34361Opinion of Advocate General Tanchev delivered on 11 June 2020.#Istituto nazionale della previdenza sociale v VR.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Corte suprema di cassazione.#Request for a preliminary ruling – Directive 2003/109/EC – Status of third-country nationals who are long-term residents – Article 11 – Right to equal treatment – Social security – Legislation of a Member State excluding, for the determination of rights to a family benefit, the family members of a long-term resident who do not reside in the territory of that Member State.#Case C-303/19.cjeu_case · June 11, 2020
34362Opinion of Advocate General Tanchev delivered on 11 June 2020.#Istituto nazionale della previdenza sociale v WS.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Corte suprema di cassazione.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Directive 2011/98/EU – Rights for third country workers who hold single permits – Article 12 – Right to equal treatment – Social security – Legislation of a Member State excluding, for the purposes of determining entitlement to a family benefit, the family members of the holder of a single permit who do not reside in the territory of that Member State.#Case C-302/19.cjeu_case · June 11, 2020
34363Opinion of Advocate General Bobek delivered on 11 June 2020.#UQ v Marclean Technologies, SLU.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Juzgado de lo Social de Barcelona.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Social policy – Collective redundancies – Directive 98/59/EC – Article 1(1), first subparagraph, (a) – Concept of ‘collective redundancies’ – Methods of calculating the number of redundancies – Reference period to take into account.#Case C-300/19.cjeu_case · June 11, 2020
34364Case C-472/19: Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 11 June 2020 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d’État — France) — Vert Marine SAS v Premier ministre, Ministre de l’Économie et des Finances (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Concession contract award procedure — Directive 2014/23/EU — Article 38(9) — System of compliance measures to demonstrate the reliability of an economic operator affected by a ground for exclusion — National legislation prohibiting economic operators which are the subject of a ground for compulsory exclusion from participating, for a period of 5 years, in a concession contract award procedure — Impossible for such operators to demonstrate that compliance measures have been taken)cjeu_case · June 11, 2020
34365Case C-448/19: Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 11 June 2020 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Castilla-La Mancha — Spain) — WT v Subdelegación del Gobierno en Guadalajara (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Status of third-country nationals who are long-term residents — Directive 2003/109/EC — Article 12 — Adoption of a decision to expel a long-term resident — Elements to be taken into consideration — National case-law — Failure to take those elements into consideration — Compatibility — Directive 2001/40/EC — Mutual recognition of decisions on the expulsion of third-country nationals — Relevance)cjeu_case · June 11, 2020
34366Case C-378/19: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 11 June 2020 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Ústavný súd Slovenskej republiky — Slovak Republic) — proceedings brought by Prezident Slovenskej republiky (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Internal market in electricity — Directive 2009/72/EC — Article 35(4) and (5) — Independence of regulatory authorities — National legislation transferring the power to appoint the president of the national regulatory authority from the Head of State to the government — national ministries participating in price-setting procedures)cjeu_case · June 11, 2020
34367Case C-242/19: Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 11 June 2020 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunalul Bucureşti — Romania) — CHEP Equipment Pooling NV v Agenţia Naţională de Administrare Fiscală — Direcţia Generală Regională a Finanţelor Publice Bucureşti — Serviciul Soluţionare Contestaţii, Agenţia Naţională de Administrare Fiscală — Direcţia Generală Regională a Finanţelor Publice Bucureşti — Administraţia Fiscală pentru Contribuabili Nerezidenţi (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Value added tax (VAT) — Directive 2006/112/EC — Article 17(2)(g) — Transfer of movable property within the European Union with a view to the supply of services — Articles 170 and 171 — Right to VAT refund of taxable persons not established in the Member State of refund — Directive 2008/9/EC — Concept of ‘taxable person not established in the Member State of refund’ — Taxable person not identified for VAT purposes in the Member State of refund)cjeu_case · June 11, 2020
34368Case C-219/19: Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 11 June 2020 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale amministrativo regionale per il Lazio — Italy) — Parsec Fondazione Parco delle Scienze e della Cultura v Ministero delle Infrastrutture e dei Trasporti, Autorità nazionale anticorruzione (ANAC) (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Public works contracts, public supply contracts and public service contracts — Directive 2014/24/EU — Procurement procedure for the award of a service contract — Architectural and engineering services — Article 19(1) and Article 80(2) — National legislation limiting participation solely to economic operators in certain legal forms)cjeu_case · June 11, 2020
34369Case C-206/19: Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 11 June 2020 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Administratīvā rajona tiesa — Latvia) — ‘KOB’ SIA v Madonas novada pašvaldības Administratīvo aktu strīdu komisija (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Articles 49 and 63 TFEU — Freedom of establishment and the free movement of capital — Directive 2006/123/EC — Acquisition of agricultural land in Latvia for the purpose of use — System of prior authorisation for legal persons — Specific conditions applying only to legal persons controlled or represented by nationals of another Member State — Requirements for residence and knowledge of the official language of the Republic of Latvia — Direct discrimination on grounds of nationality)cjeu_case · June 11, 2020
