31601Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 17 December 2020.#European Commission v Republic of Slovenia.#Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Article 343 TFEU – Privileges and immunities of the European Union – Statute of the European System of Central Banks (ESCB) and of the European Central Bank (ECB) – Article 39 – Privileges and immunities of the ECB – Protocol on the privileges and immunities of the European Union – Articles 2, 18 and 22 – Principle of the inviolability of the archives of the ECB – Seizure of documents at the premises of the Central Bank of Slovenia – Documents connected to the performance of the tasks of the ESCB and of the Eurosystem – Article 4(3) TEU – Principle of sincere cooperation.#Case C-316/19.cjeu_case · 17 декабря 2020 г.
31602Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 17 December 2020.#European Commission v Republic of Slovenia.#Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Article 343 TFEU – Privileges and immunities of the European Union – Statute of the European System of Central Banks (ESCB) and of the European Central Bank (ECB) – Article 39 – Privileges and immunities of the ECB – Protocol on the privileges and immunities of the European Union – Articles 2, 18 and 22 – Principle of the inviolability of the archives of the ECB – Seizure of documents at the premises of the Central Bank of Slovenia – Documents connected to the performance of the tasks of the ESCB and of the Eurosystem – Article 4(3) TEU – Principle of sincere cooperation.#Case C-316/19.cjeu_case · 17 декабря 2020 г.
31603Arrêt de la Cour (première chambre) du 17 décembre 2020.#Adina Onofrei contre Conseil de l’ordre des avocats au barreau de Paris e.a.#Renvoi préjudiciel – Libre circulation des personnes – Liberté d’établissement – Accès à la profession d’avocat – Dispense de formation et de diplôme – Octroi de la dispense – Conditions – Réglementation nationale prévoyant la dispense en faveur des fonctionnaires et anciens fonctionnaires de catégorie A ou assimilés ayant une pratique professionnelle du droit national, sur le territoire national, dans la fonction publique nationale de l’État membre concerné ou dans une organisation internationale.#Affaire C-218/19.cjeu_case · 17 декабря 2020 г.
31604Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 17 December 2020.#Adina Onofrei v Conseil de l’ordre des avocats au barreau de Paris and Others.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Cour de cassation.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Free movement of persons – Freedom of establishment – Access to the profession of lawyer – Exemption from training and diploma requirements – Grant of the exemption – Conditions – National legislation providing for an exemption for category A civil servants and former category A civil servants or for persons treated as such with experience in the professional practice of national law, on national territory, in the national civil service of the Member State concerned or in an international organisation.#Case C-218/19.cjeu_case · 17 декабря 2020 г.
31605Arrêt de la Cour (sixième chambre) du 17 décembre 2020.#WQ contre Land Berlin.#Renvoi préjudiciel – Politique agricole commune – Règlement (UE) no 1307/2013 – Règles relatives aux paiements directs en faveur des agriculteurs au titre des régimes de soutien – Régime de paiement de base – Article 24, paragraphe 2, première phrase – Notion d’“hectare admissible à la disposition de l’agriculteur” – Exploitation illicite de la surface concernée par un tiers – Article 32, paragraphe 2, sous b), ii) – Demande d’activation de droits au paiement pour une surface boisée – Notion de “surface qui a donné droit à des paiements en 2008” – Régime de paiement unique ou régime de paiement unique à la surface.#Affaire C-216/19.cjeu_case · 17 декабря 2020 г.
31606Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 17 December 2020.#WQ v Land Berlin.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Berlin.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Common agricultural policy – Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 – Rules for direct payments to farmers under support schemes – Basic payment scheme – First sentence of Article 24(2) – Concept of ‘eligible hectare at the farmer’s disposal’ – Unlawful use of the area concerned by a third party – Article 32(2)(b)(ii) – Application for activation of payment entitlements for an afforested area – Concept of ‘area which gave a right to payments in 2008’ – Single payment scheme or single area payment scheme.#Case C-216/19.cjeu_case · 17 декабря 2020 г.
