27021Case C-373/20: Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 14 October 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Wojewódzki Sąd Administracyjny w Szczecinie — Poland) — A.M. v Dyrektor Z. Oddziału Regionalnego Agencji Restrukturyzacji i Modernizacji Rolnictwa (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Agriculture — Common agricultural policy — Direct support schemes — Common rules — Single payment scheme — Regulation (EC) No 1120/2009 — Article 2(c) — Concept of ‘permanent pasture’ — Crop rotation — Natural periodic flooding of meadows and pastures situated in a special environmental protection area)cjeu_case · 14 octobre 2021
27022Case C-360/20: Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 14 October 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunalul Argeş — Romania) — Ministerul Lucrărilor Publice, Dezvoltării şi Administraţiei, formerly Ministerul Dezvoltării Regionale şi Administraţiei Publice v NE (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Protection of the European Union’s financial interests — Article 325 TFEU — Combating fraud and other illegal activities — Convention on the protection of the Union’s financial interests — Concept of ‘fraud’ — Unlawful conduct during a project’s sustainability phase)cjeu_case · 14 octobre 2021
27023Case C-244/20: Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 14 October 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Cataluña — Spain) — F.C.I. v Instituto Nacional de la Seguridad Social (INSS) (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Directive 79/7/EEC — Article 3(2) — Equal treatment for men and women in matters of social security — Survivors’ benefits — Survivor’s pension based on a de facto partnership — Exclusion clause — Validity — Prohibition of any discrimination based on sex — Benefit which does not come within the scope of Directive 79/7 — Inadmissibility — Article 21(1) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Non-discrimination on grounds of sex — Article 17(1) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Right to property — Legal situation which does not come within the scope of EU law — Lack of jurisdiction)cjeu_case · 14 octobre 2021
27024Case C-231/20: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 14 October 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgerichtshof — Austria) — MT v Landespolizeidirektion Steiermark (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Freedom to provide services — Article 56 TFEU — Games of chance — Making prohibited lotteries available — Penalties — Proportionality — Minimum-level fines — Accumulation — No limit — Custodial sentence in the event of non-payment — Proportional contribution to the costs of proceedings — Article 49(3) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union)cjeu_case · 14 octobre 2021
27025Joined Cases C-45/20 and C-46/20: Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 14 October 2021 (requests for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesfinanzhof — Germany) — E v Finanzamt N (C-45/20) and Z v Finanzamt G (C-46/20) (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Value added tax (VAT) — Directive 2006/112/EC — Article 167, Article 168(a), Article 250 and Article 252 — Deduction of input tax — Immovable property — An office room — Photovoltaic system — Allocation decision giving rise to a right of deduction — Communication of the allocation decision — Limitation period for exercising a right to deduct — Presumption of allocation to the private assets of the taxable person where the allocation decision is not communicated — Principle of neutrality — Principle of legal certainty — Principles of equivalence and proportionality)cjeu_case · 14 octobre 2021
27026Case C-29/20: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 14 October 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberlandesgericht Köln — Germany) — Biofa AG v Sikma D. Vertriebs GmbH und Co. KG (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Regulation (UE) No 528/2012 — Article 3(1)(a) and (c) — Definitions of ‘biocidal product’ and ‘active substance’ — Conditions — Mode of action other than mere physical or mechanical action — Article 9(1)(a) — Approval of an active substance — Scope of approval)cjeu_case · 14 octobre 2021
27027Arrêt de la Cour (cinquième chambre) du 14 octobre 2021.#Viesgo Infraestructuras Energéticas SL contre Administración General del Estado e.a.#Renvoi préjudiciel – Règles communes pour le marché intérieur de l’électricité – Directive 2009/72/CE – Article 3, paragraphes 2 et 6 – Imposition d’obligations de service public – Financement d’un chèque social en vue de la protection des consommateurs vulnérables – Obligations de transparence et de non‑discrimination.#Affaire C-683/19.cjeu_case · 14 octobre 2021
27028Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 14 October 2021.#Viesgo Infraestructuras Energéticas SL v Administración General del Estado and Others.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Supremo.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Common rules for the internal market in electricity – Directive 2009/72/EC – Article 3(2) and (6) – Imposition of public service obligations – Financing of a regulated discount for the purpose of the protection of vulnerable consumers – Requirements of transparency and non-discrimination.#Case C-683/19.cjeu_case · 14 octobre 2021
27029Arrêt de la Cour (troisième chambre) du 14 octobre 2021.#NRW. Bank contre Conseil de résolution unique (CRU).#Pourvoi – Union économique et monétaire – Union bancaire – Redressement et résolution des établissements de crédit et des entreprises d’investissement – Mécanisme de résolution unique des établissements de crédit et de certaines entreprises d’investissement (MRU) – Conseil de résolution unique (CRU) – Fonds de résolution unique (FRU) – Fixation de la contribution ex ante pour l’année 2016 – Recours en annulation – Délai de recours – Tardiveté – Acte attaquable – Acte confirmatif.#Affaire C-662/19 P.cjeu_case · 14 octobre 2021
27030Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 14 October 2021.#NRW. Bank v Single Resolution Board (SRB).#Appeal – Economic and monetary union – Banking union – Recovery and resolution of credit institutions and investment firms – Single resolution mechanism for credit institutions and certain investment firms (SRM) – Single Resolution Board (SRB) – Single Resolution Fund (SRF) – Setting of the 2016 ex ante contribution – Action for annulment – Time limit for bringing an action – Lateness – Challengeable act – Confirmatory act.#Case C-662/19 P.cjeu_case · 14 octobre 2021
