36621Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 19 December 2019.#Nederlands Uitgeversverbond and Groep Algemene Uitgevers v Tom Kabinet Internet BV and Others.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Rechtbank Den Haag.#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society — Directive 2001/29/EC — Article 3(1) — Right of communication to the public — Making available — Article 4 — Distribution right — Exhaustion — Electronic books (e‑books) — Virtual market for ‘second-hand’ e‑books.#Case C-263/18.cjeu_case · 19 décembre 2019
36622Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 19 December 2019.#GRDF SA v Eni Gas & Power France SA and Others.#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Common rules for the internal market in natural gas — Directive 2009/73/EC — Article 41(11) — Settlement of disputes concerning the obligations imposed on a system operator — Temporal effects of decisions of the dispute settlement authority — Legal certainty — Legitimate expectations.#Case C-236/18.cjeu_case · 19 décembre 2019
36623Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 19 December 2019.#GRDF SA v Eni Gas & Power France SA and Others.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Cour de cassation.#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Common rules for the internal market in natural gas — Directive 2009/73/EC — Article 41(11) — Settlement of disputes concerning the obligations imposed on a system operator — Temporal effects of decisions of the dispute settlement authority — Legal certainty — Legitimate expectations.#Case C-236/18.cjeu_case · 19 décembre 2019
36624Arrêt de la Cour (septième chambre) du 19 décembre 2019.#Club de Variedades Vegetales Protegidas contre Adolfo Juan Martínez Sanchís.#Renvoi préjudiciel – Protection communautaire des obtentions végétales – Règlement (CE) no 2100/94 – Article 13, paragraphe 2 et paragraphe 3 – Effets de la protection – Système de protection en cascade – Mise en culture de constituants variétaux et récolte de leurs fruits – Distinction entre les actes accomplis sur les constituants variétaux et ceux accomplis sur le matériel de récolte – Notion d’“utilisation non autorisée de constituants variétaux” – Article 95 – Protection provisoire.#Affaire C-176/18.cjeu_case · 19 décembre 2019
36625Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 19 December 2019.#Club de Variedades Vegetales Protegidas v Adolfo Juan Martínez Sanchís.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Supremo.#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Community plant variety rights — Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 — Article 13(2) and (3) — Effects of community plant variety rights — Cumulative protection scheme — Planting of variety constituents and harvesting the fruit — Distinction between acts effected in respect of variety constituents and those concerning harvested material — Concept of ‘unauthorised use of variety constituents’ — Article 95 — Provisional protection.#Case C-176/18.cjeu_case · 19 décembre 2019
36626Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 19 December 2019.#Pensions-Sicherungs-Verein VVaG v Günther Bauer.#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Social policy — Protection of employees in the event of the insolvency of their employer — Directive 2008/94/EC — Article 8 — Supplementary pension schemes — Protection of entitlement to old-age benefits — Minimum guaranteed level of protection — Former employer’s obligation to offset a reduction in an occupational old-age pension — External pension institution — Direct effect.#Case C-168/18.cjeu_case · 19 décembre 2019
36627Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 19 December 2019.#Pensions-Sicherungs-Verein VVaG v Günther Bauer.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesarbeitsgericht.#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Social policy — Protection of employees in the event of the insolvency of their employer — Directive 2008/94/EC — Article 8 — Supplementary pension schemes — Protection of entitlement to old-age benefits — Minimum guaranteed level of protection — Former employer’s obligation to offset a reduction in an occupational old-age pension — External pension institution — Direct effect.#Case C-168/18.cjeu_case · 19 décembre 2019
36628Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 19 December 2019.#Michael Dobersberger v Magistrat der Stadt Wien.#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Articles 56 and 57 TFEU — Freedom to provide services — Directive 96/71/EC — Applicability — Article 1(3)(a) — Posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services — Provision of services on board international trains — National rules imposing administrative obligations in relation to the posting of workers.#Case C-16/18.cjeu_case · 19 décembre 2019
36629Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 19 December 2019.#Michael Dobersberger v Magistrat der Stadt Wien.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgerichtshof.#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Articles 56 and 57 TFEU — Freedom to provide services — Directive 96/71/EC — Applicability — Article 1(3)(a) — Posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services — Provision of services on board international trains — National rules imposing administrative obligations in relation to the posting of workers.#Case C-16/18.cjeu_case · 19 décembre 2019
36630Opinion of Advocate General Sharpston delivered on 19 December 2019.#European Commission v RQ.#Appeal – Civil service – Officials – Director-General of the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) – Immunity from legal proceedings – Decision waiving immunity – Act adversely affecting a person – Rights of the defence.#Case C-831/18 P.cjeu_case · 19 décembre 2019
36631Opinion of Advocate General Hogan delivered on 19 December 2019.#Mikrokasa S.A. w Gdyni and Revenue Niestandaryzowany Sekurytyzacyjny Fundusz Inwestycyjny Zamknięty w Warszawie v XO.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Sąd Rejonowy w Siemianowicach Śląskich.#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Consumer protection — Credit agreements for consumers — Directive 2008/48/EC — Article 3(g), Article 10(2) and Article 22(1) — Level of harmonisation — Concept of ‘non-interest credit costs’ — Directive 93/13/EEC — Article 1(2) — Unfair terms in consumer contracts — Ceiling value for the total non-interest credit costs — Contractual terms reflecting mandatory statutory or regulatory provisions — Not included.#Case C-779/18.cjeu_case · 19 décembre 2019