31607Opinion of Advocate General Hogan delivered on 17 December 2020.#Repubblika v Il-Prim Ministru.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Qorti Ċivili Prim’Awla - Ġurisdizzjoni Kostituzzjonali.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Article 2 TEU – Values of the European Union – Rule of law – Article 49 TEU – Accession to the European Union – No reduction in the level of protection of the values of the European Union – Effective judicial protection – Article 19 TEU – Article 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Scope – Independence of the members of the judiciary of a Member State – Appointments procedure – Power of the Prime Minister – Involvement of a judicial appointments committee.#Case C-896/19.cjeu_case · 17 декабря 2020 г.
31608Opinion of Advocate General Campos Sánchez-Bordona delivered on 17 December 2020.#Vereniging van Effectenbezitters v BP plc.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Hoge Raad der Nederlanden.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Jurisdiction and the enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters – Regulation (EU) No 1215/2012 – Article 7(2) – Jurisdiction in tort, delict or quasi-delict – Place where the harmful event occurred – Damage consisting in purely financial loss.#Case C-709/19.cjeu_case · 17 декабря 2020 г.
31609Opinion of Advocate General Szpunar delivered on 17 December 2020.#Mircom International Content Management & Consulting (M.I.C.M.) Limited v Telenet BVBA.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Ondernemingsrechtbank Antwerpen.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Intellectual property – Copyright and related rights – Directive 2001/29/EC – Article 3(1) and (2) – Concept of ‘making available to the public’ – Downloading of a file containing a protected work via a peer-to-peer network and the simultaneous provision for uploading pieces of that file – Directive 2004/48/EC – Article 3(2) – Misuse of measures, procedures and remedies – Article 4 – Persons entitled to apply for the application of measures, procedures and remedies – Article 8 – Right of information – Article 13 – Concept of ‘prejudice’ – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Point (f) of the first subparagraph of Article 6(1) – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Lawfulness of processing – Directive 2002/58/EC – Article 15(1) – Legislative measures to restrict the scope of the rights and obligations – Fundamental rights – Articles 7 and 8, Article 17(2) and the first paragraph of Article 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European.#Case C-597/19.cjeu_case · 17 декабря 2020 г.
31610Opinion of Advocate General Szpunar delivered on 17 December 2020.#Proceedings brought by B.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Satversmes tiesa.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Articles 5, 6 and 10 – National legislation providing for public access to personal data relating to penalty points imposed for road traffic offences – Lawfulness – Concept of ‘personal data relating to criminal convictions and offences’ – Disclosure for the purpose of improving road safety – Right of public access to official documents – Freedom of information – Reconciliation with the fundamental rights to respect for private life and to the protection of personal data – Re-use of data – Article 267 TFEU – Temporal effect of a preliminary ruling – Ability of a constitutional court of a Member State to maintain the legal effects of national legislation incompatible with EU law – Principles of primacy of EU law and of legal certainty.#Case C-439/19.cjeu_case · 17 декабря 2020 г.
31611Opinion of Advocate General Tanchev delivered on 17 December 2020.#The Software Incubator Ltd v Computer Associates (UK) Ltd.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Self-employed commercial agents – Directive 86/653/EC – Article 1(2) – Definition of ‘commercial agent’ – Supply of computer software to customers by electronic means – Grant of a perpetual licence for use – Concepts of ‘sale’ and ‘goods’.#Case C-410/19.cjeu_case · 17 декабря 2020 г.
31612Opinion of Advocate General Hogan delivered on 17 December 2020.#European Court of Auditors v Karel Pinxten.#Article 286(6) TFEU – Breach of obligations arising from the office of Member of the European Court of Auditors – Deprivation of the right to a pension – Right to effective judicial protection – Regularity of the investigation by the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) – Internal procedure at the Court of Auditors – Activity incompatible with the duties of a Member of the Court of Auditors – Mission expenses and daily allowances – Representation and hospitality expenses – Use of official car – Use of a driver – Conflict of interest – Proportionality of the penalty.#Case C-130/19.cjeu_case · 17 декабря 2020 г.
