33721Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 16 July 2020.#Pfeifer & Langen GmbH & Co. KG v Hauptzollamt Köln.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Finanzgericht Düsseldorf.#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Customs Code — Customs declarations — Article 78 of that code — Revision of the customs declaration — Name of the declarant — Amendment of information relating to the identity of the declarant seeking to show that there is a relationship of indirect representation — Indirect representation of the person who has obtained an import licence.#Case C-97/19.cjeu_case · July 16, 2020
33722Arrêt de la Cour (première chambre) du 16 juillet 2020.#Procédure engagée par E. E.#Renvoi préjudiciel – Coopération judiciaire en matière civile – Règlement (UE) no 650/2012 – Champ d’application – Notion de “succession ayant une incidence transfrontière” – Notion de “résidence habituelle du défunt” – Article 3, paragraphe 2 – Notion de “juridiction” – Soumission des notaires aux règles de compétence judiciaire – Article 3, paragraphe 1, sous g) et i) – Notions de “décision” et d’“acte authentique” – Articles 5, 7 et 22 – Accord d’élection de for et de choix de la loi applicable à la succession – Article 83, paragraphes 2 et 4 – Dispositions transitoires.#Affaire C-80/19.cjeu_case · July 16, 2020
33723Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 16 July 2020.#Proceedings brought by E. E.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Lietuvos Aukščiausiasis Teismas.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Judicial cooperation in civil matters – Regulation (EU) No 650/2012 – Scope – Definition of ‘succession with cross-border implications’ – Definition of ‘habitual residence of the deceased’ – Article 3(2) – Definition of ‘court’ – Whether notaries are subject to the rules of international jurisdiction – Article 3(1)(g) and (i) – Definitions of ‘decision’ and ‘authentic instrument’ – Articles 5, 7 and 22 – Agreement on the choice of court and the law applicable to the succession – Article 83(2) and (4) – Transitional provisions.#Case C-80/19.cjeu_case · July 16, 2020
33724Arrêt de la Cour (première chambre) du 16 juillet 2020.#Belgische Staat et Directeur-Generaal van de Algemene Directie Controle en Bemiddeling van de FOD Economie, K.M.O., Middenstand en Energie contre Movic BV e.a.#Renvoi préjudiciel – Coopération judiciaire en matière civile – Règlement (UE) no 1215/2012 – Article 1er, paragraphe 1 – Champ d’application – Notion de “matière civile et commerciale” – Action en cessation de pratiques commerciales déloyales introduite par une autorité publique en vue de la protection des intérêts des consommateurs.#Affaire C-73/19.cjeu_case · July 16, 2020
33725Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 16 July 2020.#Belgische Staat and Directeur-Generaal van de Algemene Directie Controle en Bemiddeling van de FOD Economie, K.M.O., Middenstand en Energie v Movic BV and Others.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Hof van beroep te Antwerpen.#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Judicial cooperation in civil matters — Regulation (EU) No 1215/2012 — Article 1(1) — Scope — Concept of ‘civil and commercial matters’ — Action for the cessation of unfair commercial practices brought by a public authority to protect the interests of consumers.#Case C-73/19.cjeu_case · July 16, 2020
33726Opinion of Advocate General Campos Sánchez-Bordona delivered on 16 July 2020.#BAKATI PLUS Kereskedelmi és Szolgáltató Kft. v Nemzeti Adó- és Vámhivatal Fellebbviteli Igazgatósága.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Szegedi Közigazgatási és Munkaügyi Bírósá.#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.#Case C-656/19.cjeu_case · July 16, 2020
33727Opinion of Advocate General Hogan delivered on 16 July 2020.#Land Baden-Württemberg v D.R.#Request for a preliminary ruling from Bundesverwaltungsgericht.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Environment – Aarhus Convention – Directive 2003/4/EC – Public access to environmental information – ‘Stuttgart 21’ infrastructure project – Refusal of a request for environmental information – Article 4(1) – Grounds for refusal – Term ‘internal communications’ – Scope – Limitation in time of the protection of such communications.#Case C-619/19.cjeu_case · July 16, 2020
33728Opinion of Advocate General Campos Sánchez-Bordona delivered on 16 July 2020.#Criminal proceedings against A and Others.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landesgericht für Strafsachen Wien.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Judicial cooperation in criminal matters – European investigation order – Directive 2014/41/EU – Article 1(1) – Article 2(c)(i) and (ii) – Concepts of ‘judicial authority’ and ‘issuing authority’ – European investigation order issued by the public prosecutor’s office of a Member State – Independence from the executive.#Case C-584/19.cjeu_case · July 16, 2020
33729Opinion of Advocate General Hogan delivered on 16 July 2020.#„Bulstrad Vienna Insurance Group“ АD v Olympic Insurance Company Ltd.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Sofiyski rayonen sad.#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.#Case C-427/19.cjeu_case · July 16, 2020
33730Opinion of Advocate General Pitruzzella delivered on 16 July 2020.#Belgische Vereniging van Auteurs, Componisten en Uitgevers CVBA (SABAM) v Weareone.World BVBA and Wecandance NV.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Ondernemingsrechtbank Antwerpen.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Competition – Article 102 TFEU – Abuse of a dominant position – Concept of ‘unfair prices’ – Collective copyright-management company – De facto monopoly – Dominant position – Abuse – Performance of musical works at music festivals – Charging scheme based on gross receipts from ticket sales – Reasonableness in relation to the collective management company’s service – Determination of the share of the collective management company’s music repertoire actually performed.#Case C-372/19.cjeu_case · July 16, 2020