36632Opinion of Advocate General Sharpston delivered on 19 December 2019.#ACTC GmbH v European Union Intellectual Property Office.#Appeal — EU trade mark — Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Application for registration of EU word mark tigha — Opposition filed by the proprietor of the earlier EU trade mark TAIGA — Partial dismissal of the application for registration — Article 8(1)(b) — Assessment of the likelihood of confusion — Assessment of the conceptual similarity of the signs at issue — Article 42(2) — Proof of genuine use of the earlier mark — Proof of use ‘in relation to part … of the goods or services’ — Determination of an independent subcategory of goods.#Case C-714/18 P.cjeu_case · 19 décembre 2019
36633Opinion of Advocate General Kokott delivered on 19 December 2019.#AGROBET CZ, s.r.o. v Finanční úřad pro Středočeský kraj.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Nejvyšší správní soud.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Common system of value added tax (VAT) – Directive 2006/112/EC – Deduction of input tax – Excess VAT – Excess VAT withheld following the initiation of a tax inspection procedure – Request for refund of the portion of the excess relating to transactions not covered by that procedure – Refusal of the tax authority.#Case C-446/18.cjeu_case · 19 décembre 2019
36634Opinion of Advocate General Saugmandsgaard Øe delivered on 19 December 2019.#Data Protection Commissioner v Facebook Ireland Limited and Maximillian Schrems.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the High Court (Ireland).#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data — Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Articles 7, 8 and 47 — Regulation (EU) 2016/679 — Article 2(2) — Scope — Transfers of personal data to third countries for commercial purposes — Article 45 — Commission adequacy decision — Article 46 — Transfers subject to appropriate safeguards — Article 58 — Powers of the supervisory authorities — Processing of the data transferred by the public authorities of a third country for national security purposes — Assessment of the adequacy of the level of protection in the third country — Decision 2010/87/EU — Protective standard clauses on the transfer of personal data to third countries — Suitable safeguards provided by the data controller — Validity — Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/1250 — Adequacy of the protection provided by the EU-US Privacy Shield — Validity — Complaint by a natural person whose data was transferred from the European Union to the United States.#Case C-311/18.cjeu_case · 19 décembre 2019
36635Opinion of Advocate General Pikamäe delivered on 19 December 2019.#European Commission and Slovak Republic v Dôvera zdravotná poistʼovňa, a.s.#Appeal — State aid — Article 107(1) TFEU — Social security system — Health insurance bodies — Concepts of ‘undertaking’ and ‘economic activity’ — Social objective — Principle of solidarity — State supervision — Overall assessment — Possibility of seeking profits — Residual competition on quality and on health insurance services offered.#Joined Cases C-262/18 P and C-271/18 P.cjeu_case · 19 décembre 2019
36636Case C-757/18 P: Order of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 19 December 2019 — M-Sansz Kereskedelmi, Termelő és Szolgáltató Kft. (M-Sansz Kft.) v European Commission (Appeal — Article 181 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice — State aid — Aid implemented by Hungary in favour of companies employing disabled workers — Action for annulment — Alleged decisions not to raise objections — Lack of locus standi — Person not individually concerned — Action not brought in order to safeguard procedural rights — Inadmissibility of the action at first instance — Appeal manifestly unfounded)cjeu_case · 19 décembre 2019
36637Case C-748/18 P: Order of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 19 December 2019 — Motex Ipari és Szolgáltató Rehabilitációs Kft. (Motex Kft.) v European Commission (Appeal — Article 181 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice — State aid — Aid implemented by Hungary in favour of companies employing disabled workers — Action for annulment — Alleged decisions not to raise objections — Lack of standing — Person not individually concerned — Action not brought in order to safeguard procedural rights — Inadmissibility of the action at first instance — Appeal manifestly unfounded)cjeu_case · 19 décembre 2019
36638Case C-747/18 P: Order of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 19 December 2019 — Lux-Rehab Foglalkoztató Non-Profit Kft. (Lux-Rehab Non-Profit Kft.) v European Commission (Appeal — Article 181 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice — State aid — Aid implemented by Hungary in favour of companies employing disabled workers — Action for annulment — Alleged decisions not to raise objections — Lack of locus standi — Person not individually concerned — Action not brought in order to safeguard procedural rights — Inadmissibility of the action at first instance — Appeal manifestly unfounded)cjeu_case · 19 décembre 2019
36639Case C-741/18 P: Order of the Court of 19 December 2019 — OPS Újpesti Csökkentmunkaképességűek Ipari és Kereskemeldi Ktf. (OPS Újpest Kft.) v European Commission (Appeal — Article 181 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice — State Aid — Aid implemented by Hungary in favour of undertakings employing disabled workers — Action for annulment — Alleged decisions not to raise objections — Deadline for lodging an appeal — Starting point — Awareness of the existence of the contested measure — Request for translation of the contested measure — Reasonable time — Out of time — Inadmissibility of the action at first instance — Assessment of the facts — Appeal, in part, manifestly inadmissible and, in part, manifestly unfounded)cjeu_case · 19 décembre 2019
36640Case C-645/18: Order of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 19 December 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Landesverwaltungsgericht Steiermark — Austria) — NE v Bezirkshauptmannschaft Hartberg-Fürstenfeld (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Article 99 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court — Freedom to provide services — Posting of workers — Article 56 TFEU — Directive 2014/67/EU — Articles 9 and 20 — Reporting of workers — Retention of records of wages — Penalties — Proportionality — Fines of a predefined minimum amount — Cumulative — No upper limit — Court fees)cjeu_case · 19 décembre 2019