26541Opinion of Advocate General Campos Sánchez-Bordona delivered on 11 November 2021.#Koch Media GmbH v FU.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht Saarbrücken.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Intellectual property rights – Directive 2004/48/EC – Article 14 – Concepts of ‘legal costs’ and ‘other expenses’ – Warning notice to ensure enforcement of intellectual property rights out of court – Lawyers’ fees – Classification – National provision limiting the amount of those costs recoverable under certain conditions.#Case C-559/20.cjeu_case · 11 novembre 2021
26542Opinion of Advocate General Campos Sánchez-Bordona delivered on 11 November 2021.#NovaText GmbH v Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Intellectual property rights – Directive 2004/48/EC – Article 3 – General obligation concerning the measures, procedures and remedies necessary to ensure the enforcement of intellectual property rights – Article 14 – Concept of ‘reasonable and proportionate legal costs’ – Consultation of a patent lawyer – Absence of opportunity for the national court to assess the reasonableness and proportionality of the costs to be borne by the unsuccessful party.#Case C-531/20.cjeu_case · 11 novembre 2021
26543Opinion of Advocate General Rantos delivered on 11 November 2021.#XXXX v HR Rail SA.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d'État (Belgium).#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Social policy – Directive 2000/78/EC – Equal treatment in employment and occupation – Prohibition of discrimination on the ground of disability – Dismissal of a worker who had become permanently incapable of performing the essential functions of the post – Staff member completing training as part of recruitment – Article 5 – Reasonable accommodation for people with disabilities – Requirement to reassign to another post – Obligation subject to it not being a disproportionate burden for the employer.#Case C-485/20.cjeu_case · 11 novembre 2021
26544Opinion of Advocate General Pitruzzella delivered on 11 November 2021.#Yieh United Steel Corp. v European Commission.#Appeal – Dumping – Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1429 – Imports of stainless steel cold-rolled flat products originating in the People’s Republic of China and Taiwan – Definitive anti-dumping duty – Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009 – Article 2 – Calculation of the normal value – Calculation of the production cost – Production losses – Refusal to deduct the value of recycled scrap – Determination of the normal value on the basis of sales of the like product intended for domestic consumption – Exclusion from the basis of calculation used to determine the normal value of sales on the domestic market of the exporting country where those sales concern products intended for export.#Case C-79/20 P.cjeu_case · 11 novembre 2021
26545Case C-398/20: Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 11 November 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Krajský soud v Brně — Czech Republic) — ELVOSPOL v Odvolací finanční ředitelství (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Value added tax (VAT) — Directive 2006/112/EC — Article 90 — Reduction of the taxable amount for VAT purposes — Total or partial non-payment of the price on account of the debtor’s insolvency — Conditions imposed by national legislation for the adjustment of output VAT — Condition that the claim not paid in whole or in part must not have arisen during the six-month period preceding the declaration of insolvency of the debtor company — Non-compliance)cjeu_case · 11 novembre 2021
26546Case C-388/20: Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 11 November 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof — Germany) — Bundesverband der Verbraucherzentralen und Verbraucherverbände — Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband eV v Dr. August Oetker Nahrungsmittel KG (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 — Provision of food information to consumers — Article 9(1)(l) — Nutrition declaration — Second subparagraph of Article 31(3) — Calculation of the energy value and of the amounts of nutrients — Possibility of providing that information for the food after preparation — Conditions — Second subparagraph of Article 33(2) — Expression on a per portion basis or per consumption unit)cjeu_case · 11 novembre 2021
26547Case C-340/20: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 11 November 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Cour de cassation — France) — Bank Sepah v Overseas Financial Limited, Oaktree Finance Limited (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Common foreign and security policy (CFSP) — Restrictive measures against the Islamic Republic of Iran — Regulation (EC) No 423/2007 — Freezing of funds of persons, entities or bodies recognised by the Council of the European Union as being engaged in nuclear proliferation — Concepts of ‘freezing of funds’ and ‘freezing of economic resources’ — Possibility of applying a protective measure in respect of frozen funds and economic resources — Claim pre-dating the freezing of assets and unrelated to Iran’s nuclear and ballistic programme)cjeu_case · 11 novembre 2021
