13761Opinion of Advocate General Campos Sánchez-Bordona delivered on 25 January 2024.###cjeu_case · January 25, 2024
13762Opinion of Advocate General Kokott delivered on 25 January 2024.#Asociación para la Conservación y Estudio del Lobo Ibérico (ASCEL) v Administración de la Comunidad de Castilla y León.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Castilla y León.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora – Directive 92/43/EEC – Articles 2, 4, 11, 12, 14, 16 and 17 – System of strict protection for animal species – Canis lupus (wolf) – Cynegetic exploitation – Assessment of the conservation status of populations of the species concerned – Conservation status of that species ‘unfavourable-poor’ – Exploitation incompatible with the maintenance or restoration of the species at a favourable conservation status – Taking into account of all the most recent scientific data.#Case C-436/22.cjeu_case · January 25, 2024
13763Opinion of Advocate General Pikamäe delivered on 25 January 2024.#Criminal proceedings against CU and ND.#Requests for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale di Napoli.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Status of third-country nationals who are long-term residents – Directive 2003/109/EC – Article 11(1)(d) – Equal treatment – Social security, social assistance and social protection measures – Residency condition of 10 years, the final 2 years of which must be consecutive – Indirect discrimination.#Joined Cases C-112/22 and C-223/22.cjeu_case · January 25, 2024
13764Opinion of Advocate General Kokott delivered on 25 January 2024.#European Commission v HB.#Appeal – Public supply contracts – Irregularities in the procedure for the award of a public contract – European Commission recovery decision adopted after the signature of the contract – Legal nature – Decision not having effects exclusively in the context of that contract – Protection of the European Union’s financial interests – Administrative measures – Exercise of powers as a public authority – Action for annulment – Article 263 TFEU – Jurisdiction of the EU judicature.#Joined Cases C-160/22 P and C-161/22 P.#European Commission v HB.#Appeal – Public supply contracts – Irregularities in the contract award procedure – Decision to recover sums unduly paid – Enforceable decision – Article 299 TFEU – Jurisdiction of the EU judicature.#Case C-597/22 P.cjeu_case · January 25, 2024
13766Case C-722/22, Sofiyski gradski sad: Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 25 January 2024 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Sofiyski gradski sad — Bulgaria) — in the proceedings brought by Sofiyski gradski sad (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Area of freedom, justice and security — Judicial cooperation in criminal matters — Framework Decision 2005/212/JHA — Confiscation of crime-related proceeds, instrumentalities and property — Third indent of Article 1 — Concept of ‘instrumentality’ — Article 2(1) — Obligation for Member States to take measures to enable the confiscation of instrumentalities from criminal offences — Vehicle used to transport excise goods without a tax marking in breach of the law)cjeu_case · January 25, 2024
13767Case C-481/22: Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 25 January 2024 — European Commission v Ireland (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Directive 98/83/EC — Quality of water intended for human consumption — Article 4(1) — Obligation on Member States to take the measures necessary to ensure that water intended for human consumption is wholesome and clean — Annex I, Part B — Exceedance of limit values for concentrations of trihalomethanes in drinking water — Article 8(2) — Obligation on Member States to take the necessary remedial action as soon as possible to restore the quality of the water and to give priority to their enforcement action)cjeu_case · January 25, 2024
13768Case C-474/22, Laudamotion (Decision not to take a delayed flight): Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 25 January 2024 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof — Germany) — Laudamotion GmbH v flightright GmbH (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Air transport — Regulation (EC) No 261/2004 — Article 3(2)(a) — Article 5(1) — Article 7(1) — Compensation for air passengers in the event of long delay of flights — Requirement to present oneself for check-in in good time)cjeu_case · January 25, 2024
13769Case C-438/22, Em akaunt BG: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 25 January 2024 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Sofiyski rayonen sad — Bulgaria) — Em akaunt BG ЕООD v Zastrahovatelno aktsionerno druzhestvo Armeets AD (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Article 101 TFEU — Setting of minimum fee amounts by a lawyers’ professional organisation — Decision by an association of undertakings — Court prohibited from ordering reimbursement of fees in an amount less than those minimum amounts — Restriction of competition — Justifications — Legitimate objectives — Quality of the services provided by the lawyers — Implementation of the judgment of 23 November 2017, CHEZ Elektro Bulgaria and FrontEx International (C-427/16 and C-428/16, EU:C:2017:890) — Whether the Wouters case-law may be relied on in a situation involving a restriction of competition by object)cjeu_case · January 25, 2024
13770Case C-390/22, Obshtina Pomorie: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 25 January 2024 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Okrazhen sad — Burgas — Bulgaria) — Obshtina Pomorie v ‘ANHIALO AVTO’ OOD (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Transport — Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007 — Public passenger transport services by rail and by road — Public service contracts — Public service obligations — Public service compensation — Article 4(1)(b) — Mandatory content of public service contracts — Parameters for calculating public service compensation — Determination of prior, objective and transparent parameters — Absence of competitive tendering procedure — Application of the rules for calculating compensation contained in the annex to Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007 — Conditions laid down by national legislation for the payment of compensation — Determination of the amount of compensation in the law approving the State budget for the year concerned and payment of that amount to the competent national authority — Setting parameters for calculating compensation by reference to general rules)cjeu_case · January 25, 2024
