24981Opinion of Advocate General Medina delivered on 24 February 2022.#KM v Instituto Nacional de la Seguridad Social (INSS).#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Juzgado de lo Social de Barcelona.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Social policy – Equal treatment for men and women in matters of social security – Directive 79/7/EEC – Article 4(1) – Indirect discrimination on ground of sex – National legislation providing that two or more total occupational invalidity pensions acquired under the same statutory social security scheme are incompatible – Compatibility of such pensions where they come under different statutory social security schemes – Finding of indirect discrimination on the basis of statistical data – Determination of the affected groups to be compared – Justification.#Case C-625/20.cjeu_case · February 24, 2022
24982Opinion of Advocate General Medina delivered on 24 February 2022.#Landkreis Northeim v Daimler AG.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht Hanover.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Competition – Agreements, decisions and concerted practices – Article 101 TFEU – Actions for damages for infringements of the provisions of EU competition law – European Commission decision finding an infringement – Settlement procedure – Products concerned by the infringement – Specialised trucks – Household refuse collection trucks.#Case C-588/20.cjeu_case · February 24, 2022
24983Opinion of Advocate General Szpunar delivered on 24 February 2022.#MPA v LCDNMT.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Audiencia Provincial de Barcelona.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Judicial cooperation in civil matters – Jurisdiction, recognition and enforcement of decisions in matrimonial matters and in the matters of parental responsibility – Regulation (EC) No 2201/2003 – Articles 3, 6 to 8 and 14 – Definition of ‘habitual residence’ – Jurisdiction, recognition, enforcement of decisions and cooperation in matters relating to maintenance obligations – Regulation (EC) No 4/2009 – Articles 3 and 7 – Nationals of two different Member States residing in a third State as members of the contract staff working in the EU Delegation to that third State – Determination of jurisdiction – Forum necessitatis.#Case C-501/20.cjeu_case · February 24, 2022
24984Opinion of Advocate General Szpunar delivered on 24 February 2022.#Roma Multiservizi spa and Rekeep spa v Roma Capitale and Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Public procurement – Concession contracts – Formation of a semi-public company – Award to that company of the management of an ‘integrated school service’ – Appointment of the private partner under a tender procedure – Directive 2014/23/EU – Article 38 – Directive 2014/24/EU – Article 58 – Applicability – ‘In-house’ criteria – Requirement for minimum participation of the private partner in the capital of the semi-public company – Indirect participation of the contracting authority in the capital of the private partner – Selection criteria.#Case C-332/20.cjeu_case · February 24, 2022
24985Case C-605/20: Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 24 February 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Supremo Tribunal Administrativo -Portugal) — Suzlon Wind Energy Portugal — Energia Eólica Unipessoal, Lda v Autoridade Tributária e Aduaneira (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Taxation — Value added tax (VAT) — Directive 2006/112/EC — Article 2(1)(c) — Applicability ratione temporis — Supplies subject to VAT — Supplies of services for consideration — Criteria — Intra-group relationship — Supplies consisting in repairing or replacing components of wind turbines under guarantee and preparing non-compliance reports — Debit notes issued by the supplier of services with no reference to VAT — Deduction by the supplier of the VAT charged on the goods and services for which it has been invoiced by its subcontractors in respect of those supplies)cjeu_case · February 24, 2022
24986Case C-582/20: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 24 February 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Înalta Curte de Casaţie şi Justiţie — Romania) — SC Cridar Cons SRL v Administraţia Judeţeană a Finanţelor Publice Cluj, Direcţia Generală Regională a Finanţelor Publice Cluj-Napoca (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Common system of value added tax — Directive 2006/112/EC — Articles 167 and 168 — Right to deduction — Refusal — Tax evasion — Evaluation of evidence — Suspension of examination of an administrative complaint relating to a notice of assessment refusing a right to deduction, pending the outcome of criminal proceedings — Procedural autonomy of the Member States — Principle of fiscal neutrality — Right to good administration — Article 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union)cjeu_case · February 24, 2022
24987Case C-563/20: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 24 February 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Sąd Okręgowy w Warszawie — Poland) — ORLEN KolTrans sp. z o.o. v Prezes Urzędu Transportu Kolejowego (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Rail transport — Directive 2001/14/EC — Article 4 — Setting of infrastructure charges by decision of the manager — Article 30(2) — Railway undertakings’ right to bring an administrative action — Article 30(6) — Judicial review of the decisions of the regulatory body)cjeu_case · February 24, 2022
24988Case C-536/20: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 24 February 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Lietuvos Aukščiausiasis Teismas — Lithuania) — ‘Tiketa’ UAB v M. Š. (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Directive 2011/83/EU — Consumer contracts — Concept of ‘trader’ — Obligation to provide information in respect of distance contracts — Requirement that the necessary information be provided in plain and intelligible language and on a durable medium)cjeu_case · February 24, 2022
