41141Case C-437/17: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 13 March 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberster Gerichtshof — Austria) — Gemeinsamer Betriebsrat EurothermenResort Bad Schallerbach GmbH v EurothermenResort Bad Schallerbach GmbH (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Free movement of workers — Article 45 TFEU — Regulation (EU) No 492/2011 — Article 7(1) — Prohibition of discrimination on grounds of nationality — Right to paid annual leave based on the seniority of the worker with the employer — Account taken only in part of previous periods of service completed with other employers — Social law — Disparity between the schemes and legislation of the Member States)cjeu_case · March 13, 2019
41142Case C-128/17: Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 13 March 2019 — Republic of Poland v European Parliament, Council of the European Union (Action for annulment — Directive (EU) 2016/2284 — Reduction of national emissions of certain atmospheric pollutants — Adoption of EU legal acts — Functioning of the legislative procedure — Article 4(3) TEU — Principle of cooperation in good faith — Actual exercise of the EU legislature’s powers of discretion — Impact assessment — Sufficient assessment of the effects of the contested act — Article 5(4) TEU — Principle of proportionality — Article 4(2) TEU — Equality of Member States before the Treaties — Article 191(2) TFEU — EU policy on the environment — Account taken of the diversity of the EU regions — Judicial review)cjeu_case · March 13, 2019
41143Judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) of 13 March 2019.#Espírito Santo Financial Group SA v European Central Bank.#Access to documents — Decision 2004/258/EC — Documents relating to the ECB’s decision of 1 August 2014 concerning Banco Espírito Santo SA — Partial refusal to grant access — Exception relating to the confidentiality of the proceedings of the ECB’s decision-making bodies — Exception relating to the financial, monetary or economic policy of the European Union or of a Member State — Exception relating to the stability of the financial system in the European Union or in a Member State — Exception relating to the protection of commercial interests — Exception relating to documents intended for internal use — Obligation to state reasons.#Case T-730/16.cjeu_case · March 13, 2019
41144Case T-730/16: Judgment of the General Court of 13 March 2019 — Espírito Santo Financial Group v ECB (Access to documents — Decision 2004/258/EC — Documents relating to the ECB’s decision of 1 August 2014 concerning Banco Espírito Santo SA — Partial refusal to grant access — Exception relating to the confidentiality of the proceedings of the ECB’s decision-making bodies — Exception relating to the financial, monetary or economic policy of the European Union or of a Member State — Exception relating to the stability of the financial system in the European Union or in a Member State — Exception relating to the protection of commercial interests — Exception relating to documents intended for internal use — Obligation to state reasons)cjeu_case · March 13, 2019
41145Case T-156/19: Action brought on 12 March 2019 — Koenig & Bauer v EUIPO (we’re on it)cjeu_case · March 12, 2019
41147Case C-218/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Cour de cassation (France) lodged on 12 March 2019 — XR v Coseil de l’ordre des avocats au barreau de Paris, Bâtonnier de l’ordre des avocats au barreau de Paris, Procureur général près la cour d’appel de Pariscjeu_case · March 12, 2019
41148Judgment of the General Court (First Chamber) of 12 March 2019.#Novartis AG v European Union Intellectual Property Office.#EU trade mark — Application for EU word mark SMARTSURFACE — Absolute ground for refusal — Descriptive character — Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — No distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001.#Case T-463/18.cjeu_case · March 12, 2019
41149Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber) of 12 March 2019.#French Republic v European Commission.#EAGF and EAFRD — Expenditure excluded from financing — Expenditure incurred by France — One-off and flat-rate financial corrections — Area-related aid scheme — Land Parcel Identification System — Determination of eligible areas — Maintenance of agricultural land in good agricultural and environmental condition — Landscape features — Grazable heathland — National monitoring system based on a non-compliant definition of eligible areas — Proportionality — Obligation to state reasons — Conformity Clearance — Most likely error — Error of law.#Case T-26/18.cjeu_case · March 12, 2019
41150Case T-463/18: Judgment of the General Court of 12 March 2019 — Novartis v EUIPO (SMARTSURFACE) (EU trade mark — Application for EU word mark SMARTSURFACE — Absolute ground for refusal — Descriptive character — Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — No distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)cjeu_case · March 12, 2019
