32261Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 12 November 2020.#Sonaecom SGPS SA v Autoridade Tributária e Aduaneira.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Supremo Tribunal Administrativo.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Value added tax (VAT) – Sixth Directive 77/388/EEC – Article 4 – Concept of ‘taxable person’ – Mixed holding company – Article 17 – Right to deduct input VAT – Input VAT paid by a mixed holding company in respect of consultancy services relating to a market study with a view to the possible acquisition of shareholdings in other companies – Abandonment of proposed acquisition – Input VAT paid on a bank commission for organising and putting together a bond loan, intended to provide subsidiaries with the necessary means to make investments – Investments not made.#Case C-42/19.cjeu_case · 12 novembre 2020
32262Opinion of Advocate General Hogan delivered on 12 November 2020.#TKF v Department of Justice for Northern Ireland.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Judicial cooperation in civil matters – Recognition and enforcement of decisions in matters relating to maintenance obligations – Regulation (EC) No 4/2009 – Temporal scope – Article 75 – Decisions given by a court of a Member State prior to accession to the European Union.#Case C-729/19.cjeu_case · 12 novembre 2020
32263Opinion of Advocate General Richard de la Tour delivered on 12 November 2020.#J.K. v Dyrektor Izby Administracji Skarbowej w Katowicach.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Naczelny Sąd Administracyjny.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Taxation – Common system of value added tax (VAT) – Directive 2006/112/EC – Article 98(2) – Option for Member States to apply one or two reduced VAT rates to certain supplies of goods and services – Classification of a commercial activity as ‘provision of services’ – Annex III, point 12a – Implementing regulation (EU) No 282/2011 – Article 6 – Concept of ‘restaurant and catering services’ – Meals ready for immediate consumption on the vendor’s premises or in a catering area – Meals ready for immediate consumption to be taken away.#Case C-703/19.cjeu_case · 12 novembre 2020
32264Opinion of Advocate General Saugmandsgaard Øe delivered on 12 November 2020.#Eutelsat SA v Autorité de régulation des communications électroniques et des postes (ARCEP) and Inmarsat Ventures SE.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d'État (France).#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Approximation of laws – Telecommunications sector – Harmonised use of radio spectrum in the 2 GHz frequency bands for bringing into operation systems providing mobile satellite services – Decision No 626/2008/EC – Article 2(2)(a) and (b) – Article 4(1)(c)(ii) – Article 7(1) and (2) – Article 8(1) and (3) – Mobile satellite systems – Concept of ‘mobile earth station’ – Concept of ‘complementary ground components’ – Concept of ‘required quality’ – Respective role of satellite and ground components – Requirement for a selected operator of mobile satellite systems to provide service for a certain percentage of the population and territory – Non-compliance – Effect.#Case C-515/19.cjeu_case · 12 novembre 2020
32265Opinion of Advocate General Hogan delivered on 12 November 2020.#European Commission v Hungary.#Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Common organisation of the markets in agricultural products – Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 – Article 34 TFEU – Selling prices of agri-food products – Minimal profit margins to be applied in the retail trade of those products.#Case C-400/19.cjeu_case · 12 novembre 2020
32266Case C-842/19: Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 12 November 2020 — European Commission v Kingdom of Belgium (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Judgment of the Court establishing a failure to fulfil obligations — Non-compliance — Free movement of capital — Article 63 TFEU — Incompatibility of Belgian tax provisions concerning income from immovable property located abroad — Article 260(2) TFEU — Application for an order to pay a penalty payment and a lump sum)cjeu_case · 12 novembre 2020
32267Case C-796/19: Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 12 November 2020 — European Commission v Republic of Austria (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Directive 2007/59/EC — Certification of train drivers — Article 3(a) — Competent national authority — Directive 2004/49/EC — Article 16(1) — Safety authority — Designation of several authorities)cjeu_case · 12 novembre 2020
32268Case C-734/19: Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 12 November 2020 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunalul Bucureşti — Romania) — ITH Comercial Timişoara SRL v Agenţia Naţională de Administrare Fiscală — Direcţia Generală Regională a Finanţelor Publice Bucureşti, Agenţia Naţională de Administrare Fiscală — Direcţia Generală Regională a Finanţelor Publice Bucureşti — Administraţia Sector 1 a Finanţelor Publice (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Common system of value added tax (VAT) — Directive 2006/112/EC — Deduction of input tax — Abandonment of the activity initially planned — Adjustment of the deduction of input VAT — Real estate activity)cjeu_case · 12 novembre 2020
32269Case C-676/19 P: Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 12 November 2020 — Bruno Gollnisch v European Parliament, Council of the European Union (Appeal — Law governing the institutions — European Parliament — Rules governing the payment of expenses and allowances to Members of the European Parliament — Parliamentary assistance allowance — Recovery of sums unduly paid — Effects of a judgment of the Court)cjeu_case · 12 novembre 2020
