1461Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 19 March 2026.#Criminal proceedings against Ministère public.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data for the purpose of combating criminal offences – Directive (EU) 2016/680 – Article 10 – Processing of special categories of personal data – Collection of biometric data – Taking of fingerprints and of photographs – Person reasonably suspected on one or more grounds of having committed or attempted to commit a criminal offence – Whether strictly necessary – Discretion – Obligation to state reasons – Refusal of the data subject to consent to the collection of his or her biometric data – National legislation allowing a person to be prosecuted for and convicted of a specific criminal offence penalising such a refusal, even in the absence of any prosecution or conviction in respect of the criminal offence that formed the basis of the envisaged collection of those data.#Case C-371/24.cjeu_case · March 18, 2026
1462Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 19 March 2026.#Criminal proceedings against Ministère public.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Cour d'appel de Paris.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data for the purpose of combating criminal offences – Directive (EU) 2016/680 – Article 10 – Processing of special categories of personal data – Collection of biometric data – Taking of fingerprints and of photographs – Person reasonably suspected on one or more grounds of having committed or attempted to commit a criminal offence – Whether strictly necessary – Discretion – Obligation to state reasons – Refusal of the data subject to consent to the collection of his or her biometric data – National legislation allowing a person to be prosecuted for and convicted of a specific criminal offence penalising such a refusal, even in the absence of any prosecution or conviction in respect of the criminal offence that formed the basis of the envisaged collection of those data.#Case C-371/24.cjeu_case · March 18, 2026
1463Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 19 March 2026.#Finansinspektionen v Carnegie Investment Bank AB.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 – Market abuse – Article 7(1) – Concept of ‘inside information’ – Article 7(2) – Information of a ‘precise nature’ – Email containing information relating to the inclusion of a person in an insider list – No statement of the reasons that led to that inclusion – Correct assessment of the circumstances – Correct information – Necessity.#Case C-363/24.cjeu_case · March 18, 2026
1464Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 19 March 2026.#Finansinspektionen v Carnegie Investment Bank AB.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 – Market abuse – Article 7(1) – Concept of ‘inside information’ – Article 7(2) – Information of a ‘precise nature’ – Email containing information relating to the inclusion of a person in an insider list – No statement of the reasons that led to that inclusion – Correct assessment of the circumstances – Correct information – Necessity.#Case C-363/24.cjeu_case · March 18, 2026
1465Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 19 March 2026.#Mainova AG and enercity AG v European Commission.#Appeal – Competition – Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 – Concentration between undertakings – German electricity and gas markets – Acquisition by E.ON SE of the distribution and retail business of RWE AG – Decision declaring the concentration compatible with the internal market and the functioning of the Agreement on the European Economic Area of 2 May 1992.#Joined Cases C-178/24 P and C-179/24 P.cjeu_case · March 18, 2026
1466Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 19 March 2026.#Mainova AG and enercity AG v European Commission.#Joined Cases C-178/24 P and C-179/24 P.cjeu_case · March 18, 2026
1467Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 19 March 2026.#EVH GmbH and Others v European Commission.#Appeal – Competition – Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 – Concentration of undertakings – German electricity and gas markets – Acquisition by E.ON SE of RWE AG’s distribution and trade assets – Decision declaring the concentration compatible with the internal market and the functioning of the Agreement on the European Economic Area of 2 May 1992.#Joined Cases C-171/24 P to C-177/24 P.cjeu_case · March 18, 2026
1468Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 19 March 2026.#EVH GmbH and Others v European Commission.#Joined Cases C-171/24 P to C-177/24 P.cjeu_case · March 18, 2026
1470Opinion of Advocate General Richard de la Tour delivered on 19 March 2026.###cjeu_case · March 18, 2026
1474Case C-870/24, Outletico: Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 19 March 2026 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Administratīvā apgabaltiesa – Latvia) – 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 (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)cjeu_case · March 18, 2026
1475Case C-770/24, DB InfraGO and DB RegioNetz Infrastruktur: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 19 March 2026 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Köln – Germany) – DB InfraGO AG, 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)cjeu_case · March 18, 2026
1476Case C-679/24, UniCredit Bank and Momentum Credit: Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 19 March 2026 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Fővárosi Törvényszék – Hungary) – HL v UniCredit Bank Zrt., 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)cjeu_case · March 18, 2026
1477Case C-646/24: Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 19 March 2026 – European Commission v Republic of Bulgaria (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Article 258 TFEU – Directive (EU) 2019/882 – Accessibility requirements for products and services – Failure to transpose and to notify transposition measures – Article 260(3) TFEU – Financial penalties – Application for an order to pay a lump sum and a penalty payment – Discontinuance in part)cjeu_case · March 18, 2026
1478Case C-589/24, Almirall: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 19 March 2026 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Hoge Raad der Nederlanden – Netherlands) – Almirall BV, Almirall SA v Infinity Pharma BV, 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)cjeu_case · March 18, 2026
1479Case C-526/24, Brillen Rottler: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 19 March 2026 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Amtsgericht Arnsberg – Germany) – 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)cjeu_case · March 18, 2026
1480Case C-513/24, Oblastní nemocnice Kolín: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 19 March 2026 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Nejvyšší správní soud – Czech Republic) – Oblastní nemocnice Kolín, a.s., nemocnice Středočeského kraje v Odvolací finanční ředitelství (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)cjeu_case · March 18, 2026