudiciel – Contrôles aux frontières, asile et immigration – Protection internationale – Normes pour l’accueil des demandeurs de protection internationale – Directive 2013/33/UE – Ressortissant d’un État tiers s’étant rendu d’un État membre de l’Union européenne dans un autre, mais n’ayant demandé la protection internationale que dans ce dernier – Décision de transfert vers le premier État membre – Règlement (UE) no 604/2013 – Accès au marché du travail en tant que demandeur de protection internationale.#Affaires jointes C-322/19 et C-385/19.

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Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 14 January 2021.#KS and Others v The International Protection Appeals Tribunal and Others.#References for a preliminary ruling – Border controls, asylum and immigration – International protection – Standards for the reception of applicants for international protection – Directive 2013/33/EU – Third-country national who has travelled from one Member State of the European Union to another, but who has applied for international protection only in the latter Member State – Decision to transfer to the first Member State – Regulation (EU) No 604/2013 – Access to the labour market as an applicant for international protection.#Joined Cases C-322/19 and C-385/19.

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Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 14 January 2021.#European Research Council Executive Agency (ERCEA) v Aristoteleio Panepistimio Thessalonikis.#Appeal – Arbitration clause – Minatran contract concluded under the Seventh Framework Programme – Eligible costs – Debit note issued by the ERCEA – Recovery of amounts advanced – Personnel costs and indirect expenditure relating to those personnel costs – Obligation to carry out work solely on the premises of the beneficiary of the grant – Supervision by the beneficiary – Normal practices of the beneficiary.#Case C-280/19 P.

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Arrêt de la Cour (dixième chambre) du 14 janvier 2021.#Agence exécutive du Conseil européen de la recherche contre Aristoteleio Panepistimio Thessalonikis.#Pourvoi – Clause compromissoire – Contrat Minatran, conclu dans le cadre du septième programme-cadre – Coûts éligibles – Note de débit émise par l’ERCEA – Recouvrement des montants avancés – Coûts de personnel et dépenses indirectes correspondant à ces coûts de personnel – Obligation d’exécuter les travaux exclusivement dans les locaux du bénéficiaire de la subvention – Supervision par le bénéficiaire – Pratiques normales du bénéficiaire.#Affaire C-280/19 P.

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Arrêt de la Cour (cinquième chambre) du 14 janvier 2021.#Commission européenne contre République italienne.#Manquement d’État – Article 258 TFUE – Directive 2003/96/CE – Taxation des produits énergétiques et de l’électricité – Articles 4 et 19 – Réglementation adoptée par une région autonome d’un État membre – Contribution à l’achat d’essence et de gazole soumis à des droits d’accises – Article 6, sous c) – Exonération ou réduction des droits d’accises – Notion de “remboursement total ou partiel” du montant de la taxe – Absence de preuve de l’existence d’un lien entre cette contribution et les droits d’accises.#Affaire C-63/19.

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Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 14 January 2021.#European Commission v Italian Republic.#Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Article 258 TFEU – Directive 2003/96/EC – Taxation of energy products and electricity – Articles 4 and 19 – Regional law adopted by the autonomous region of a Member State – Contribution towards the purchase of petrol and diesel subject to excise duties – Article 6(c) – Exemption from or reduction of excise duty – Concept of ‘refunding all or part of’ the amount of taxation – No evidence of a link between that contribution and excise duties.#Case C-63/19.

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Opinion of Advocate General Campos Sánchez-Bordona delivered on 14 January 2021.#CNP spółka z ograniczoną odpowiedzialnością v Gefion Insurance A/S.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Sąd Rejonowy w Białymstoku.#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 – Jurisdiction in insurance matters – Article 10 – Article 11(1)(a) – Ability to sue an insurer domiciled in a Member State in another Member State, in the case of actions brought by the policyholder, the insured person or a beneficiary, in the courts of the place where the person bringing the claim is domiciled – Article 13(2) – Action brought by the injured party directly against the insurer – Scope ratione personae – Concept of ‘injured party’ – Business active in the insurance sector – Special jurisdiction – Article 7(2) and (5) – Concept of ‘branch’, ‘agency’ or ‘other establishment’.#Case C-913/19.