31613Opinion of Advocate General Tanchev delivered on 17 December 2020.#Azienda Sanitaria Provinciale di Catania v Assessorato della Salute della Regione Siciliana.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Corte suprema di cassazione.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – State aid – Agriculture sector – Slaughtering of animals affected by infectious diseases – Compensation for farmers – Notification and standstill requirements – Article 108(3) TFEU – Concepts of ‘existing aid’ and ‘new aid’ – Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 – Exemptions by categories of aid – Regulation (EU) No 702/2014 – De minimis aid – Regulation (EU) No 1408/2013.#Case C-128/19.cjeu_case · 17 декабря 2020 г.
31614Case C-849/19: Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 17 December 2020 — European Commission v Hellenic Republic (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Environment — Directive 92/43/EEC — Conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora — Special areas of conservation — Article 4(4) — Obligation to establish conservation objectives — Article 6(1) — Obligation to take conservation measures — Decision 2006/613/EC — Mediterranean biogeographical region)cjeu_case · 17 декабря 2020 г.
31615Case C-801/19: Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 17 December 2020 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Upravni sud u Zagrebu — Croatia) — FRANCK d.d. Zagreb v Ministarstvo financija Republike Hrvatske Samostalni sektor za drugostupanjski upravni postupak (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Value added tax (VAT) — Directive 2006/112/EC — Exemptions — Article 135(1)(b) and (d) — Definitions of ‘granting of credit’ and ‘other negotiable instruments’ — Complex transactions — Principal supply — Provision of funds in return for payment — Transfer of a bill of exchange to a factoring company and the money obtained to the issuer of the bill of exchange)cjeu_case · 17 декабря 2020 г.
31616Case C-710/19: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 17 December 2020 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d’État — Belgium) — G.M.A. v État belge (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Freedom of movement for persons — Article 45 TFEU — Citizenship of the Union — Directive 2004/38/EC — Right of residence for more than three months — Article 14(4)(b) — Jobseekers — Reasonable period of time to acquaint themselves with potentially suitable employment opportunities and take the necessary steps to obtain employment — Requirements imposed by the host Member State on the jobseeker during that period — Conditions governing the right of residence — Obligation to continue seeking employment and to have a genuine chance of being engaged)cjeu_case · 17 декабря 2020 г.
31617Case C-667/19: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 17 December 2020 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Sąd Okręgowy w Warszawie — Poland) — A.M. v E.M. (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Approximation of laws — Cosmetic products — Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 — Article 19 — Consumer information — Labelling — Information which must appear on the container and packaging of the products — Labelling in a foreign language — ‘Function of the cosmetic product’ — Meaning — Packaging of cosmetic products containing a reference to a detailed product catalogue drafted in the consumer’s language)cjeu_case · 17 декабря 2020 г.
31618Case C-656/19: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 17 December 2020 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Szegedi Törvényszék — Hungary) — BAKATI PLUS Kereskedelmi és Szolgáltató Kft. v Nemzeti Adó- és Vámhivatal Fellebbviteli Igazgatósága (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Common system of value added tax (VAT) — Directive 2006/112/EC — Exemptions on exportation — Article 146(1)(b) — Goods dispatched or transported outside the European Union by a customer not established within the territory of the Member State concerned — Article 147 — ‘Goods to be carried in the personal luggage of travellers’ not established within the European Union — Concept — Goods which have actually left the territory of the European Union — Proof — Refusal of the exemption on exportation — Principles of fiscal neutrality and proportionality — Tax evasion)cjeu_case · 17 декабря 2020 г.
31619Case C-607/19: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 17 December 2020 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof — Germany) — Husqvarna AB v Lidl Digital International GmbH & Co. KG, formerly Lidl E-Commerce International GmbH & Co. KG (Reference for a preliminary ruling — EU trade marks — Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Article 51(1)(a) — Article 55(1) — Revocation of rights in an EU mark — EU mark which has not been put to genuine use within a continuous period of five years — Expiry of the period of five years — Date of assessment)cjeu_case · 17 декабря 2020 г.
31620Case C-601/19 P: Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 17 December 2020 — BP v European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) (Appeal — Civil service — Members of the contract staff — European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) — Fixed-term contract — Decision not to renew — New decision adopted following an annulment by the General Court — Irregularities allegedly committed during the implementation of the General Court judgment)cjeu_case · 17 декабря 2020 г.