27031Arrêt de la Cour (deuxième chambre) du 14 octobre 2021.#Belén Bernaldo de Quirós contre Commission européenne.#Pourvoi – Fonction publique – Procédure disciplinaire – Statut des fonctionnaires de l’Union européenne – Article 3 de l’annexe IX – Décision C(2004) 1588 de la Commission fixant les dispositions générales d’exécution concernant la conduite des enquêtes administratives et des procédures disciplinaires – Article 4, paragraphe 4 – Enquête administrative – Audition du fonctionnaire concerné – Mandat confié à l’Office d’investigation et de discipline de la Commission (IDOC) pour conduire cette audition – Droits de la défense – Droit d’être entendu.#Affaire C-583/19 P.cjeu_case · 14 octobre 2021
27032Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 14 October 2021.#Belén Bernaldo de Quirós v European Commission.#Appeal – Civil service – Disciplinary procedure – Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Union – Article 3 of Annex IX – Commission Decision C(2004) 1588 laying down general implementing provisions on the conduct of administrative inquiries and disciplinary procedures – Article 4(4) – Administrative investigation – Hearing of the official concerned – Authorisation given to the Investigation and Disciplinary Office of the Commission (IDOC) to conduct that hearing – Rights of the defence – Right to be heard.#Case C-583/19 P.cjeu_case · 14 octobre 2021
27033Case C-683/19: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 14 October 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Supremo — Spain) — Viesgo Infraestructuras Energéticas SL v Administración General del Estado and Others (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Common rules for the internal market in electricity — Directive 2009/72/EC — Article 3(2) and (6) — Imposition of public service obligations — Financing of a regulated discount for the purpose of the protection of vulnerable consumers — Requirements of transparency and non-discrimination)cjeu_case · 14 octobre 2021
27034Case C-662/19 P: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 14 October 2021 — NRW. Bank v Single Resolution Board (SRB), Council of the European Union, European Commission (Appeal — Economic and monetary union — Banking union — Recovery and resolution of credit institutions and investment firms — Single resolution mechanism for credit institutions and certain investment firms (SRM) — Single Resolution Board (SRB) — Single Resolution Fund (SRF) — Determination of the 2016 ex ante contribution — Action for annulment — Period within which proceedings must be commenced — Late submission — Challengeable act — Confirmatory act)cjeu_case · 14 octobre 2021
27035Case C-583/19 P: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 14 October 2021 — Belén Bernaldo de Quirós v European Commission (Appeal — Civil service — Disciplinary proceedings — Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Union — Article 3 of Annex IX — Commission Decision C(2004) 1588 on general implementing provisions on the conduct of administrative enquiries and disciplinary proceedings — Article 4(4) — Administrative enquiry — Hearing of the official concerned — Mandate given to the Investigation and Disciplinary Office of the Commission (IDOC) to carry out that hearing — Rights of the defence — Right to be heard)cjeu_case · 14 octobre 2021
27036Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 14 October 2021.#José Cánovas Pardo SL v Club de Variedades Vegetales Protegidas.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Community plant variety rights – Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 – Article 96 – Calculation of the period of prescription for claims pursuant to Articles 94 and 95 – Point from which time starts to run – Date of grant of Community rights and of knowledge of the act and of the identity of the party liable – Date on which the course of action in question ceased – Repeated acts – Continuous acts – Restricted to acts carried out more than three years ago.#Case C-186/18.cjeu_case · 14 octobre 2021
27037Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 14 October 2021.#José Cánovas Pardo SL v Club de Variedades Vegetales Protegidas.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Supremo.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Community plant variety rights – Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 – Article 96 – Calculation of the period of prescription for claims pursuant to Articles 94 and 95 – Point from which time starts to run – Date of grant of Community rights and of knowledge of the act and of the identity of the party liable – Date on which the course of action in question ceased – Repeated acts – Continuous acts – Restricted to acts carried out more than three years ago.#Case C-186/18.cjeu_case · 14 octobre 2021
27038Case C-186/18: Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 14 October 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Supremo — Spain) — José Cánovas Pardo SL v Club de Variedades Vegetales Protegidas (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Community plant variety rights — Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 — Article 96 — Calculation of the period of prescription for claims pursuant to Articles 94 and 95 — Point from which time starts to run — Date of grant of Community rights and of knowledge of the act and of the identity of the party liable — Date on which the course of action in question ceased — Repeated acts — Continuous acts — Restricted to acts carried out more than three years ago)cjeu_case · 14 octobre 2021
27039Judgment of the General Court (Tenth Chamber) of 13 October 2021.#Ciano Trading & Services CT & S SpA and Others v European Commission.#Public service contracts – Tendering procedure – Sustainable restoration for the Commission in Brussels and its surroundings – Annulment of the tendering procedure – Legitimate expectations – Abuse of rights.#Case T-45/21.cjeu_case · 13 octobre 2021
27040Judgment of the General Court (Tenth Chamber) of 13 October 2021.#Ciano Trading & Services CT & S SpA and Others v European Commission.#Public service contracts – Tendering procedure – Sustainable restoration for the Commission in Brussels and its surroundings – Annulment of the tendering procedure – Legitimate expectations – Abuse of rights.#Case T-45/21.cjeu_case · 13 octobre 2021