31201Opinion of Advocate General Campos Sánchez-Bordona delivered on 21 January 2021.#Sisal SpA and Others v Agenzia delle Dogane e dei Monopoli and Ministero dell'Economia e delle Finanze.#Requests for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Articles 49 and 56 TFEU – Freedom to provide services – Restrictions – Directive 2014/23/EU – Award procedures for concession contracts – Article 43 – Substantial modifications – Instant lottery games – National legislation providing for the renewal of a concession without a new call for tenders – Directive 89/665/EEC – Article 1(3) – Legal interest in bringing proceedings.#Joined Cases C-721/19 and C-722/19.cjeu_case · 21 janvier 2021
31203Opinion of Advocate General Pitruzzella delivered on 21 January 2021.#Prosegur Compañía de Seguridad, SA v European Commission.#Appeal – State aid – Article 107(1) TFEU – Tax system – Corporate tax provisions allowing undertakings which are tax resident in Spain to amortise the goodwill resulting from the acquisition of shareholdings in companies which are tax resident outside that Member State – Concept of ‘State aid’ – Condition relating to selectivity – Reference system – Derogation – Difference in treatment – Justification for the difference in treatment.#Case C-55/19 P.cjeu_case · 21 janvier 2021
31204Opinion of Advocate General Pitruzzella delivered on 21 January 2021.#Axa Mediterranean Holding, SA v European Commission.#Appeal – State aid – Article 107(1) TFEU – Tax system – Corporate tax provisions allowing undertakings which are tax resident in Spain to amortise the goodwill resulting from the acquisition of shareholdings in companies which are tax resident outside that Member State – Concept of ‘State aid’ – Condition relating to selectivity – Reference system – Derogation – Difference in treatment – Justification for the difference in treatment.#Case C-54/19 P.cjeu_case · 21 janvier 2021
31205Opinion of Advocate General Pitruzzella delivered on 21 January 2021.#Banco Santander, SA and Others v European Commission.#Appeal – State aid – Article 107(1) TFEU – Tax system – Corporate tax provisions allowing undertakings which are tax resident in Spain to amortise the goodwill resulting from the acquisition of shareholdings in companies which are tax resident outside that Member State – Concept of ‘State aid’ – Condition relating to selectivity – Reference system – Derogation – Difference in treatment – Justification for the difference in treatment.#Joined Cases C-53/19 P and C-65/19 P.cjeu_case · 21 janvier 2021
31206Opinion of Advocate General Pitruzzella delivered on 21 January 2021.#Banco Santander, SA v European Commission.#Appeal – State aid – Article 107(1) TFEU – Tax system – Corporate tax provisions allowing undertakings which are tax resident in Spain to amortise the goodwill resulting from the acquisition of shareholdings in companies which are tax resident outside that Member State – Concept of ‘State aid’ – Condition relating to selectivity – Reference system – Derogation – Difference in treatment – Justification for the difference in treatment.#Case C-52/19 P.cjeu_case · 21 janvier 2021
31207Opinion of Advocate General Pitruzzella delivered on 21 January 2021.#World Duty Free Group and Kingdom of Spain v European Commission.#Appeal – State aid – Article 107(1) TFEU – Tax system – Corporate tax provisions allowing undertakings which are tax resident in Spain to amortise the goodwill resulting from the acquisition of shareholdings in companies which are tax resident outside that Member State – Concept of ‘State aid’ – Condition relating to selectivity – Reference system – Derogation – Difference in treatment – Justification for the difference in treatment.#Joined Cases C-51/19 P and C-64/19 P.cjeu_case · 21 janvier 2021
31208Opinion of Advocate General Pitruzzella delivered on 21 January 2021.#Sigma Alimentos Exterior, SL v European Commission.#Appeal – State aid – Article 107(1) TFEU – Tax system – Corporate tax provisions allowing undertakings which are tax resident in Spain to amortise the goodwill resulting from the acquisition of shareholdings in companies which are tax resident outside that Member State – Concept of ‘State aid’ – Condition relating to selectivity – Reference system – Derogation – Difference in treatment – Justification for the difference in treatment.#Case C-50/19 P.cjeu_case · 21 janvier 2021
31209Case C-843/19: Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 21 January 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Cataluña — Spain) — Instituto Nacional de la Seguridad Social (INSS) v BT (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Social policy — Equal treatment for men and women in matters of social security — Directive 79/7/EEC — Article 4(1) — Voluntary early retirement — Early retirement pension — Eligibility — Requirement for the pension amount to be received to be at least as much as the legal minimum amount — Proportion of workers of each sex excluded from the benefit of early retirement — Justification of a potential particular disadvantage to female workers — Social policy objectives of the Member State concerned)cjeu_case · 21 janvier 2021
31210Case C-501/19: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 21 January 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Înalta Curte de Casaţie şi Justiţie — Romania) — UCMR — ADA Asociaţia pentru Drepturi de Autor a Compozitorilor v Asociația Culturală ‘Suflet de Român’, represented by its liquidator, Pro Management Insolv IPURL (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Taxation — Value added tax (VAT) — Directive 2006/112/EC — Article 2(1)(c), Article 24(1) and Article 25(a) — Taxable transactions — Fees for the public performance of musical works — Article 28 — Collective copyright management organisation — Collection of those fees in its own name and on behalf of copyright holders from end users)cjeu_case · 21 janvier 2021