33731Opinion of Advocate General Bobek delivered on 16 July 2020.#Région de Bruxelles-Capitale v European Commission.#Appeal – Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 – Placing of plant protection products on the market – Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2324 – Renewal of the approval of the active substance glyphosate – Article 263 TFEU – Standing to bring proceedings of a regional body – Whether directly concerned.#Case C-352/19 P.cjeu_case · July 16, 2020
33732Opinion of Advocate General Richard de la Tour delivered on 16 July 2020.#A v Migrationsverket.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Förvaltningsrätten i Malmö – Migrationsdomstolen.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Area of freedom, security and justice – Border controls, asylum and immigration – Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement – Consultation of the Schengen Information System (SIS) in the examination of an application for a residence permit made by a third-country national for whom an alert has been issued in the SIS for the purposes of refusing entry – Article 25(1) – Schengen Borders Code – Entry conditions for third-country nationals – Article 6(1) and (5) – Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Article 7 and Article 24(2) – Refusal to renew a residence permit for the purposes of family reunification on the ground that the applicant’s identity cannot be established with certainty.#Case C-193/19.cjeu_case · July 16, 2020
33733Opinion of Advocate General Kokott delivered on 16 July 2020.#Comune di Milano v European Commission.#Appeal – State aid – Air transport sector – Ground handling services at Milan-Linate and Milan-Malpensa airports (Italy) – Injections of capital by the company managing those airports into its wholly owned subsidiary providing those services – Public ownership of the managing company – Decision declaring those State aid measures unlawful and incompatible with the internal market – Article 107(1) TFEU – Concepts of ‘State resources’, ‘measure imputable to the State’ and ‘economic advantage’ – Private operator principle – Private investor test – Burden of proof – Complex economic assessments – Intensity of judicial review – Distortion of evidence.#Case C-160/19 P.cjeu_case · July 16, 2020
33734Opinion of Advocate General Tanchev delivered on 16 July 2020.#Atresmedia Corporación de Medios de Comunicación S.A. v Asociación de Gestión de Derechos Intelectuales (AGEDI) and Artistas e Intérpretes o Ejecutantes, Sociedad de Gestión de España (AIE).#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Supremo.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Intellectual property – Rights related to copyright – Directive 92/100/EEC – Article 8(2) – Directive 2006/115/EC – Article 8(2) – Communication to the public of an audiovisual work incorporating a phonogram or a reproduction of a phonogram – Single equitable remuneration.#Case C-147/19.cjeu_case · July 16, 2020
33735Opinion of Advocate General Richard de la Tour delivered on 16 July 2020.#European Commission v Italian Republic.#Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Article 258 TFEU – Directive 2003/96/EC – Taxation of energy products and electricity – Articles 4 and 19 – Regional law adopted by the autonomous region of a Member State – Contribution towards the purchase of petrol and diesel subject to excise duties – Article 6(c) – Exemption from or reduction of excise duty – Concept of ‘refunding all or part of’ the amount of taxation – No evidence of a link between that contribution and excise duties.#Case C-63/19.cjeu_case · July 16, 2020
33736Joined Cases C-632/19 and C-633/19: Order of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 16 July 2020 (requests for a preliminary ruling from the Rechtbank van eerste aanleg te Antwerpen — Belgium) — Federale Overheidsdienst Financiën, Openbaar Ministerie v Metalen Galler NV (C–632/19 and C–633/19), LW–Idee GmbH (C–632/19 and C–633/19), KGH Belgium NV (C–632/19), Vollers Belgium NV (C–633/19) (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Articles 53(2) and 94 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice — Dumping — Importation of certain iron or steel fasteners originating in China — Regulation (EC) No 91/2009 — Validity and interpretation — Lack of sufficient details concerning the factual background of the main proceedings and the reasons justifying the need to answer the questions referred for a preliminary ruling — Manifest inadmissibility)cjeu_case · July 16, 2020
33737Case C-549/19: Order of the President of the Court of 16 July 2020 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Castilla-La Mancha — Spain) — DX v Subdelegación del Gobierno en Toledocjeu_case · July 16, 2020
33738Case C-686/19: Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 16 July 2020 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Augstākā tiesa (Senāts) — Latvia) — SIA ‘Soho Group’ v Patērētāju tiesību aizsardzības centrs (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Consumer protection — Credit agreements for consumers — Directive 2008/48/EC — Concept of ‘total cost of the credit to the consumer’ — Costs for extending the credit)cjeu_case · July 16, 2020
33739Case C-496/19: Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 16 July 2020 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Commissione tributaria regionale della Campania — Italy) — Antonio Capaldo SpA v Agenzia delle dogane e dei monopoli — Ufficio delle dogane di Salerno (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Customs Union — Community Customs Code — Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 — Examination of goods — Application for revision of a customs declaration — Post-clearance examination)cjeu_case · July 16, 2020
33740Case C-424/19: Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 16 July 2020 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Curtea de Apel București — Romania) — Cabinet de avocat UR v Administraţia Sector 3 a Finanţelor Publice prin Direcţia Generală Regională a Finanţelor Publice Bucureşti, Administraţia Sector 3 a Finanţelor Publice, MJ, NK (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Directive 2006/112/EC — Value added tax (VAT) — Article 9(1) — Concept of ‘taxable person’ — Person practising the profession of lawyer — Final judicial decision — Principle of res judicata — Scope of that principle if that decision is incompatible with EU law)cjeu_case · July 16, 2020