32270Case C-446/19 P: Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 12 November 2020 — Stephan Fleig v European External Action Service (Appeal — Civil Service — Contract staff — European External Action Service (EEAS) — Article 47(c)(i) of the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Union — Termination of a contract of indefinite duration — Occupational disease — Breakdown in the relationship of trust — Right to a fair hearing — Second paragraph of Article 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Duty of care — Articles 30 and 41 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights — Distortion of the facts — Scope of judicial review)cjeu_case · 12 novembre 2020
32271Case C-427/19: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 12 November 2020 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Sofiyski rayonen sad — Bulgaria) — Bulstrad Vienna Insurance Group АD v Olympic Insurance Company Ltd (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Directive 2009/138/EC — Article 274 — Law applicable to winding-up proceedings with regard to insurance undertakings — Withdrawal of the authorisation of an insurance company — Appointment of a provisional liquidator — Concept of ‘decision to open winding-up proceedings with regard to an insurance undertaking’ — Absence of a court decision to open winding-up proceedings in the home Member State — Stay of court proceedings with regard to the insurance undertaking concerned in Member States other than its home Member State)cjeu_case · 12 novembre 2020
32272Case C-382/19 P: Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 12 November 2020 –Ralph Pethke v European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) (Appeal — Civil Service — Official — Internal reorganisation of the services of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) — Redeployment — Article 7 of the Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Union — Covert penalty — Interests of the service — Equivalence of posts — Obligation to state reasons — Distortion of the facts — Psychological harassment — Article 12a of the Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Union)cjeu_case · 12 novembre 2020
32273Case C-42/19: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 12 November 2020 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Supremo Tribunal Administrativo — Portugal) — Sonaecom SGPS SA v Autoridade Tributária e Aduaneira (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Value added tax (VAT) — Sixth Directive 77/388/EEC — Article 4 — Concept of ‘taxable person’ — Mixed holding company — Article 17 — Right to deduct input VAT — Input VAT paid by a mixed holding company in respect of consultancy services relating to a market study with a view to the possible acquisition of shareholdings in other companies — Abandonment of proposed acquisition — Input VAT paid on a bank commission for organising and putting together a bond loan, intended to provide subsidiaries with the necessary means to make investments — Investments not made)cjeu_case · 12 novembre 2020
32274Order of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 12 November 2020.#Jean-François Jalkh v European Parliament.#Appeal – Article 181 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice – Institutional law – Protocol on the Privileges and Immunities of the European Union – Articles 8 and 9 – Scope – Decision to waive parliamentary immunity – Conditions.#Joined Cases C-792/18 P and C-793/18 P.cjeu_case · 12 novembre 2020
32275Order of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 12 November 2020.#Jean-François Jalkh v European Parliament.#Appeal – Article 181 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice – Institutional law – Protocol on the Privileges and Immunities of the European Union – Articles 8 and 9 – Scope – Decision to waive parliamentary immunity – Conditions.#Joined Cases C-792/18 P and C-793/18 P.cjeu_case · 12 novembre 2020
32276Joined Cases C-792/18 P and C-793/18 P: Order of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 12 November 2020 — Jean-François Jalkh v European Parliament (Appeal — Article 181 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice — Law governing the institutions — Protocol on the privileges and immunities of the European Union — Articles 8 and 9 — Scope — Decision to lift parliamentary immunity — Conditions)cjeu_case · 12 novembre 2020
32277Case T-680/20: Action brought on 11 November 2020 — Novelis v Commissioncjeu_case · 11 novembre 2020
32278Case T-673/20: Action brought on 11 November 2020 — Celler Lagravera v EUIPO — Cyclic Beer Farm (Cíclic)cjeu_case · 11 novembre 2020
32279Judgment of the General Court (Fifth Chamber) of 11 November 2020.#Deutsche Post AG v European Union Intellectual Property Office.#EU trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for registration of an EU figurative mark representing a stylised horn – Earlier EU figurative mark representing a post horn on a yellow background – Relative ground for refusal – No likelihood of confusion – Similarity of the signs – Lack of distinctive character of the earlier mark – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001).#Case T-25/20.cjeu_case · 11 novembre 2020
32280Judgment of the General Court (Fifth Chamber) of 11 November 2020.#Deutsche Post AG v European Union Intellectual Property Office.#EU trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for registration of an EU figurative mark representing a stylised horn – Earlier EU figurative mark representing a post horn on a yellow background – Relative ground for refusal – No likelihood of confusion – Similarity of the signs – Lack of distinctive character of the earlier mark – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001).#Case T-25/20.cjeu_case · 11 novembre 2020