38821Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 29 July 2019.#European Commission v Republic of Austria.#Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Infringement of Directive 2006/123/EC and Articles 49 and 56 TFEU — Restrictions and requirements relating to the location of the registered office, legal form, shareholding and multidisciplinary activities of partnerships and companies of civil engineers, patent agents and veterinary surgeons.#Case C-209/18.cjeu_case · July 29, 2019
38822Arrêt de la Cour (dixième chambre) du 29 juillet 2019.#Red Bull GmbH contre Office de l’Union européenne pour la propriété intellectuelle (EUIPO).#Pourvoi – Marque de l’Union européenne – Règlement (CE) no 207/2009 – Article 4 et article 7, paragraphe 1, sous a) – Motif absolu de refus – Procédure de nullité – Combinaison de deux couleurs en tant que telles – Absence d’agencement systématique associant les couleurs de manière prédéterminée et constante.#Affaire C-124/18 P.cjeu_case · July 29, 2019
38823Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 29 July 2019.#Red Bull GmbH v European Union Intellectual Property Office.#Appeal — EU trade mark — Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Article 4 and Article 7(1)(a) — Absolute ground for refusal — Invalidity proceedings — Combination of two colours per se — No systematic arrangement associating the colours in a predetermined and uniform way.#Case C-124/18 P.cjeu_case · July 29, 2019
38824Arrêt de la Cour (première chambre) du 29 juillet 2019.#Procédure pénale contre Massimo Gambino et Shpetim Hyka.#Renvoi préjudiciel – Coopération judiciaire en matière pénale – Directive 2012/29/UE – Normes minimales concernant les droits, le soutien et la protection des victimes de la criminalité – Articles 16 et 18 – Audition de la victime par une juridiction pénale de première instance – Modification de la composition de la formation de jugement – Réitération de l’audition de la victime à la demande de l’une des parties à la procédure – Charte des droits fondamentaux de l’Union européenne – Articles 47 et 48 – Droit à un procès équitable et droits de la défense – Principe d’immédiateté – Portée – Droit de la victime à une protection au cours de la procédure pénale.#Affaire C-38/18.cjeu_case · July 29, 2019
38825Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 29 July 2019.#Criminal procedure against Massimo Gambino and Shpetim Hyka.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale di Bari.#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Judicial cooperation in criminal matters — Directive 2012/29/EU — Minimum standards on the rights, support and protection of victims of crime — Articles 16 and 18 — Examination of the victim by a criminal court of first instance — Alteration of the composition of the panel of judges — Fresh examination of the victim at the request of one of the parties to the proceedings — Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Articles 47 and 48 — Right to a fair trial and rights of the defence — Principle of immediacy — Scope — Victim’s right to protection during criminal proceedings.#Case C-38/18.cjeu_case · July 29, 2019
38826Opinion of Advocate General Szpunar delivered on 29 July 2019.#K.H.K. v B.A.C. and E.E.K.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Sofiyski rayonen sad.#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Judicial cooperation in civil matters — Regulation (EU) No 655/2014 — European Account Preservation Order — Article 5(a) — Obtention procedure –Article 4(8) to (10) — Definition of ‘judgment’, ‘court settlement’ and ‘authentic instrument’ — National order for payment against which an objection may be lodged — Article 18(1) — Time limits — Article 45 — Exceptional circumstances — Definition.#Case C-555/18.cjeu_case · July 29, 2019
38827Opinion of Advocate General Szpunar delivered on 29 July 2019.#R v P.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Judecǎtoria Constanţa.#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Judicial cooperation in civil matters — Jurisdiction, recognition and enforcement of decisions in matters relating to maintenance obligations — Regulation (EC) No 4/2009 — Article 3(a) and (d) and Article 5 — Court seised of three joined claims concerning the divorce of the parents of a minor child, parental responsibility and the maintenance obligation with regard to that child — Court declaring that it has jurisdiction relating to the divorce and no jurisdiction relating to parental responsibility — Jurisdiction to entertain proceedings with regard to the claim concerning the maintenance obligation — Court for the place where the defendant is habitually resident and before which he has entered an appearance.#Case C-468/18.cjeu_case · July 29, 2019
38828Opinion of Advocate General Pikamäe delivered on 29 July 2019.#HK v European Commission.#Appeal — Civil service — Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Union — Article 1d — First paragraph of Article 17 of Annex VIII — Pension for the surviving spouse — Conditions for granting — Concept of ‘surviving spouse’ of a Union official — Marriage and non-marital partnership — Cohabitation — Principle of non-discrimination — Comparable situation — None — Condition of duration of marriage — Combating fraud — Justification.#Case C-460/18 P.cjeu_case · July 29, 2019
38829Opinion of Advocate General Kokott delivered on 29 July 2019.#Otis Gesellschaft m.b.H. and Others v Land Oberösterreich and Others.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberster Gerichtshof.#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Article 101 TFEU — Damages for the loss caused by a cartel — Right to compensation of persons not acting as supplier or purchaser on the market affected by the cartel — Damage suffered by a public body which granted loans on favourable terms in order to acquire assets subject to the cartel.#Case C-435/18.cjeu_case · July 29, 2019