34370Case C-146/19: Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 11 June 2020 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Vrhovno sodišče Republike Slovenije — Slovenia) — SCT d.d., in liquidation v Republic of Slovenia (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Taxation — Value added tax (VAT) — Directive 2006/112/EC — Articles 90 and 273 — Taxable amount — Reduction — Refusal — Non-payment — Taxable person who did not lodge a claim in insolvency proceedings commenced against the debtor — Principles of fiscal neutrality and proportionality — Direct effect)cjeu_case · June 11, 2020
34371Case C-115/19 P: Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 11 June 2020 — China Construction Bank Corp. v European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), Groupement des cartes bancaires (Appeal — EU trade mark — Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Opposition — Article 8(1)(b) — Likelihood of confusion — Assessment of the similarity of the signs at issue — Assessment of the distinctive character of the earlier mark)cjeu_case · June 11, 2020
34372Case C-114/19 P: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 11 June 2020 — European Commission v Danilo Di Bernardo (Appeal — Civil service — Open competition — Non-admission to tests — Possible for the administration to supplement before the Court the statement of reasons for the decision not to admit — Conditions — Exceptional cases — Concept of ‘absence of a statement of reasons’)cjeu_case · June 11, 2020
34373Case C-88/19: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 11 June 2020 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Judecătoria Zărnești — Romania) — Asociaţia ‘Alianța pentru combaterea abuzurilor’ v TM, UN, Asociaţia DMPA (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora — Directive 92/43/EEC — Article 12(1) — System of strict protection of animal species — Annex IV — Canis lupus (wolf) — Article 16(1) — Natural range — Capture and relocation of a wild animal of the species canis lupus — Public safety)cjeu_case · June 11, 2020
34374Case C-74/19: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 11 June 2020 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Judicial da Comarca de Lisboa — Juízo Local Cível de Lisboa — Juiz 18 — Portugal) — LE v Transport Aéreos Portugueses SA (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Air transport — Regulation (EC) No 261/2004 — Article 5(3) — Article 7(1) — Compensation to passengers in the event of denied boarding and of cancellation or long delay of flights — Exemption — Concept of ‘extraordinary circumstances’ — Unruly passengers — Possibility of relying on the occurrence of an extraordinary circumstance in respect of a flight not affected by that circumstance — Concept of ‘reasonable measures’)cjeu_case · June 11, 2020
34375Case C-43/19: Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 11 June 2020 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Arbitral Tributário (Centro de Arbitragem Administrativa — CAAD) — Portugal) — Vodafone Portugal — Comunicações Pessoais SA v Autoridade Tributária e Aduaneira (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Value added tax (VAT) — Directive 2006/112/EC — Article 2(1)(c) — Scope — Taxable transactions — Services supplied for consideration — Monies paid where customers fail to comply with the contractual tie-in period — Characterisation)cjeu_case · June 11, 2020
34376Case C-19/19: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 11 June 2020 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Cour de cassation — Belgium) — État belge v Pantochim SA, in liquidation (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Mutual assistance for the recovery of claims — Directive 76/308/EEC — Article 6(2) and Article 10 — Directive 2008/55/EC — Second paragraph of Article 6 and Article 10 — Tax claim of requesting Member State recovered by requested Member State — Status of that claim — Concept of ‘privilege’ — Statutory set-off of that claim against tax debt of requested Member State)cjeu_case · June 11, 2020
34377Arrêt de la Cour (cinquième chambre) du 11 juin 2020.#SI et Brompton Bicycle Ltd contre Chedech / Get2Get.#Renvoi préjudiciel – Propriété intellectuelle et industrielle – Droit d’auteur et droits voisins – Directive 2001/29/CE – Articles 2 à 5 – Champ d’application – Objet utilitaire – Notion d’“œuvre” – Protection des œuvres au titre du droit d’auteur – Conditions – Forme d’un produit nécessaire à l’obtention d’un résultat technique – Vélo pliable.#Affaire C-833/18.cjeu_case · June 11, 2020
34378Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 11 June 2020.#SI and Brompton Bicycle Ltd v Chedech / Get2Get.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the tribunal de l'entreprise de Liège.#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Intellectual and industrial property — Copyright and related rights — Directive 2001/29/EC — Articles 2 to 5 — Scope — Utilitarian object — Concept of ‘work’ — Copyright protection of works — Conditions — Shape of a product which is necessary to obtain a technical result — Folding bicycle.#Case C-833/18.cjeu_case · June 11, 2020
34379Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 11 June 2020.#ratiopharm GmbH v Novartis Consumer Health GmbH.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of public health – Internal market – Medicinal products for human use – Directive 2001/83/EC – Advertising – Article 96 – Distribution of free samples of medicinal products to persons qualified to prescribe them – Pharmacists excluded from the distribution of free samples of medicinal products – Inapplicability to distribution of free samples of non-prescription medicinal products – Consequences for the Member States.#Case C-786/18.cjeu_case · June 11, 2020
34380Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 11 June 2020.#ratiopharm GmbH v Novartis Consumer Health GmbH.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of public health – Internal market – Medicinal products for human use – Directive 2001/83/EC – Advertising – Article 96 – Distribution of free samples of medicinal products to persons qualified to prescribe them – Pharmacists excluded from the distribution of free samples of medicinal products – Inapplicability to distribution of free samples of non-prescription medicinal products – Consequences for the Member States.#Case C-786/18.cjeu_case · June 11, 2020