24961Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 24 February 2022.#CJ v Tesorería General de la Seguridad Social (TGSS).#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Juzgado de lo Contencioso-Administrativo nº 2 de Vigo.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Equal treatment for men and women in matters of social security – Directive 79/7/EEC – Article 4(1) – Prohibition of any discrimination on grounds of sex – Domestic workers – Protection in respect of unemployment – Exclusion – Particular disadvantage to female workers – Legitimate social policy objectives – Proportionality.#Case C-389/20.cjeu_case · 24 février 2022
24962Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 24 February 2022.#Ernests Bernis and Others v Single Resolution Board.#Appeal – Economic and monetary union – Banking union – Recovery and resolution of credit institutions and investment firms – Single resolution mechanism for credit institutions and certain investment firms (SRM) – Regulation (EU) No 806/2014 – Article 18 – Resolution procedure – Declaration by the European Central Bank (ECB) that an entity is failing or is likely to fail – Decision of the Single Resolution Board (SRB) not to adopt a resolution scheme – Lack of public interest – Winding up in accordance with national law – Shareholders – Lack of direct concern – Inadmissibility.#Case C-364/20 P.cjeu_case · 24 février 2022
24963Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 24 February 2022.#Ernests Bernis and Others v Single Resolution Board.#Appeal – Economic and monetary union – Banking union – Recovery and resolution of credit institutions and investment firms – Single resolution mechanism for credit institutions and certain investment firms (SRM) – Regulation (EU) No 806/2014 – Article 18 – Resolution procedure – Declaration by the European Central Bank (ECB) that an entity is failing or is likely to fail – Decision of the Single Resolution Board (SRB) not to adopt a resolution scheme – Lack of public interest – Winding up in accordance with national law – Shareholders – Lack of direct concern – Inadmissibility.#Case C-364/20 P.cjeu_case · 24 février 2022
24964Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 24 February 2022.#Latvijas Gāze' AS.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Internal market in natural gas – Directive 2009/73/EC – Article 2(3) – Concept of ‘transmission’ – Article 23 – Decision-making powers regarding the connection of storage facilities, liquid natural gas regasification facilities and industrial customers to the transmission system – Article 32(1) – Access to the network for third parties – Possibility of direct connection for final customers to the natural gas transmission system.#Case C-290/20.cjeu_case · 24 février 2022
24965Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 24 February 2022.#Latvijas Gāze' AS.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Satversmes tiesa.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Internal market in natural gas – Directive 2009/73/EC – Article 2(3) – Concept of ‘transmission’ – Article 23 – Decision-making powers regarding the connection of storage facilities, liquid natural gas regasification facilities and industrial customers to the transmission system – Article 32(1) – Access to the network for third parties – Possibility of direct connection for final customers to the natural gas transmission system.#Case C-290/20.cjeu_case · 24 février 2022
24966Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 24 February 2022.#CO and Others v MJ and Others.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) – European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo (Eulex Kosovo) – Joint Action 2008/124/CFSP – Article 8(3) and (5), Article 9(3) and Article 10(3) – Status of employer of the mission staff – Article 16(5) – Subrogation.#Case C-283/20.cjeu_case · 24 février 2022
24967Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 24 February 2022.#CO and Others v MJ and Others.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal du travail francophone de Bruxelles.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) – European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo (Eulex Kosovo) – Joint Action 2008/124/CFSP – Article 8(3) and (5), Article 9(3) and Article 10(3) – Status of employer of the mission staff – Article 16(5) – Subrogation.#Case C-283/20.cjeu_case · 24 février 2022
24968Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 24 February 2022.#VB v Glavna direktsia 'Pozharna bezopasnost i zashtita na naselenieto'.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Social policy – Organisation of working time – Directive 2003/88/EC – Article 8 – Article 12(а) – Articles 20 and 31 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Reduction of the normal duration of night work in relation to day work – Public-sector workers and private-sector workers – Equal treatment.#Case C-262/20.cjeu_case · 24 février 2022
