1441Order of the Court of 19 March 2026.##Article 155 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice – Failure to adjudicate – None.#Case C-365/25 P-OST.cjeu_case · March 18, 2026
1442Arrêt de la Cour (septième chambre) du 19 mars 2026.#SML Maschinengesellschaft mbH contre AK.#Renvoi préjudiciel – Coopération judiciaire en matière civile – Règlement (CE) no 1346/2000 – Procédures d’insolvabilité – Article 13 – Conflits de lois – Prêt octroyé par un associé d’une société de capitaux à cette société – Action en restitution des paiements reçus par le prêteur avant l’ouverture de la procédure d’insolvabilité – Action visant à assurer le respect du rang des créances dans cette procédure.#Affaire C-43/25.cjeu_case · March 18, 2026
1443Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 19 March 2026.#SML Maschinengesellschaft mbH v AK en tant qu’administrateur dans la procédure de liquidation portant sur le patrimoine de MAPLAN Maschinenfabrik und Anlagen für Kunststofftechnik Schwerin GmbH.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Judicial cooperation in civil matters – Regulation (EC) No 1346/2000 – Insolvency proceedings – Article 13 – Conflicts of laws – Loan granted by a shareholder of a capital company to that company – Action for restitution of payments received by the creditor before the opening of the insolvency proceedings – Action aimed at ensuring compliance with the ranking of claims in those proceedings.#Case C-43/25.cjeu_case · March 18, 2026
1444Opinion of Advocate General Campos Sánchez-Bordona delivered on 19 March 2026.###cjeu_case · March 18, 2026
1447Case C-43/25, SML Maschinen: Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 19 March 2026 (Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof – Germany) – SML Maschinengesellschaft mbH v AK, acting as administrator in the insolvency proceedings concerning the assets of MAPLAN Maschinenfabrik und Anlagen für Kunststofftechnik Schwerin GmbH (Reference for a preliminary ruling – Judicial cooperation in civil matters – Regulation (EC) No 1346/2000 – Insolvency proceedings – Article 13 – Conflicts of laws – Loan granted by a shareholder of a capital company to that company – Action for restitution of payments received by the creditor before the opening of the insolvency proceedings – Action aimed at ensuring compliance with the ranking of claims in those proceedings)cjeu_case · March 18, 2026
1448Ordonnance de rectification du 19 mars 2026.#HF et WI contre Anexartiti Archi Dimosion Esodon.#Rectification d’arrêt.#Affaires jointes C-72/24 et C-73/24.cjeu_case · March 18, 2026
1449Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 19 March 2026.#Valsts ieņēmumu dienests v SIA „OUTLETICO”.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – State aid – Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 – Categories of aid which may be considered to be compatible with the internal market – Exemption provided for aid to small and medium-sized enterprises – Article 1 of Annex I – Concept of an ‘enterprise’ – Article 3(3) of Annex I – Concept of ‘linked enterprises’ – Natural person holding the majority of voting rights associated with the shares of an enterprise – Engaging in an economic activity – Control actually exercised through direct or indirect involvement in the management of the enterprise.#Case C-870/24.cjeu_case · March 18, 2026
1450Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 19 March 2026.#Valsts ieņēmumu dienests v SIA „OUTLETICO”.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Administratīvā apgabaltiesa.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – State aid – Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 – Categories of aid which may be considered to be compatible with the internal market – Exemption provided for aid to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) – Article 1 of Annex I – Concept of an ‘enterprise’ – Article 3(3) of Annex I – Concept of ‘linked enterprises’ – Natural person holding the majority of voting rights associated with the shares of an enterprise – Engaging in an economic activity – Actual control exercised through direct or indirect involvement in the management of the enterprise.#Case C-870/24.cjeu_case · March 18, 2026
1451Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 19 March 2026.#DB InfraGO AG and DB RegioNetz Infrastruktur GmbH v Bundesrepublik Deutschland.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Rail transport – Directive 2012/34/EC – Railway infrastructure – Management independence – Article 4(2) – Independence of infrastructure managers – Infrastructure and services charges – Article 29(1) – Establishing, determining and collecting charges – Charging scheme for charges for the use of the German railway infrastructure – Short-distance rail passenger transport – Calculation of the amount of the charges – Multiplication of the amount of the average charges levied during a reference period by a fixed annual rate of increase laid down by law.#Case C-770/24.cjeu_case · March 18, 2026
1452Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 19 March 2026.#DB InfraGO AG and DB RegioNetz Infrastruktur GmbH v Bundesrepublik Deutschland.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Rail transport – Directive 2012/34/EC – Railway infrastructure – Management independence – Article 4(2) – Independence of the infrastructure managers – Infrastructure and services charges – Article 29(1) – Establishing, determining and collecting charges – Charging scheme for charges for the use of the German railway infrastructure – Short-distance rail passenger transport – Calculation of the amount of the charges – Multiplication of the amount of the average charges levied during a reference period by a fixed annual rate of increase laid down by law.#Case C-770/24.cjeu_case · March 18, 2026
