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Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 19 December 2019.#Arriva Italia Srl and Others v Ministero delle Infrastrutture e dei Trasporti.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato.#Reference for a preliminary ruling — State aid — Notion — Public railway undertaking in difficulties — Aid measures — Allocation of financial aid — Aim — Continued operation of the public railway undertaking — Allocation to and shareholding in the capital of that public undertaking — Transfer to the capital of another public undertaking — Private investor test — Prior notification obligation for new aid.#Case C-385/18.

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Arrêt de la Cour (troisième chambre) du 19 décembre 2019.#Cargill Deutschland GmbH contre Hauptzollamt Krefeld.#Renvoi préjudiciel – Règlement (UE) no 1360/2013 – Agriculture – Organisation commune des marchés – Secteur du sucre – Cotisation à la production – Effet utile – Droit au remboursement des sommes indûment payées – Applicabilité des règles nationales relatives aux délais de prescription – Principe d’effectivité.#Affaire C-360/18.

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Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 19 December 2019.#Cargill Deutschland GmbH v Hauptzollamt Krefeld.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Finanzgericht Düsseldorf.#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Regulation (EU) No 1360/2013 — Agriculture — Common organisation of the markets — Sugar sector — Production levy — Effectiveness — Right to reimbursement of sums unduly paid — Applicability of national rules on limitation periods — Principle of effectiveness.#Case C-360/18.

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Arrêt de la Cour (troisième chambre) du 19 décembre 2019.#Barbara Rust-Hackner e.a. contre Nürnberger Versicherung Aktiengesellschaft Österreich e.a.#Renvoi préjudiciel – Libre prestation de services – Assurance directe sur la vie – Directives 90/619/CEE, 92/96/CEE, 2002/83/CE et 2009/138/CE – Droit de renonciation – Information incorrecte concernant les modalités d’exercice du droit de renonciation – Conditions de forme de la déclaration de renonciation – Effets sur les obligations de l’entreprise d’assurance – Délai – Expiration du droit de renonciation – Possibilité d’une renonciation postérieure à la résiliation du contrat – Remboursement de la valeur de rachat du contrat – Restitution des primes versées – Droit aux intérêts rémunératoires – Prescription.#Affaires jointes C-355/18 à C-357/18 et C-479/18.

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Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 19 December 2019.#Barbara Rust-Hackner and Others v Nürnberger Versicherung Aktiengesellschaft Österreich and Others.#Requests for a preliminary ruling from the Landesgericht Salzburg and Bezirksgericht für Handelssachen Wien.#References for a preliminary ruling — Freedom to provide services — Direct life assurance — Directives 90/619/EEC, 92/96/EEC, 2002/83/EC and 2009/138/EC — Right of cancellation — Incorrect information concerning the detailed rules for exercising the right of cancellation — Formal requirements for the declaration of cancellation — Effects on the obligations of the assurance undertaking — Time limit — Lapse of the right of cancellation — Possibility to cancel a contract after it has been terminated — Repayment of the surrender value of the contract — Reimbursement of premiums paid — Right to remuneration interest — Limitation.#Joined Cases C-355/18, C-356/18 and C-479/18.

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Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 19 December 2019.#Nederlands Uitgeversverbond and Groep Algemene Uitgevers v Tom Kabinet Internet BV and Others.#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society — Directive 2001/29/EC — Article 3(1) — Right of communication to the public — Making available — Article 4 — Distribution right — Exhaustion — Electronic books (e‑books) — Virtual market for ‘second-hand’ e‑books.#Case C-263/18.

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Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 19 December 2019.#Nederlands Uitgeversverbond and Groep Algemene Uitgevers v Tom Kabinet Internet BV and Others.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Rechtbank Den Haag.#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society — Directive 2001/29/EC — Article 3(1) — Right of communication to the public — Making available — Article 4 — Distribution right — Exhaustion — Electronic books (e‑books) — Virtual market for ‘second-hand’ e‑books.#Case C-263/18.

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Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 19 December 2019.#GRDF SA v Eni Gas & Power France SA and Others.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Cour de cassation.#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Common rules for the internal market in natural gas — Directive 2009/73/EC — Article 41(11) — Settlement of disputes concerning the obligations imposed on a system operator — Temporal effects of decisions of the dispute settlement authority — Legal certainty — Legitimate expectations.#Case C-236/18.

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Arrêt de la Cour (septième chambre) du 19 décembre 2019.#Club de Variedades Vegetales Protegidas contre Adolfo Juan Martínez Sanchís.#Renvoi préjudiciel – Protection communautaire des obtentions végétales – Règlement (CE) no 2100/94 – Article 13, paragraphe 2 et paragraphe 3 – Effets de la protection – Système de protection en cascade – Mise en culture de constituants variétaux et récolte de leurs fruits – Distinction entre les actes accomplis sur les constituants variétaux et ceux accomplis sur le matériel de récolte – Notion d’“utilisation non autorisée de constituants variétaux” – Article 95 – Protection provisoire.#Affaire C-176/18.