31211Case C-308/19: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 21 January 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Înalta Curte de Casaţie şi Justiţie — Romania) — Consiliul Concurenţei v Whiteland Import Export SRL (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Competition — Penalties imposed by the national competition authority — Limitation period — Actions interrupting the limitation period — National legislation precluding, after the initiation of an investigation, the possibility that subsequent action for the purpose of proceedings or investigation may interrupt the new limitation period — Principle that national law must be interpreted in conformity with EU law — Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 — Article 25(3) — Scope — Article 4(3) TEU — Article 101 TFEU — Principle of effectiveness)cjeu_case · 21 janvier 2021
31212Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 21 January 2021.#Päivi Leino-Sandberg v European Parliament.#Appeal – Access to documents of the EU institutions – Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 – Article 10 – Refusal to grant access – Action before the General Court of the European Union against a decision by the European Parliament refusing to grant access to a document – Disclosure of the annotated document by a third party after the action was lodged – Order that there was no need to adjudicate pronounced by the General Court on the ground that was no longer any interest in bringing proceedings – Error of law.#Case C-761/18 P.cjeu_case · 21 janvier 2021
31213Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 21 January 2021.#Päivi Leino-Sandberg v European Parliament.#Appeal – Access to documents of the EU institutions – Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 – Article 10 – Refusal to grant access – Action before the General Court of the European Union against a decision by the European Parliament refusing to grant access to a document – Disclosure of the annotated document by a third party after the action was lodged – Order that there was no need to adjudicate pronounced by the General Court on the ground that was no longer any interest in bringing proceedings – Error of law.#Case C-761/18 P.cjeu_case · 21 janvier 2021
31214Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 21 January 2021.#Federal Republic of Germany v Esso Raffinage.#Appeal – Registration, evaluation and authorisation of chemicals – Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 (REACH) – Articles 5 and 6 – General obligation to register substances – Articles 41 and 42 – Evaluation of registration dossiers and compliance check of information submitted by registrants – Declaration of non-compliance – Actionable measure – Interest in bringing proceedings – Locus standi – Respective competences of the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) and national authorities – Obligation on ECHA to check the compliance of additional information submitted by registrants at its request – ECHA’s power to take an appropriate decision – Article 1 – Objective of protecting human health and the environment – Articles 13 and 25 – Use of animal testing – Promotion of alternative methods.#Case C-471/18 P.cjeu_case · 21 janvier 2021
31215Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 21 January 2021.#Federal Republic of Germany v Esso Raffinage.#Appeal – Registration, evaluation and authorisation of chemicals – Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 (REACH) – Articles 5 and 6 – General obligation to register substances – Articles 41 and 42 – Evaluation of registration dossiers and compliance check of information submitted by registrants – Declaration of non-compliance – Actionable measure – Interest in bringing proceedings – Locus standi – Respective competences of the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) and national authorities – Obligation on ECHA to check the compliance of additional information submitted by registrants at its request – ECHA’s power to take an appropriate decision – Article 1 – Objective of protecting human health and the environment – Articles 13 and 25 – Use of animal testing – Promotion of alternative methods.#Case C-471/18 P.cjeu_case · 21 janvier 2021
31216Case C-761/18 P: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 21 January 2021 — Päivi Leino-Sandberg v European Parliament (Appeal — Access to documents of the EU institutions — Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 — Article 10 — Refusal to grant access — Action before the General Court of the European Union against a decision by the European Parliament refusing to grant access to a document — Disclosure of the annotated document by a third party after the action was lodged — Order that there was no need to adjudicate pronounced by the General Court on the ground that was no longer any interest in bringing proceedings — Error of law)cjeu_case · 21 janvier 2021
31217Case C-471/18 P: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 21 January 2021 — Federal Republic of Germany v Esso Raffinage, European Chemicals Agency, French Republic, Kingdom of the Netherlands (Appeal — Registration, evaluation and authorisation of chemicals — Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 (REACH) — Articles 5 and 6 — General obligation to register substances — Articles 41 and 42 — Evaluation of registration dossiers and compliance check of information submitted by registrants — Declaration of non-compliance — Actionable measure — Interest in bringing proceedings — Locus standi — Respective competences of the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) and national authorities — Obligation on ECHA to check the compliance of additional information submitted by registrants at its request — ECHA’s power to take an appropriate decision — Article 1 — Objective of protecting human health and the environment — Articles 13 and 25 — Use of animal testing — Promotion of alternative methods)cjeu_case · 21 janvier 2021
31218Case T-29/21: Action brought on 20 January 2021 — Beveland v EUIPO — Super B (BUCANERO)cjeu_case · 20 janvier 2021
31219Case T-28/21: Action brought on 20 January 2021 — Apple v EUIPO — Swatch (THINK DIFFERENT)cjeu_case · 20 janvier 2021
31220Case T-27/21: Action brought on 20 January 2021 — Apple v EUIPO — Swatch (THINK DIFFERENT)cjeu_case · 20 janvier 2021