13771Case C-389/22, Croce Rossa Italiana and Others: Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 25 January 2024 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato — Italy) — GC and others v Croce Rossa Italiana, Ministero della Difesa, Ministero della Salute, Ministero dell’Economia e delle Finanze, Presidenza del Consiglio dei ministri (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Article 267 TFEU — Scope of the obligation on national courts or tribunals of last instance to make a reference for a preliminary ruling — Exceptions to that obligation — Criteria — Situations in which the correct interpretation of EU law is so obvious as to leave no scope for any reasonable doubt — Condition related to the national court or tribunal of last instance being convinced that the matter would be equally obvious to the other courts or tribunals of last instance of the Member States and to the Court of Justice — Directive 1999/70/EC — Framework agreement on fixed-term work concluded by ETUC, UNICE and CEEP — Clauses 2 and 3 — Concept of ‘fixed-term worker’ — Members of the military corps of the Italian Red Cross — Clause 5 — Measures seeking to prevent and, where relevant, punish abuse arising from the use of successive fixed-term employment contracts or relationships — Conversion of the status of ‘fixed-term workers’ into that of ‘permanent workers’ — Clause 4 — Principle of non-discrimination)cjeu_case · January 25, 2024
13772Case C-334/22, Audi (Emblem support on a radiator grille): Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 25 January 2024 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Sąd Okręgowy w Warszawie — Poland) — Audi AG v GQ (Reference for a preliminary ruling — EU trade mark — Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — Article 9(2) and (3)(a) to (c) — Rights conferred by an EU trade mark — Concept of ‘using in the course of trade any sign’ — Article 14(1)(c) — Limitations of the effects of an EU trade mark — Right of the proprietor of an EU trade mark to oppose the use by a third party of a sign identical with, or similar to, the trade mark for motor vehicle spare parts — Component of a radiator grille designed for the attachment of an emblem representing the trade mark of a motor vehicle manufacturer)cjeu_case · January 25, 2024
13773Case C-277/22, Global NRG: Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 25 January 2024 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Fővárosi Törvényszék — Hungary) — Global NRG Kereskedelmi és Tanácsadó Zrt. v Magyar Energetikai és Közmű-szabályozási Hivatal (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Internal market in natural gas — Directive 2009/73/EC — Article 41(17) — Natural gas transmission system — National regulatory authority — Fixing of system usage charges and connection fees — Fixing of remuneration for any services provided by the system operator — Concept of ‘a party affected by a decision of a regulatory authority’ — Appeal against that decision — Right to an effective remedy — Article 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union)cjeu_case · January 25, 2024
13774Case C-58/22, Parchetul de pe lângă Curtea de Apel Craiova: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 25 January 2024 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Curtea de Apel Craiova — Romania) — criminal proceedings against NR (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Article 50 — Principle ne bis in idem — Criminal proceedings brought in rem — Order that no further action be taken adopted by a public prosecutor’s office — Admissibility of later criminal proceedings brought in personam in respect of the same facts — Conditions to be satisfied for it to be held that a person has been finally acquitted or convicted — Requirement for a detailed investigation — No interview of a potential witness — No interview of the person concerned as a ‘suspect’)cjeu_case · January 25, 2024
13775Order of the General Court (Third Chamber) of 25 January 2024.#Pharmadom v European Union Intellectual Property Office.#Procedure – Taxation of costs – Manifest inadmissibility.#Case T-601/21 DEP II.cjeu_case · January 25, 2024
13776Order of the General Court (Third Chamber) of 25 January 2024.#Pharmadom v European Union Intellectual Property Office.#Procedure – Taxation of costs – Manifest inadmissibility.#Case T-601/21 DEP II.cjeu_case · January 25, 2024
13777Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 25 January 2024.#Caixabank SA and Others v WE and Others.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Consumer protection – Directive 93/13/EEC – Unfair terms in consumer contracts – Charges arising from the formalisation of the mortgage loan agreement – Restitution of the sums paid under a term declared to be unfair – Starting point of the limitation period for an action for restitution.#Joined Cases C-810/21 to C-813/21.cjeu_case · January 25, 2024
13778Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 25 January 2024.#Caixabank SA and Others v WE and Others.#Requests for a preliminary ruling from the Audiencia Provincial de Barcelona.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Consumer protection – Directive 93/13/EEC – Unfair terms in consumer contracts – Charges arising from the formalisation of the mortgage loan agreement – Restitution of the sums paid under a term declared to be unfair – Starting point of the limitation period for an action for restitution.#Joined Cases C-810/21 to C-813/21.cjeu_case · January 25, 2024
13779Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 25 January 2024.#BL v MediaMarktSaturn Hagen-Iserlohn GmbH.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Interpretation of Articles 5, 24, 32 and 82 – Assessment of the validity of Article 82 – Inadmissibility of the request for an assessment of validity – Right to compensation for damage caused by data processing which infringes that regulation – Transmission of data to an unauthorised third party on account of an error made by the employees of the controller – Assessment of the appropriateness of the protection measures implemented by the controller – Compensatory function fulfilled by the right to compensation – Effect of the severity of the infringement – Whether necessary to establish the existence of damage caused by that infringement – Concept of ‘non-material damage’.#Case C-687/21.cjeu_case · January 25, 2024
13780Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 25 January 2024.#BL v MediaMarktSaturn Hagen-Iserlohn GmbH.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Amtsgericht Hagen.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Interpretation of Articles 5, 24, 32 and 82 – Assessment of the validity of Article 82 – Inadmissibility of the request for an assessment of validity – Right to compensation for damage caused by data processing which infringes that regulation – Transmission of data to an unauthorised third party on account of an error made by the employees of the controller – Assessment of the appropriateness of the protection measures implemented by the controller – Compensatory function fulfilled by the right to compensation – Effect of the severity of the infringement – Whether necessary to establish the existence of damage caused by that infringement – Concept of ‘non-material damage’.#Case C-687/21.cjeu_case · January 25, 2024