30381Opinion of Advocate General Campos Sánchez-Bordona delivered on 18 March 2021.#Federal Republic of Germany v Republic of Poland.#Appeal – Article 194(1) TFEU – Principle of energy solidarity – Directive 2009/73/EC – Internal market in natural gas – Article 36(1) – Decision of the European Commission on review of the exemption of the OPAL pipeline from the requirements on third-party access and tariff regulation following a request by the German regulatory authority – Action for annulment.#Case C-848/19 P.cjeu_case · 18 mars 2021
30382Opinion of Advocate General Tanchev delivered on 18 March 2021.#YT and Others v Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca - MIUR and Ufficio Scolastico Regionale per la Campania.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale di Napoli.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Social policy – Directive 1999/70/EC – Framework agreement on fixed-term work concluded by ETUC, UNICE and CEEP – Clauses 4 and 5 – Fixed-term employment contracts in the public sector – Catholic religious education teachers – Concept of ‘objective reasons’ justifying the renewal of such contracts – Permanent need for replacement staff.#Case C-282/19.cjeu_case · 18 mars 2021
30383Case C-895/19: Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 18 March 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Wojewódzki Sąd Administracyjny w Gliwicach — Poland) — A. v Dyrektor Krajowej Informacji Skarbowej (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Indirect taxation — VAT — Directive 2006/112/EC — Intra-Community acquisition of goods — Deduction of input tax payable on such an acquisition — Procedural requirements — Substantive requirements — Period within which the tax declaration must be submitted — Principles of fiscal neutrality and proportionality)cjeu_case · 18 mars 2021
30384Case C-578/19: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 18 March 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom — United Kingdom) — X v Kuoni Travel Ltd (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Directive 90/314/EEC — Article 5(2), third indent — Package travel, package holidays and package tours — Contract concerning package travel concluded between a travel organiser and a consumer — Liability of the travel organiser for the proper performance of obligations arising from the contract by other suppliers of services — Damage resulting from the acts of an employee of a supplier of services — Exemption from liability — Event that cannot be foreseen or forestalled by the travel organiser or the supplier of services — Concept of a ‘supplier of services’)cjeu_case · 18 mars 2021
30385Case C-440/19 P: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 18 March 2021 — Pometon SpA v European Commission (Appeal — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — European steel abrasives market — Participation in bilateral and multilateral contacts with the aim of coordinating prices throughout the European Economic Area (EEA) — ‘Hybrid’ procedure having led successively to the adoption of a settlement decision and a decision made under the ordinary procedure — Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Article 41 — Principle of impartiality of the European Commission — Article 48 — Presumption of innocence — Obligation to state reasons — Single and continuous infringement — Duration of the infringement — Equal treatment — Unlimited jurisdiction)cjeu_case · 18 mars 2021
30386Case C-388/19: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 18 March 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Arbitral Tributário (Centro de Arbitragem Administrativa — CAAD) — Portugal) — MK v Autoridade Tributária e Aduaneira (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Direct taxation — Tax on capital gains from immovable property — Free movement of capital — Basis for assessment of tax — Discrimination — Option to be taxed according to the same arrangements as residents — Compliance with EU law)cjeu_case · 18 mars 2021
30387Opinion of Advocate General Bobek delivered on 18 March 2021.#Adler Real Estate AG and Others v Finanzmarktaufsichtsbehörde (FMA).#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesverwaltungsgericht.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Securities admitted to trading on a regulated market situated or operating within a Member State – Obligation of transparency – Notification of ‘major holdings’ in companies acquired by ‘persons acting in concert’ – Directive 2004/109/EC – Fourth subparagraph of Article 3(1a) – Concept of ‘more stringent’ requirements – Directive 2004/25/EC – ‘Supervision’ by an authority designated pursuant to Article 4 of that directive.#Case C-605/18.cjeu_case · 18 mars 2021
30388Opinion of Advocate General Bobek delivered on 18 March 2021.#FN and Others v Übernahmekommission.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesverwaltungsgericht.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Company law – Takeover bids – Directive 2004/25/EC – Article 5 – Mandatory bid – Article 4 – Supervisory authority – Final decision making a finding of infringement of the obligation to make a takeover bid – Binding effect of that decision in subsequent proceedings for an administrative sanction initiated by the same authority – EU law principle of effectiveness – General principles of EU law – Rights of the defence – Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Articles 47 and 48 – Right to silence – Presumption of innocence – Access to an independent and impartial tribunal.#Case C-546/18.cjeu_case · 18 mars 2021