24989Case C-532/20: Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 24 February 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Curtea de Apel Bucureşti — Romania) — Alstom Transport SA v Compania Naţională de Căi Ferate CFR SA, Strabag AG — Sucursala Bucureşti, Swietelsky AG Linz — Sucursala Bucureşti (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Directive 92/13/EEC — Procurement procedures of entities operating in the water, energy, transport and telecommunications sectors — Article 1(1) and (3) — Access to review procedures — Article 2c — Time limits for applying for review — Calculation — Review of a decision allowing a tenderer to participate)cjeu_case · February 24, 2022
24990Case C-463/20: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 24 February 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d’État — Belgium) — Namur-Est Environnement ASBL v Région wallonne (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Environment — Directive 2011/92/EU — Assessment of the effects of certain projects on the environment — Directive 92/43/EEC — Conservation of natural habitats — Relationship between the assessment and consent procedure referred to in Article 2 of Directive 2011/92/EU and a national procedure of derogation from the species protection measures provided for in Directive 92/43/EEC — Concept of ‘consent’ — Complex decision-making process — Obligation to conduct an assessment — Material scope — Procedural stage at which public participation in the decision-making process must be guaranteed)cjeu_case · February 24, 2022
24991Case C-452/20: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 24 February 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato — Italy) — PJ v Agenzia delle dogane e dei monopoli — Ufficio dei monopoli per la Toscana, Ministero dell’Economia e delle Finanze (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Approximation of laws — Directive 2014/40/EU — Article 23(3) — World Health Organisation Framework Convention on Tobacco Control — Prohibition on selling tobacco products to minors — Rules on penalties — Effective, proportionate and dissuasive penalties — Obligation on sellers of tobacco products to verify the buyer’s age when selling those products — Fine — Operation of a tobacconist’s shop — Suspension of trading licence for a period of 15 days — Principle of proportionality — Precautionary principle)cjeu_case · February 24, 2022
24992Case C-451/20: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 24 February 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Landesgericht Korneuburg — Austria) — Airhelp Limited v Austrian Airlines AG (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Air transport — Regulation (EC) No 261/2004 — Article 3(1) — Scope — Flight with connecting flight departing from and arriving in a third country — Single reservation through a Community air carrier — Stopover in the territory of a Member State — Article 5(1)(c)(iii) and Article 7 — Delayed alternative flight — Taking into account of the actual arrival time for the purposes of compensation)cjeu_case · February 24, 2022
24993Case C-389/20: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 24 February 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Juzgado de lo Contencioso-Administrativo No 2 de Vigo — Spain) — CJ v Tesorería General de la Seguridad Social (TGSS) (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 against unemployment — Exclusion — Particular disadvantage to female workers — Legitimate social policy objectives — Proportionality)cjeu_case · February 24, 2022
24994Case C-364/20 P: Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 24 February 2022 — Ernests Bernis, Oļegs Fiļs, OF Holding SIA, Cassandra Holding Company SIA v Single Resolution Board, European Central Bank (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)cjeu_case · February 24, 2022
24995Case C-290/20: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 24 February 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Satversmes tiesa — Latvia) — ‘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, liquefied natural gas regasification facilities and industrial customers to the transmission system — Article 32(1) — Third-party access to the system — Possibility of direct connection of final customers to the natural gas transmission system)cjeu_case · February 24, 2022
24996Case C-283/20: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 24 February 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal du travail francophone de Bruxelles — Belgium) — CO and Others v MJ, European Commission, European External Action Service (EEAS), Council of the European Union, Eulex Kosovo (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)cjeu_case · February 24, 2022
24997Case C-262/20: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 24 February 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Rayonen sad Lukovit — Bulgaria) — 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(a) — Articles 20 and 31 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Reduction of the normal length of night work in relation to day work — Public sector workers and private sector workers — Equal treatment)cjeu_case · February 24, 2022
24998Case C-257/20: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 24 February 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Varhoven administrativen sad — Bulgaria) — ‘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)cjeu_case · February 24, 2022
24999Case C-226/20 P: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 24 February 2022 — Eurofer, European Steel Association, AISBL v European Commission, HBIS Group Serbia Iron & Steel LLC Belgrade (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)cjeu_case · February 24, 2022
25000Case C-175/20: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 24 February 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Administratīvā apgabaltiesa — Latvia) — ‘SS’ SIA 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)cjeu_case · February 24, 2022