41151Case T-26/18: Judgment of the General Court of 12 March 2019 — France v Commission (EAGF and EAFRD — Expenditure excluded from financing — Expenditure incurred by France — One-off and flat-rate financial corrections — Area-related aid scheme — Land Parcel Identification System — Determination of eligible areas — Maintenance of agricultural land in good agricultural and environmental condition — Landscape features — Grazable heathland — National monitoring system based on a non-compliant definition of eligible areas — Proportionality — Obligation to state reasons — Conformity Clearance — Most likely error — Error of law)cjeu_case · March 12, 2019
41152Opinion of Advocate General Kokott delivered on 12 March 2019.#Daniel Ustariz Aróstegui v Departamento de Educación del Gobierno de Navarra.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Juzgado Contencioso-Administrativo No 1 de Pamplona.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Social policy – Directive 1999/70/CE – Framework agreement on fixed-term work concluded by ETUC, UNICE and CEEP – Clause 4(1) – Principle of non-discrimination – Public sector education – National provision granting additional remuneration only to teachers employed for an indefinite duration as established public officials – Exclusion of teachers employed under a fixed-term contract governed by public law – Concept of ‘objective grounds’ – Characteristics inherent in the status of established public officials.#Case C-72/18.cjeu_case · March 12, 2019
41153Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber) of 12 March 2019.#Fabio De Masi and Yanis Varoufakis v European Central Bank.#Access to documents – Decision 2004/258/EC — Document entitled ‘Responses to questions concerning the interpretation of Article 14.4 of the Protocol on the Statute of the ESCB and of the ECB’ – Refusal to grant access – Exception relating to the protection of legal advice – Exception relating to the protection of documents for internal use – Overriding public interest.#Case T-798/17.cjeu_case · March 12, 2019
41154Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber) of 12 March 2019.#Fabio De Masi and Yanis Varoufakis v European Central Bank.#Access to documents – Decision 2004/258/EC — Document entitled ‘Responses to questions concerning the interpretation of Article 14.4 of the Protocol on the Statute of the ESCB and of the ECB’ – Refusal to grant access – Exception relating to the protection of legal advice – Exception relating to the protection of documents for internal use – Overriding public interest.#Case T-798/17.cjeu_case · March 12, 2019
41155Judgment of the General Court (First Chamber) of 12 March 2019.#TK v European Parliament.#Civil service — Temporary agents — Change in the activities assigned — Concept of concern — Invitation to an interview — Concept of proceedings — Allegation of psychological harassment — Request for assistance — Liability — Non-material damage.#Case T-446/17.cjeu_case · March 12, 2019
41156Case T-784/17: Order of the General Court of 12 March 2019 — Strabag Belgium v Parliament (Action for annulment — Public works contracts — Tender procedure — General contractor works for European Parliament buildings in Brussels — Rejection of a tenderer’s bid and award of the contract to other tenderers — Replacement of the contested measure in the course of the proceedings — Action which has become devoid of purpose — No need to adjudicate)cjeu_case · March 12, 2019
41157Case T-798/17: Judgment of the General Court of 12 March 2019 — De Masi and Varoufakis v ECB (Access to documents — Decision 2004/258/EC — Document entitled ‘Responses to questions concerning the interpretation of Article 14.4. of the Statute of the ESCB and the ECB’ — Denial of access — Exception relating to the protection of legal advice — Exception relating to the protection of documents intended for internal use — Overriding public interest)cjeu_case · March 12, 2019
41158Case T-446/17: Judgment of the General Court of 12 March 2019 — TK v Parliament (Civil service — Temporary agents — Change in the activities assigned — Concept of concern — Invitation to an interview — Concept of proceedings — Allegation of psychological harassment — Request for assistance — Liability — Non-material damage)cjeu_case · March 12, 2019
41159Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 12 March 2019.#M.G. Tjebbes and Others v Minister van Buitenlandse Zaken.#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Citizenship of the European Union — Article 20 TFEU — Articles 7 and 24 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Nationalities of a Member State and of a third country — Loss of the nationality of a Member State and of citizenship of the Union by operation of law — Consequences — Proportionality.#Case C-221/17.cjeu_case · March 12, 2019
41160Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 12 March 2019.#M.G. Tjebbes and Others v Minister van Buitenlandse Zaken.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Raad van State.#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Citizenship of the European Union — Article 20 TFEU — Articles 7 and 24 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Nationalities of a Member State and of a third country — Loss of the nationality of a Member State and of citizenship of the Union by operation of law — Consequences — Proportionality.#Case C-221/17.cjeu_case · March 12, 2019