38830Opinion of Advocate General Bobek delivered on 29 July 2019.#ML v Aktiva Finants OÜ.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Korkein oikeus.#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 — Jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters — Requirement for adversarial proceedings and an effective remedy — Decision of a national court declaring enforceable a judgment delivered by a court of another Member State — National procedure granting leave for further consideration of an appeal.#Case C-433/18.cjeu_case · July 29, 2019
38831Opinion of Advocate General Hogan delivered on 29 July 2019.#Consorzio Tutela Aceto Balsamico di Modena v Balema GmbH.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof.#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs — Regulations (EC) No 510/2006 and (EU) No 1151/2012 — Article 13(1) — Regulation (EC) No 583/2009 — Article 1 — Registration of the name ‘Aceto Balsamico di Modena (PGI)’ — Protection of the non-geographical components of that name — Scope.#Case C-432/18.cjeu_case · July 29, 2019
38832Opinion of Advocate General Saugmandsgaard Øe delivered on 29 July 2019.#Ordre des avocats du barreau de Dinant v JN.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal de première instance de Namur.#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Judicial cooperation in civil matters — Regulation (EU) No 1215/2012 — Jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters — Article 7(1)(a) — Special jurisdiction in matters relating to a contract — Concept of ‘matters relating to a contract’ — Claim for payment of annual fees payable by a lawyer to a bar association.#Case C-421/18.cjeu_case · July 29, 2019
38833Opinion of Advocate General Bobek delivered on 29 July 2019.#Patrick Grégor Puppinck and Others v European Commission.#Appeal — Institutional law — Citizens’ initiative ‘One of us’ — Communication from the European Commission setting out its conclusions and the reasons for not taking the action requested in the citizens’ initiative.#Case C-418/18 P.cjeu_case · July 29, 2019
38834Opinion of Advocate General Tanchev delivered on 29 July 2019.#Arriva Italia Srl and Others v Ministero delle Infrastrutture e dei Trasporti.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato.#Reference for a preliminary ruling — State aid — Notion — Public railway undertaking in difficulties — Aid measures — Allocation of financial aid — Aim — Continued operation of the public railway undertaking — Allocation to and shareholding in the capital of that public undertaking — Transfer to the capital of another public undertaking — Private investor test — Prior notification obligation for new aid.#Case C-385/18.cjeu_case · July 29, 2019
38835Opinion of Advocate General Sharpston delivered on 29 July 2019.#Cargill Deutschland GmbH v Hauptzollamt Krefeld.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Finanzgericht Düsseldorf.#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Regulation (EU) No 1360/2013 — Agriculture — Common organisation of the markets — Sugar sector — Production levy — Effectiveness — Right to reimbursement of sums unduly paid — Applicability of national rules on limitation periods — Principle of effectiveness.#Case C-360/18.cjeu_case · July 29, 2019
38836Opinion of Advocate General Szpunar delivered on 29 July 2019.#Michael Dobersberger v Magistrat der Stadt Wien.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgerichtshof.#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Articles 56 and 57 TFEU — Freedom to provide services — Directive 96/71/EC — Applicability — Article 1(3)(a) — Posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services — Provision of services on board international trains — National rules imposing administrative obligations in relation to the posting of workers.#Case C-16/18.cjeu_case · July 29, 2019
38837Case C-481/18: Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 29 July 2019 — European Commission v Italian Republic (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Directive 2012/39/EU — Technical requirements for the testing of human tissues and cells — Failure to communicate or failure to transpose within the prescribed period)cjeu_case · July 29, 2019
38838Case C-451/18: Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 29 July 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Győri Ítélőtábla — Hungary) — Tibor-Trans Fuvarozó és Kereskedelmi Kft. v DAF Trucks NV (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Judicial cooperation in civil matters — Regulation (EU) No 1215/2012 — Special jurisdiction — Article 7(2) — Tort, delict or quasi-delict — Place where the harmful event occurred — Claim for compensation for damage caused by a cartel found to be contrary to Article 101 TFEU and Article 53 of the Agreement on the European Economic Area)cjeu_case · July 29, 2019
38839Case C-436/18 P: Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 29 July 2019 — Shanxi Taigang Stainless Steel Co. Ltd v European Commission, Eurofer, Association européenne de l’acier, ASBL (Appeal — Dumping — Imposition of a definitive anti-dumping duty on certain products originating in China — Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1429 — Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009 — Article 2(7)(a) — Normal value — Determination on the basis of the price in a market economy third country — Selection of the appropriate third country — Market economy third country which is subject to the same investigation — Adjustments)cjeu_case · July 29, 2019
38840Case C-388/18: Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 29 July 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesfinanzhof — Germany) — Finanzamt A v B (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Taxation — Harmonisation of fiscal legislation — Directive 2006/112/EC — Common system of value added tax (VAT) — Point 1 of the first sentence of Article 288 and Article 315 — Special scheme for small undertakings — Special arrangements for taxable dealers — Taxable dealer falling under the margin scheme — Annual turnover determining whether the special scheme for small undertakings is applicable — Margin or amounts received)cjeu_case · July 29, 2019