1453Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 19 March 2026.#HL v UniCredit Bank Zrt. and Momentum Credit Zrt.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Consumer protection – Directive 93/13/EEC – Unfair terms in consumer contracts – Loan agreement denominated in foreign currency – Term placing the exchange rate risk on the consumer – Effects of a finding that the term is unfair – Action for restitution of the sums paid pursuant to the unfair term – Starting point of the limitation period for an action for restitution – Resumption of the limitation period after a period of suspension.#Case C-679/24.cjeu_case · March 18, 2026
1454Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 19 March 2026.#HL v UniCredit Bank Zrt. and Momentum Credit Zrt.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Fővárosi Törvényszék.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Consumer protection – Directive 93/13/EEC – Unfair terms in consumer contracts – Loan agreement denominated in foreign currency – Term placing the exchange rate risk on the consumer – Effects of a finding that the term is unfair – Action for restitution of the sums paid pursuant to the unfair term – Starting point of the limitation period for an action for restitution – Resumption of the limitation period after a period of suspension.#Case C-679/24.cjeu_case · March 18, 2026
1455Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 19 March 2026.#European Commission v Republic of Bulgaria.#Case C-646/24.cjeu_case · March 18, 2026
1456Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 19 March 2026.#Almirall BV and Almirall SA v Infinity Pharma BV and Pharmaline BV.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Medicinal products for human use – Directive 2001/83/EC – Scope – Article 2(1) – Medicinal products prepared industrially or manufactured by a method involving an industrial process – Article 3(2) – Medicinal products prepared in a pharmacy in accordance with the prescriptions of a pharmacopoeia and intended to be supplied directly to the patients served by the pharmacy in question – Exclusion from the directive’s scope – National regulation subjecting the latter medicinal products to an authorisation requirement on the basis of a numerical criterion.#Case C-589/24.cjeu_case · March 18, 2026
1457Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 19 March 2026.#Almirall BV and Almirall SA v Infinity Pharma BV and Pharmaline BV.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Hoge Raad der Nederlanden.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Medicinal products for human use – Directive 2001/83/EC – Scope – Article 2(1) – Medicinal products prepared industrially or manufactured by a method involving an industrial process – Article 3(2) – Medicinal products prepared in a pharmacy in accordance with the prescriptions of a pharmacopoeia and intended to be supplied directly to the patients served by the pharmacy in question – Exclusion from the directive’s scope – National regulation subjecting the latter medicinal products to an authorisation requirement on the basis of a numerical criterion.#Case C-589/24.cjeu_case · March 18, 2026
1458Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 19 March 2026.#Brillen Rottler GmbH & Co. KG v TC.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Article 12(5) – Article 15(1) – Data subject’s right of access to the personal data concerning him or her – Controller’s right to refuse to act on the request for access – Excessive character of the request – Abuse of rights – First request for access – Right to compensation and liability – Article 82(1) – Action based on infringement of the right of access – Non-material damage – Loss of control over personal data.#Case C-526/24.cjeu_case · March 18, 2026
1459Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 19 March 2026.#Brillen Rottler GmbH & Co. KG v TC.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Amtsgericht Arnsberg.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Article 12(5) – Article 15(1) – Data subject’s right of access to the personal data concerning him or her – Controller’s right to refuse to act on the request for access – Excessive character of the request – Abuse of rights – First request for access – Right to compensation and liability – Article 82(1) – Action based on infringement of the right of access – Non-material damage – Loss of control over personal data.#Case C-526/24.cjeu_case · March 18, 2026
1460Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 19 March 2026.#Oblastní nemocnice Kolín, a. s., nemocnice Středočeského kraje v Odvolací finanční ředitelství.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Nejvyšší správní soud.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Taxation – Common system of value added tax (VAT) – Directive 2006/112/EC – Right to deduct VAT – Article 173(1) – Proportional deduction – Expenditure forming part of the general costs of a taxable person – Minimum technical and material equipment of healthcare facilities required in order to obtain a licence to supply healthcare services in respect of which VAT is not deductible – Services necessary for the supply of services in respect of which VAT is deductible.#Case C-513/24.cjeu_case · March 18, 2026