36641Case C-752/18: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 19 December 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Bayerischer Verwaltungsgerichtshof — Germany) — Deutsche Umwelthilfe eV v Freistaat Bayern (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Environment — Article 6, the first paragraph of Article 47 and Article 52(1) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Directive 2008/50/EC — Atmospheric pollution — Ambient air quality — Air quality plan — Limit values for nitrogen dioxide — Obligation to adopt appropriate measures to ensure that any exceedance period is very short — Obligation on the national courts to take any necessary measure — Refusal of a regional government to comply with an injunction — Coercive detention contemplated in respect of senior political representatives or senior officials of the region concerned — Effective judicial protection — Right to liberty of the person — Legal basis — Proportionality)cjeu_case · 19 décembre 2019
36642Case C-715/18: Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 19 December 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesfinanzhof — Germany) — Segler-Vereinigung Cuxhaven eV v Finanzamt Cuxhaven (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Taxation — Value added tax (VAT) — Directive 2006/112/EC — Article 98 — Option for the Member States to apply a reduced rate of VAT to certain supplies of goods and services — Point 12 of Annex III — Reduced rate of VAT applicable to the letting of places on camping or caravan sites — Question of whether that reduced rate is applicable to the letting of boat moorings in a marina — Comparison with the letting of premises and sites for the parking of vehicles — Equal treatment — Principle of fiscal neutrality)cjeu_case · 19 décembre 2019
36643Case C-707/18: Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 19 December 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from Tribunalul Timiș — Romania) — Amărăști Land Investment SRL v Direcția Generală Regională a Finanțelor Publice Timișoara, Administrația Județeană a Finanțelor Publice Timiș (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Taxation — Common system of value added tax — Directive 2006/112/EC — Taxable transactions — Deduction of input tax — Purchase of immovable property not registered in the national land register — First-registration costs incurred by the purchaser — Recourse to specialist third companies — Participation in a supply of services or investment expenditure carried out for the purposes of an undertaking)cjeu_case · 19 décembre 2019
36644Case C-677/18: Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 19 December 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the First-tier Tribunal (Tax Chamber) — United Kingdom) — Amoena Ltd v Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Common Customs Tariff — Tariff classification — Combined Nomenclature — Headings 6212 and 9021 — Mastectomy bras — Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1167 — Validity — Notion of ‘accessories’ — Sincere cooperation)cjeu_case · 19 décembre 2019
36645Case C-592/18: Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 19 December 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the College van Beroep voor het bedrijfsleven — Netherlands) — Darie BV v Staatssecretaris van Infrastructuur en Milieu (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 — Article 3(1)(a) and (c) — Concept of ‘biocidal product’ — Concept of ‘active substance’ — Bacterial product containing the bacterial species Bacillus ferment — Mode of action other than mere physical or mechanical action — Indirect action — Period within which effect takes place)cjeu_case · 19 décembre 2019
36646Case C-590/18 P: Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 19 December 2019 — Fujikura Ltd v European Commission, Viscas Corp. (Appeal — Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — European market for underground and submarine power cables — Market allocation in connection with projects — Fines — 2006 Guidelines on the method of setting fines — Determination of the relative weight of the European and non-European participants in the cartel — Participation of European undertakings at several levels of the cartel — Principle of equal treatment)cjeu_case · 19 décembre 2019
36647Case C-589/18 P: Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 19 December 2019 — Furukawa Electric Co. Ltd v European Commission, Viscas Corp. (Appeal — Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — European market for underground and submarine power cables — Market allocation in connection with projects — Fines — 2006 Guidelines on the method of setting fines — Determination of the value of sales — Principle of equal treatment)cjeu_case · 19 décembre 2019
36648Case C-582/18 P: Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 19 December 2019 — Viscas Corp. v European Commission and Furukawa Electric Co. Ltd (Appeal — Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — European market for underground and submarine power cables — Market allocation in connection with projects — Fines — 2006 Guidelines on the method of setting fines — Determining the relative weight of the European and non-European members in the cartel — Participation of European undertakings in the cartel at several levels — Principle of equal treatment)cjeu_case · 19 décembre 2019
36649Case C-532/18: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 19 December 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberster Gerichtshof — Austria) — GN, represented for legal purposes by HM v ZU, acting as administrator in the insolvency of Niki Luftfahrt GmbH (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Air transport — Montreal Convention — Article 17(1) — Air carrier liability in the event of accidents — Concept of ‘accident’ — Aircraft in flight — Spillage of a cup of coffee placed on the tray table of a seat — Bodily injuries caused to the passenger)cjeu_case · 19 décembre 2019
36650Case C-523/18: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 19 December 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Audiencia Nacional — Spain) — Engie Cartagena SL v Ministerio para la Transición Ecológica, formerly Ministerio de Industria, Energía y Turismo (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Internal market in electricity — Common rules — Directive 2003/54/EC — Article 3(2) — Directive 2009/72/EC — Article 3(2) — Public service obligations — Meaning — National rules — Financing of energy efficiency plans — Designation of electricity generating undertakings — Mandatory contribution)cjeu_case · 19 décembre 2019