24969Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 24 February 2022.#VB v Glavna direktsia 'Pozharna bezopasnost i zashtita na naselenieto'.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Rayonen sad Lukovit.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Social policy – Organisation of working time – Directive 2003/88/EC – Article 8 – Article 12(а) – Articles 20 and 31 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Reduction of the normal duration of night work in relation to day work – Public-sector workers and private-sector workers – Equal treatment.#Case C-262/20.cjeu_case · 24 février 2022
24970Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 24 February 2022.#'Viva Telecom Bulgaria' EOOD v Direktor na Direktsia „Obzhalvane i danachno-osiguritelna praktika“ - Sofia.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Taxation – Withholding tax on notional interest on an interest-free loan granted to a resident subsidiary by a non-resident parent company – Directive 2003/49/EC – Payments of interest between associated companies of different Member States – Article 1(1) – Exemption from withholding tax – Article 4(1)(d) – Exclusion of certain payments – Directive 2011/96/EU – Corporation tax – Article 1(1)(b) – Distribution of profits by a resident subsidiary to its non-resident parent company – Article 5 – Exemption from withholding tax – Directive 2008/7/EC – Raising of capital – Article 3 – Contributions of capital – Article 5(1)(a) – Indirect tax exemption – Articles 63 and 65 TFEU – Free movement of capital – Taxation of the gross amount of notional interest – Recovery procedure for the purposes of the deduction of expenses related to the grant of the loan and a possible refund – Difference in treatment – Justification – Balanced allocation of the power to impose taxes between the Member States – Effective collection of tax – Combating of tax avoidance.#Case C-257/20.cjeu_case · 24 février 2022
24971Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 24 February 2022.#'Viva Telecom Bulgaria' EOOD v Direktor na Direktsia „Obzhalvane i danachno-osiguritelna praktika“ - Sofia.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Varhoven administrativen sad.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Taxation – Withholding tax on notional interest on an interest-free loan granted to a resident subsidiary by a non-resident parent company – Directive 2003/49/EC – Payments of interest between associated companies of different Member States – Article 1(1) – Exemption from withholding tax – Article 4(1)(d) – Exclusion of certain payments – Directive 2011/96/EU – Corporation tax – Article 1(1)(b) – Distribution of profits by a resident subsidiary to its non-resident parent company – Article 5 – Exemption from withholding tax – Directive 2008/7/EC – Raising of capital – Article 3 – Contributions of capital – Article 5(1)(a) – Indirect tax exemption – Articles 63 and 65 TFEU – Free movement of capital – Taxation of the gross amount of notional interest – Recovery procedure for the purposes of the deduction of expenses related to the grant of the loan and a possible refund – Difference in treatment – Justification – Balanced allocation of the power to impose taxes between the Member States – Effective collection of tax – Combating of tax avoidance.#Case C-257/20.cjeu_case · 24 février 2022
24972Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 24 February 2022.#Eurofer, Association Européenne de l'Acier, AISBL v European Commission.#Appeal – Dumping – Imports of hot-rolled flat products of iron, non-alloy or other alloy steel originating in Brazil, Iran, Russia, Serbia and Ukraine – Termination of the proceedings against imports originating in Serbia – Determination of injury – Cumulative assessment of the effects of imports from more than one third country – Regulation (EU) 2016/1036 – Article 3(4) – Termination of the proceedings without measures – Article 9(2) – ‘Negligible’ imports – De minimis threshold – European Commission’s discretion.#Case C-226/20 P.cjeu_case · 24 février 2022
24973Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 24 February 2022.#Eurofer, Association Européenne de l'Acier, AISBL v European Commission.#Appeal – Dumping – Imports of hot-rolled flat products of iron, non-alloy or other alloy steel originating in Brazil, Iran, Russia, Serbia and Ukraine – Termination of the proceedings against imports originating in Serbia – Determination of injury – Cumulative assessment of the effects of imports from more than one third country – Regulation (EU) 2016/1036 – Article 3(4) – Termination of the proceedings without measures – Article 9(2) – ‘Negligible’ imports – De minimis threshold – European Commission’s discretion.#Case C-226/20 P.cjeu_case · 24 février 2022
24974Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 24 February 2022.#SIA 'SS' v Valsts ieņēmumu dienests.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Article 2 – Scope – Article 4 – Concept of ‘processing’ – Article 5 – Principles relating to processing – Purpose limitation – Data minimisation – Article 6 – Lawfulness of processing – Processing necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest by the controller – Processing necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which the controller is subject – Article 23 – Limitations – Processing of data for tax purposes – Request for the disclosure of information relating to vehicle sale advertisements placed online – Proportionality.#Case C-175/20.cjeu_case · 24 février 2022