26548Case C-315/20: Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 11 November 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato — Italy) — Regione Veneto v Plan Eco Srl (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Environment — Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 — Shipments of waste — Article 3(5) and Article 11(1)(i) — Directive 2008/98/EC — Waste management — Article 16 — Principles of self-sufficiency and proximity — Decision 2000/532/EC — European Waste Catalogue (EWC) — Mixed municipal waste subject to mechanical treatment which does not alter its nature)cjeu_case · 11 novembre 2021
26549Case C-281/20: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 11 November 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Supremo — Spain) — Ferimet SL v Administracíon General del Estado (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Taxation — Value added tax (VAT) — Directive 2006/112/EC — Article 168 — Right of deduction — Article 199 — Reverse charge procedure — Principle of fiscal neutrality — Material conditions governing the right to deduct — Supplier’s status as taxable person — Burden of proof — Fraud — Abusive practice — Invoice referring to a fictitious supplier)cjeu_case · 11 novembre 2021
26550Case C-214/20: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 11 November 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Labour Court, Ireland — Ireland) — MG v Dublin City Council (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Protection of the safety and health of workers — Organisation of working time — Directive 2003/88/EC — Article 2 — Concept of ‘working time’ — Retained firefighter — Stand-by time according to a stand-by system — Pursuit, during the period of stand-by time, of a self-employed professional activity — Constraints arising from the stand-by system)cjeu_case · 11 novembre 2021
26551Case C-168/20: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 11 November 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the High Court of Justice (England & Wales), Chancery Division (Business and Property Courts of England and Wales, Insolvency and Companies List) — United Kingdom) — BJ and OV, joint trustees in bankruptcy of Mr M, v Mrs M, MH, ILA, Mr M (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Freedom of movement of persons — Citizenship of the Union — Article 21 TFEU — Freedom of establishment — Article 49 TFEU — Equal treatment — Directive 2004/38/EC — Article 24(1) — Legislation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland making the exclusion, in principle in full and automatically, from the bankruptcy estate of pension rights accrued under a pension scheme dependent on prior registration of the pension scheme with the tax authorities — Application of that requirement in bankruptcy proceedings in respect of an EU citizen who has exercised his right to freedom of movement in order to pursue a self-employed occupation in the United Kingdom on a permanent basis — That EU citizen’s pension rights accrued under a pension scheme established and tax approved in his home Member State — Inability to avail of the protection of exclusion from the bankruptcy estate of those pension rights — Application to those pension rights of a system of exclusion from the bankruptcy estate significantly less advantageous to the bankrupt)cjeu_case · 11 novembre 2021
26552Case C-106/20 P: Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 11 November 2021 — Hellenic Republic v European Commission (Appeal — Common agricultural policy — EAGF and EAFRD — Expenditure excluded from EU financing — Expenditure incurred by the Hellenic Republic — Conformity clearance procedure — Plea raised for the first time during the oral proceedings at first instance — Regulation (EC) No 796/2004 — Article 2(2) — Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 — Article 4(1)(h) — Concept of ‘permanent pasture’ — Distortion of evidence — Delegated Regulation (EU) No 907/2014 — Article 12(4) — One-off correction — Conditions — Burden of proof)cjeu_case · 11 novembre 2021
26553Order of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) of 11 November 2021.#ZU v European External Action Service.#Action for annulment and for damages – Civil service – Officials – Commission staff serving in the EEAS – Request for reimbursement of mission expenses – Request for assistance – Rejection – Competence of the author of the act – Delegation of powers – Pre-litigation procedure – Designation of the defendant – Partial inadmissibility – Principle of sound financial management – Misuse of powers – Action in part manifestly lacking any foundation in law.#Case T-689/19.cjeu_case · 11 novembre 2021
26554Order of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) of 11 November 2021.#ZU v European External Action Service.#Action for annulment and for damages – Civil service – Officials – Commission staff serving in the EEAS – Request for reimbursement of mission expenses – Request for assistance – Rejection – Competence of the author of the act – Delegation of powers – Pre-litigation procedure – Designation of the defendant – Partial inadmissibility – Principle of sound financial management – Misuse of powers – Action in part manifestly lacking any foundation in law.#Case T-689/19.cjeu_case · 11 novembre 2021