36651Joined Cases C-477/18 and C-478/18: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 19 December 2019 (requests for a preliminary ruling from the College van Beroep voor het Bedrijfsleven — Netherlands) — Exportslachterij J. Gosschalk en Zn. BV (C-477/18), Compaxo Vlees Zevenaar BV, Ekro BV, Vion Apeldoorn BV, Vitelco BV (C-478/18) v Minister van Landbouw, Natuur en Voedselkwaliteit (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 — Article 27(1) and (4) — Points 1 and 2 of Annex VI — Official controls on feed and food — Financing — Fees payable in relation to official controls — Calculation — Definition of ‘staff involved in the official controls’ — Inclusion of administrative and support staff — Possibility of charging for quarter-hour periods requested by the slaughterhouse for the purposes of official controls but not worked — Conditions)cjeu_case · 19 décembre 2019
36652Case C-465/18: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 19 December 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato — Italy) — AV, BU v Comune di Bernareggio (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Freedom of establishment — Sale of a pharmacy under a tendering procedure — National legislation — Right of pre-emption granted to employees of the pharmacy being sold)cjeu_case · 19 décembre 2019
36653Case C-460/18 P: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 19 December 2019 — HK v European Commission, Council of the European Union (Appeal — Civil service — Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Union — Article 1d — First paragraph of Article 17 of Annex VIII — Pension for the surviving spouse — Conditions for granting — Concept of ‘surviving spouse’ of a Union official — Marriage and non-marital partnership — Cohabitation — Principle of non-discrimination — Comparable situation — None — Condition of duration of marriage — Combating fraud — Justification)cjeu_case · 19 décembre 2019
36654Joined Cases C-453/18 and C-494/18: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 19 December 2019 (requests for a preliminary ruling from the Primera Instancia No 11 de Vigo, Juzgado de Primera Instancia No 20 de Barcelona — Spain) — Bondora AS v Carlos V.C. (Case C-453/18), XY (C-494/18) (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Judicial cooperation in civil matters — European order for payment procedure — Regulation (EC) No 1896/2006 — Provision of additional documents to support the claim — Unfair terms in consumer contracts — Directive 93/13/EEC — Review by the court seised in the context of an application for a European payment order)cjeu_case · 19 décembre 2019
36655Case C-442/18 P: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 19 December 2019 — European Central Bank v Espírito Santo Financial (Portugal), SGPS, SA (Appeal — Refusal to grant access to decisions of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank (ECB) — Protocol on the Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the ECB — Article 10.4 — Confidentiality of the proceedings of meetings — Outcome of deliberations — Possibility of disclosure — Decision 2004/258/EC — Access to ECB documents — Article 4(1)(a) — Confidentiality of proceedings — Undermining of the protection of the public interest)cjeu_case · 19 décembre 2019
36656Case C-418/18 P: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 19 December 2019 — Patrick Grégor Puppinck and Others v Republic of Poland, European Commission, European Parliament, Council of the European Union, European Citizens’ Initiative One of Us (Appeal — Institutional law — Citizens’ initiative ‘One of us’ — Communication from the European Commission setting out its conclusions and the reasons for not taking the action requested in the citizens’ initiative)cjeu_case · 19 décembre 2019
36657Case C-390/18: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 19 December 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the tribunal de grande instance de Paris — France) — Criminal proceedings against X (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Directive 2000/31/EC — Information society services — Directive 2006/123/EC — Services — Connection of hosts, whether businesses or individuals, with accommodation to rent with persons seeking that type of accommodation — Qualification — National legislation imposing certain restrictions on the exercise of the profession of real estate agent — Directive 2000/31/EC — Article 3(4)(b), second indent — Obligation to give notification of measures restricting the freedom to provide information society services — Failure to give notification — Enforceability — Criminal proceedings with an ancillary civil action)cjeu_case · 19 décembre 2019
36658Case C-389/18: Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 19 December 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal de première instance francophone de Bruxelles — Belgium) — Brussels Securities SA v État Belge (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Common system of taxation applicable in the case of parent companies and subsidiaries of different Member States — Directive 90/435/EEC — Prevention of double taxation — First indent of Article 4(1) — Prohibition on taxing profits received — Inclusion of the dividend distributed by the subsidiary in the parent company’s tax base — Deduction of the dividend distributed from the parent company’s tax base and the indefinite carrying forward of the surplus to the following tax years — The order in which tax deductions on profits are to be applied — Loss of a tax advantage)cjeu_case · 19 décembre 2019
36659Case C-386/18: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 19 December 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the College van Beroep voor het Bedrijfsleven — Netherlands) — Coöperatieve Producentenorganisatie en Beheersgroep Texel UA v Minister van Landbouw, Natuur en Voedselkwaliteit (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Common fisheries policy — Regulations (EU) Nos 1303/2013, 1379/2013 and 508/2014 — Fishery and aquaculture producer organisations — Production and marketing plans — Financial support for the preparation and implementation of those plans — Conditions of eligibility of costs — Discretion of the Member States — No possibility under national law to apply for financial support)cjeu_case · 19 décembre 2019
36660Case C-385/18: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 19 December 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato — Italy) — Arriva Italia Srl, Ferrotramviaria SpA, Consorzio Trasporti Aziende Pugliesi (CO.TRA.P) v Ministero delle Infrastrutture e dei Trasporti (Reference for a preliminary ruling — State aid — Notion — Public railway undertaking in difficulties — Aid measures — Allocation of financial aid — Aim — Continued operation of the public railway undertaking — Allocation to and shareholding in the capital of that public undertaking — Transfer to the capital of another public undertaking — Private investor test — Prior notification obligation for new aid)cjeu_case · 19 décembre 2019