24975Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 24 February 2022.#SIA 'SS' v Valsts ieņēmumu dienests.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Administratīvā apgabaltiesa.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Article 2 – Scope – Article 4 – Concept of ‘processing’ – Article 5 – Principles relating to processing – Purpose limitation – Data minimisation – Article 6 – Lawfulness of processing – Processing necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest by the controller – Processing necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which the controller is subject – Article 23 – Limitations – Processing of data for tax purposes – Request for the disclosure of information relating to vehicle sale advertisements placed online – Proportionality.#Case C-175/20.cjeu_case · 24 février 2022
24976Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 24 February 2022.#A v O and G.W. and E..S. v A. Towarzystwo Ubezpieczeń Życie S.A.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Freedom to provide services – Direct life assurance – ‘Unit-linked’ open-ended group endowment and life assurance contracts – Directive 2002/83/EC – Article 36 – Directive 2002/92/EC – Article 12(3) – Pre-contractual information disclosure – Information as to the nature of the underlying assets of ‘unit-linked’ assurance contracts – Field of application – Scope – Directive 2005/29/EC – Article 7 – Unfair commercial practices – Misleading omission.#Joined Cases C-143/20 and C-213/20.cjeu_case · 24 février 2022
24977Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 24 February 2022.#A v O and G.W. and E..S. v A. Towarzystwo Ubezpieczeń Życie S.A.#Requests for a preliminary ruling from the Sąd Rejonowy dla Warszawy-Woli w Warszawie.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Freedom to provide services – Direct life assurance – ‘Unit-linked’ open-ended group endowment and life assurance contracts – Directive 2002/83/EC – Article 36 – Directive 2002/92/EC – Article 12(3) – Pre-contractual information disclosure – Information as to the nature of the underlying assets of ‘unit-linked’ assurance contracts – Field of application – Scope – Directive 2005/29/EC – Article 7 – Unfair commercial practices – Misleading omission.#Joined Cases C-143/20 and C-213/20.cjeu_case · 24 février 2022
24978Opinion of Advocate General Collins delivered on 24 February 2022.#EP v Préfet du Gers and Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (INSEE).#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal judiciaire d’Auch.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Citizenship of the Union – National of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland residing in a Member State – Article 9 TEU – Articles 20 and 22 TFEU – Right to vote and to stand as a candidate in municipal elections in the Member State of residence. – Article 50 TEU – Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community – Consequences of the withdrawal of a Member State from the Union – Removal from the electoral roll in the Member State of residence – Articles 39 and 40 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Validity of Decision (EU) 2020/135.#Case C-673/20.cjeu_case · 24 février 2022
24979Opinion of Advocate General Campos Sánchez-Bordona delivered on 24 February 2022.#Veridos GmbH v Ministar na vatreshnite raboti na Republika Bulgaria and Mühlbauer ID Services GmbH – S&T.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Varhoven administrativen sad.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Directive 2009/81/EC – Coordination of procedures for the award of certain works contracts, supply contracts and service contracts – Articles 38 and 49 – Obligation to verify whether an abnormally low tender exists – Criterion laid down by a piece of national legislation for assessing the abnormally low nature of a tender – Not applicable – Requirement that there be at least three tenders – Criterion based on the requirement that a tender be more than 20% lower than the mean value of the tenders submitted by the other tenderers – Judicial review.#Case C-669/20.cjeu_case · 24 février 2022
24980Opinion of Advocate General Ćapeta delivered on 24 February 2022.#Skatteverket v DSAB Destination Stockholm AB.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Högsta förvaltningsdomstolen.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Directive 2006/112/EC – Common system of value added tax – Article 30a(1) – Concept of ‘voucher’ – Article 30a(3) – Concept of ‘“multi-purpose” voucher’ – Sale of a card entitling the cardholder to a number of tourist services for a limited period.#Case C-637/20.cjeu_case · 24 février 2022