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Opinion of Advocate General Pitruzzella delivered on 14 January 2021.#EQ v Administration de l'Enregistrement, des Domaines et de la TVA.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal d'arrondissement.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Value added tax (VAT) – Directive 2006/112/EC – Economic activity – Supply of services for consideration – Article 2(1)(c) and Article 9(1) – Exemptions – Article 132(1)(g) – Supply of services closely linked to welfare and social security work – Services performed by a lawyer under powers of representation for the protection of adults lacking legal capacity – Body recognised as being devoted to social wellbeing.#Case C-846/19.

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Opinion of Advocate General Hogan delivered on 14 January 2021.#Parchetul de pe lângă Tribunalul Braşov v LG and MH.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Curtea de Apel Braşov.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Prevention of the use of the financial system for the purposes of money laundering and terrorist financing – Directive (EU) 2015/849 – Directive 2005/60/EC – Offence of money laundering – Laundering by the perpetrator of the predicate offence (‘self-laundering’).#Case C-790/19.

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Opinion of Advocate General Szpunar delivered on 14 January 2021.#SIA “CV-Online Latvia” v SIA “Melons”.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Rīgas apgabaltiesas Civillietu tiesas kolēģija.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Legal protection of databases – Directive 96/9/EC – Article 7 – Sui generis right of makers of databases – Prohibition on any third party to ‘extract’ or ‘re-utilise’, without the maker’s permission, the whole or a substantial part of the contents of the database – Database freely accessible on the Internet – Meta search engine specialising in job advertisement searches – Extraction and/or re-utilisation of the contents of a database – Risk to the substantial investment in the obtaining, verification or presentation of the content of a database.#Case C-762/19.

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Opinion of Advocate General Campos Sánchez-Bordona delivered on 14 January 2021.#ABLV Bank AS and Others v European Central Bank.#Appeal – Economic and monetary union – Banking union – Regulation (EU) No 806/2014 – Resolution of credit institutions and certain investment firms in the framework of a Single Resolution Mechanism (SRM) and a Single Resolution Fund – Article 18 – Resolution procedure – Conditions – Entity failing or likely to fail – Declaration by the European Central Bank (ECB) that an entity is failing or is likely to fail – Preparatory measure – Act not open to judicial review – Inadmissibility.#Joined Cases C-551/19 P and C-552/19 P.

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Case C-892/19 P: Order of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 14 January 2021 — Camelia Manéa v CdT (Appeal — Article 181 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice — Civil service — Member of the temporary staff — Fixed-term contract — Decision not to renew the contract — Withdrawal of the decision and adoption of a new decision refusing renewal with effect from the date of the first decision — Action for annulment and for damages — Appeal in part manifestly inadmissible and in part manifestly unfounded)

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Case C-769/19: Order of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 14 January 2021 — (request for a preliminary ruling from the Spetsializiran nakazatelen sad — Bulgaria) — Criminal procedure against UC, TD (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Article 99 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court — Judicial cooperation in criminal matters — Directive 2012/13/EU — Right to information in criminal proceedings — Article 6 — Right of suspects or accused persons to be informed of their rights — Second paragraph of Article 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Dealing with a case in a reasonable time — National legislation providing for the discontinuance of judicial proceedings in the case of a finding of deficiencies in the bill of indictment by the court — Remission of the matter to the public prosecutor’s office for a new bill of indictment to be drawn up — Admissibility)

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Case C-108/19: Order of the Court (Tenth chamber) of 14 January 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Curtea de Apel Bucaresti — Romania) — Krakvet sp. z o.o. sp.k. v Direcţia Generală Regională a Finanţelor Publice Bucureşti, Administraţia Fiscală pentru Contribuabili Nerezidenţi (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Article 99 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice — Common system of value added tax (VAT) — Directive 2006/112/EC — Article 33 — Determination of the place where taxable transactions are carried out — Supply of goods with transport — Supply of goods dispatched or transported by or on behalf of the supplier — Sale through a website — Contract for the carriage of goods concluded by the buyer with a company suggested by the supplier)

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