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Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 19 December 2019.#Club de Variedades Vegetales Protegidas v Adolfo Juan Martínez Sanchís.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Supremo.#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Community plant variety rights — Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 — Article 13(2) and (3) — Effects of community plant variety rights — Cumulative protection scheme — Planting of variety constituents and harvesting the fruit — Distinction between acts effected in respect of variety constituents and those concerning harvested material — Concept of ‘unauthorised use of variety constituents’ — Article 95 — Provisional protection.#Case C-176/18.

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Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 19 December 2019.#Pensions-Sicherungs-Verein VVaG v Günther Bauer.#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Social policy — Protection of employees in the event of the insolvency of their employer — Directive 2008/94/EC — Article 8 — Supplementary pension schemes — Protection of entitlement to old-age benefits — Minimum guaranteed level of protection — Former employer’s obligation to offset a reduction in an occupational old-age pension — External pension institution — Direct effect.#Case C-168/18.

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Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 19 December 2019.#Pensions-Sicherungs-Verein VVaG v Günther Bauer.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesarbeitsgericht.#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Social policy — Protection of employees in the event of the insolvency of their employer — Directive 2008/94/EC — Article 8 — Supplementary pension schemes — Protection of entitlement to old-age benefits — Minimum guaranteed level of protection — Former employer’s obligation to offset a reduction in an occupational old-age pension — External pension institution — Direct effect.#Case C-168/18.

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Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 19 December 2019.#Michael Dobersberger v Magistrat der Stadt Wien.#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Articles 56 and 57 TFEU — Freedom to provide services — Directive 96/71/EC — Applicability — Article 1(3)(a) — Posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services — Provision of services on board international trains — National rules imposing administrative obligations in relation to the posting of workers.#Case C-16/18.

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Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 19 December 2019.#Michael Dobersberger v Magistrat der Stadt Wien.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgerichtshof.#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Articles 56 and 57 TFEU — Freedom to provide services — Directive 96/71/EC — Applicability — Article 1(3)(a) — Posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services — Provision of services on board international trains — National rules imposing administrative obligations in relation to the posting of workers.#Case C-16/18.

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Opinion of Advocate General Hogan delivered on 19 December 2019.#Mikrokasa S.A. w Gdyni and Revenue Niestandaryzowany Sekurytyzacyjny Fundusz Inwestycyjny Zamknięty w Warszawie v XO.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Sąd Rejonowy w Siemianowicach Śląskich.#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Consumer protection — Credit agreements for consumers — Directive 2008/48/EC — Article 3(g), Article 10(2) and Article 22(1) — Level of harmonisation — Concept of ‘non-interest credit costs’ — Directive 93/13/EEC — Article 1(2) — Unfair terms in consumer contracts — Ceiling value for the total non-interest credit costs — Contractual terms reflecting mandatory statutory or regulatory provisions — Not included.#Case C-779/18.

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Opinion of Advocate General Sharpston delivered on 19 December 2019.#ACTC GmbH v European Union Intellectual Property Office.#Appeal — EU trade mark — Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Application for registration of EU word mark tigha — Opposition filed by the proprietor of the earlier EU trade mark TAIGA — Partial dismissal of the application for registration — Article 8(1)(b) — Assessment of the likelihood of confusion — Assessment of the conceptual similarity of the signs at issue — Article 42(2) — Proof of genuine use of the earlier mark — Proof of use ‘in relation to part … of the goods or services’ — Determination of an independent subcategory of goods.#Case C-714/18 P.

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Opinion of Advocate General Kokott delivered on 19 December 2019.#AGROBET CZ, s.r.o. v Finanční úřad pro Středočeský kraj.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Nejvyšší správní soud.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Common system of value added tax (VAT) – Directive 2006/112/EC – Deduction of input tax – Excess VAT – Excess VAT withheld following the initiation of a tax inspection procedure – Request for refund of the portion of the excess relating to transactions not covered by that procedure – Refusal of the tax authority.#Case C-446/18.

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Opinion of Advocate General Saugmandsgaard Øe delivered on 19 December 2019.#Data Protection Commissioner v Facebook Ireland Limited and Maximillian Schrems.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the High Court (Ireland).#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data — Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Articles 7, 8 and 47 — Regulation (EU) 2016/679 — Article 2(2) — Scope — Transfers of personal data to third countries for commercial purposes — Article 45 — Commission adequacy decision — Article 46 — Transfers subject to appropriate safeguards — Article 58 — Powers of the supervisory authorities — Processing of the data transferred by the public authorities of a third country for national security purposes — Assessment of the adequacy of the level of protection in the third country — Decision 2010/87/EU — Protective standard clauses on the transfer of personal data to third countries — Suitable safeguards provided by the data controller — Validity — Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/1250 — Adequacy of the protection provided by the EU-US Privacy Shield — Validity — Complaint by a natural person whose data was transferred from the European Union to the United States.#Case C-311/18.

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