26555Case T-689/19: Order of the General Court of 11 November 2021 — ZU v EEAS (Action for annulment and for damages — Civil service — Officials — Commission staff serving in the EEAS — Request for reimbursement of mission expenses — Request for assistance — Rejection — Competence of the author of the act — Delegation of powers — Pre-litigation procedure — Designation of the defendant — Partial inadmissibility — Principle of sound financial management — Misuse of powers — Action in part manifestly lacking any foundation in law)cjeu_case · 11 novembre 2021
26556Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 11 November 2021.#UAB „Manpower Lit“ v E.S. and Others.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Social policy – Temporary agency work – Directive 2008/104/EC – Article 1 – Scope – Concepts of ‘public undertaking’ and ‘being engaged in economic activities’ – European Union agencies – European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) as a ‘user undertaking’ within the meaning of Article 1(2) of that directive – Article 5(1) – Principle of equal treatment – Basic working and employment conditions – Concept of ‘the same job’ – Regulation (EC) No 1922/2006 – Article 335 TFEU – Principle of administrative autonomy of an EU institution – Article 336 TFEU – Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Union and Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Union.#Case C-948/19.cjeu_case · 11 novembre 2021
26557Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 11 November 2021.#UAB „Manpower Lit“ v E.S. and Others.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Lietuvos Aukščiausiasis Teismas.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Social policy – Temporary agency work – Directive 2008/104/EC – Article 1 – Scope – Concepts of ‘public undertaking’ and ‘being engaged in economic activities’ – European Union agencies – European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) as a ‘user undertaking’ within the meaning of Article 1(2) of that directive – Article 5(1) – Principle of equal treatment – Basic working and employment conditions – Concept of ‘the same job’ – Regulation (EC) No 1922/2006 – Article 335 TFEU – Principle of administrative autonomy of an EU institution – Article 336 TFEU – Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Union and Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Union.#Case C-948/19.cjeu_case · 11 novembre 2021
26558Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 11 November 2021.#Energieversorgungscenter Dresden-Wilschdorf GmbH & Co. KG v Bundesrepublik Deutschland.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Environment – Directive 2003/87/EC – Greenhouse gas emission allowance trading scheme – Article 2(1) – Scope – Article 3(e) – Concept of ‘installation’ – Effect on emissions and pollution – Ancillary units not generating as such greenhouse gas emissions – Article 10a – Transitional rules for free allocation of allowances – Data Collection Template – Corrected eligibility ratio – Method of calculation – Decision 2011/278/EU – Third subparagraph of Article 6(1) – Export of cooling to an entity that belongs to a sector exposed to a significant risk of carbon leakage.#Case C-938/19.cjeu_case · 11 novembre 2021
26559Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 11 November 2021.#Energieversorgungscenter Dresden-Wilschdorf GmbH & Co. KG v Bundesrepublik Deutschland.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Berlin.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Environment – Directive 2003/87/EC – Greenhouse gas emission allowance trading scheme – Article 2(1) – Scope – Article 3(e) – Concept of ‘installation’ – Effect on emissions and pollution – Ancillary units not generating as such greenhouse gas emissions – Article 10a – Transitional rules for free allocation of allowances – Data Collection Template – Corrected eligibility ratio – Method of calculation – Decision 2011/278/EU – Third subparagraph of Article 6(1) – Export of cooling to an entity that belongs to a sector exposed to a significant risk of carbon leakage.#Case C-938/19.cjeu_case · 11 novembre 2021
26560Arrêt de la Cour (deuxième chambre) du 11 novembre 2021.#Autostrada Wielkopolska S.A. contre Commission européenne et République de Pologne.#Pourvoi – Aides d’État – Concession d’une autoroute à péage – Loi prévoyant une exonération de péages pour certains véhicules – Compensation octroyée au concessionnaire par l’État membre au titre de la perte de recettes – Péage virtuel – Compensation considérée par la Commission européenne comme étant excessive et comme renfermant une aide – Décision de la Commission déclarant l’aide incompatible avec le marché intérieur et ordonnant sa récupération – Droits procéduraux du bénéficiaire de l’aide – Obligation pour la Commission d’exercer une vigilance particulière – Notion d’“aide d’État” – Avantage – Amélioration de la situation financière attendue du concessionnaire – Critère de l’opérateur privé en économie de marché – Dénaturation d’éléments de preuve – Défaut de motivation – Déformation de la décision litigieuse – Substitution de motifs – Renversement de la charge de la preuve – Violation du principe de primauté du droit de l’Union – Contrôle juridictionnel à effectuer par le Tribunal – Obligations et limites.#Affaire C-933/19 P.cjeu_case · 11 novembre 2021