30389Case C-225/21 P: Appeal brought on 17 March 2021 by Luis Gonzalo Segura del Oro Pulido against the order of the General Court (Third Chamber) delivered on 3 February 2021 in Case T-701/20, Segura del Oro Pulido v Commissioncjeu_case · 17 mars 2021
30390Case C-175/21: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Sąd Okręgowy w Warszawie (Poland) lodged on 17 March 2021 — Harman International Industries v AB SAcjeu_case · 17 mars 2021
30391Order of the General Court (Eighth Chamber) of 17 March 2021.#3M Belgium v European Chemicals Agency.#Action for annulment – REACH – Identification of perfluorobutanesulfonic acid (PFBS) and of its salts as a substance of very high concern – Inclusion in the list of substances identified with a view to their eventual inclusion in Annex XIV to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 – Time limit for bringing an action – Article 59(10) of Regulation No 1907/2006 – Article 59 of the Rules of Procedure – Inadmissibility.#Case T-160/20.cjeu_case · 17 mars 2021
30392Order of the General Court (Eighth Chamber) of 17 March 2021.#3M Belgium v European Chemicals Agency.#Action for annulment – REACH – Identification of perfluorobutanesulfonic acid (PFBS) and of its salts as a substance of very high concern – Inclusion in the list of substances identified with a view to their eventual inclusion in Annex XIV to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 – Time limit for bringing an action – Article 59(10) of Regulation No 1907/2006 – Article 59 of the Rules of Procedure – Inadmissibility.#Case T-160/20.cjeu_case · 17 mars 2021
30393Judgment of the General Court (Tenth Chamber) of 17 March 2021.#Steinel GmbH v European Union Intellectual Property Office.#EU trade mark – Application for the EU word mark MobileHeat – Absolute ground for refusal – Descriptive nature – Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001.#Case T-226/20.cjeu_case · 17 mars 2021
30394Judgment of the General Court (Tenth Chamber) of 17 March 2021.#Steinel GmbH v European Union Intellectual Property Office.#EU trade mark – Application for the EU word mark MobileHeat – Absolute ground for refusal – Descriptive nature – Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001.#Case T-226/20.cjeu_case · 17 mars 2021
30395Judgment of the General Court (Tenth Chamber) of 17 March 2021.#Chatwal Hotels & Resorts LLC v European Union Intellectual Property Office.#EU trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for the EU word mark THE TIME – Earlier EU word mark TIMEHOUSE – Relative ground for refusal – Likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001.#Case T-186/20.cjeu_case · 17 mars 2021
30396Judgment of the General Court (Tenth Chamber) of 17 March 2021.#Chatwal Hotels & Resorts LLC v European Union Intellectual Property Office.#EU trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for the EU word mark THE TIME – Earlier EU word mark TIMEHOUSE – Relative ground for refusal – Likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001.#Case T-186/20.cjeu_case · 17 mars 2021
30397Judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) of 17 March 2021.#Pablo Erik Alvargonzález Ramos v European Union Intellectual Property Office.#EU trade mark – Revocation proceedings – EU figurative mark URSUS Kapital – Genuine use of the mark – Partial revocation – Article 18(1) and Article 58(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 – Proof of genuine use – Assessment of the evidence – Classification of the services.#Case T-114/20.cjeu_case · 17 mars 2021
30398Judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) of 17 March 2021.#Pablo Erik Alvargonzález Ramos v European Union Intellectual Property Office.#EU trade mark – Revocation proceedings – EU figurative mark URSUS Kapital – Genuine use of the mark – Partial revocation – Article 18(1) and Article 58(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 – Proof of genuine use – Assessment of the evidence – Classification of the services.#Case T-114/20.cjeu_case · 17 mars 2021
30399Case T-160/20: Order of the General Court of 17 March 2021 — 3M Belgium v ECHA (Action for annulment — REACH — Identification of perfluorobutanesulfonic acid (PFBS) and of its salts as a substance of very high concern — Inclusion in the list of substances identified with a view to their eventual inclusion in Annex XIV to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 — Time limit for bringing an action — Article 59(10) of Regulation No 1907/2006 — Article 59 of the Rules of Procedure — Inadmissibility)cjeu_case · 17 mars 2021
30400Case T-226/20: Judgment of the General Court of 17 March 2021 — Steinel v EUIPO (MobileHeat) (EU trade mark — Application for the EU word mark MobileHeat — Relative ground for refusal — Descriptive nature — Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)cjeu_case · 17 mars 2021