5641Opinion of Advocate General Emiliou delivered on 19 June 2025.#Deity Shoes, S.L. v Mundorama Confort, S.L. and Stay Design, S.L.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Juzgado de lo Mercantil de Alicante.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Intellectual property – Community designs – Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 – Articles 4 to 6 and 14 – Conditions for the protection of a design – Novelty – Individual character – Visual characteristics predetermined by a third party – Freedom of the designer in developing the design – Concept of ‘informed user’ – Influence of features linked to fashion trends.#Case C-323/24.cjeu_case · 19 juin 2025
5643Opinion of Advocate General Richard de la Tour delivered on 19 June 2025.###cjeu_case · 19 juin 2025
5644Opinion of Advocate General Norkus delivered on 19 June 2025.#Verein für Konsumenteninformation v Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij NV.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberster Gerichtshof.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Air transport – Regulation (EC) No 261/2004 – Article 8(1) – Reimbursement of the price of a ticket in the event of cancellation of a flight – Commission collected by a person acting as an intermediary between the passenger and the air carrier when the ticket was bought – Conditions for inclusion – Amount of commission allegedly fixed without the air carrier’s knowledge – Burden of proof.#Case C-45/24.cjeu_case · 19 juin 2025
5645Case C-419/24, Hôtel Plaza: Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 19 June 2025 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Cour de cassation – France) – Société Nouvelle de l’Hôtel Plaza SAS v YG, Pôle emploi (Reference for a preliminary ruling – Social policy – Directive 98/59/EC – Collective redundancies – Article 1(1), first subparagraph, (a) – Concept of workers normally employed – Workers supplied by an external undertaking under a contract for the provision of services – Method of calculating the number of those workers in the establishment – No specific obligation imposed by that directive in respect of a situation such as that at issue in the main proceedings – Inapplicability of that directive – Lack of jurisdiction of the Court)cjeu_case · 19 juin 2025
5646Case C-396/24, Lubreczlik: Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 19 June 2025 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Sąd Okręgowy w Krakowie – Poland) – PU, QS, mBank S.A. v mBank S.A., BL, CY (Reference for a preliminary ruling – Consumer protection – Directive 93/13/EEC – Unfair terms in consumer contracts – Article 7(1) – Mortgage loan agreement indexed to a foreign currency, containing unfair terms – Effects of a finding that a term is unfair – Nullity of that agreement – Repayment by the consumer of the amount of the loan obtained under a void agreement irrespective of repayments made – Deterrent effect of the prohibition on unfair terms – Acceptance by the consumer of the claim for repayment – Obligation on the national court to make the judgment against the defendant immediately enforceable)cjeu_case · 19 juin 2025
5647Case C-317/24: Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 19 June 2025 – Commission v Greece (Combating late payment) (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Directive 2011/7/EU – Combating late payment in commercial transactions – Article 4(4)(b) – Commercial transactions between undertakings and public authorities – Power conferred on Member States to extend up to a maximum of 60 calendar days the time limit for payment for public entities providing healthcare – Duty of Member States to ensure that those public entities do not in practice exceed that time limit)cjeu_case · 19 juin 2025
5648Case C-200/24: Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 19 June 2025 – Commission v Poland (Advertising for pharmacies) (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Article 49 TFEU – Freedom of establishment – Article 56 TFEU – Freedom to provide services – Directive 2000/31/EC – Electronic commerce – Article 8(1) – Commercial communications service provided by a member of a regulated profession – National legislation prohibiting advertising for pharmacies and pharmaceutical outlets as well as for the activities thereof – Restriction – Whether justified – Protection of public health)cjeu_case · 19 juin 2025
5649Case C-17/24, CeramTec: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 19 June 2025 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Cour de cassation – France) – CeramTec GmbH v Coorstek Bioceramics LLC (Reference for a preliminary ruling – EU trade mark – Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 – Absolute grounds for invalidity – Article 52(1)(a) and (b) – Article 7(1)(e)(ii) – Sign consisting exclusively of the shape of goods which is necessary to obtain a technical result – Bad faith of the applicant – Autonomy and coexistence of the absolute grounds for invalidity – Criteria relevant to determining whether an applicant is acting in bad faith when filing an application for a trade mark – Matters arising after that application is filed)cjeu_case · 19 juin 2025
5650Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 19 June 2025.#Direktor na Direktsia „Obzhalvane i danachno-osiguritelna praktika“ Sofia pri Tsentralno upravlenie na Natsionalna agentsia za prihodite v „Bulgarian posts“ EAD.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Taxation – Common system of value added tax – Directive 2006/112/EC – Exemptions for certain activities in the public interest – Article 132 – Public postal services – Directive 97/67/EC – Article 12 – Universal postal service provider – Concepts of ‘public postal service’ and ‘public interest service’.#Case C-785/23.cjeu_case · 19 juin 2025
5651Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 19 June 2025.#Direktor na Direktsia „Obzhalvane i danachno-osiguritelna praktika“ Sofia pri Tsentralno upravlenie na Natsionalna agentsia za prihodite v „Bulgarian posts“ EAD.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Varhoven administrativen sad.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Taxation – Common system of value added tax – Directive 2006/112/EC – Exemptions for certain activities in the public interest – Article 132 – Public postal services – Directive 97/67/EC – Article 12 – Universal postal service provider – Concepts of ‘public postal service’ and ‘public interest service’.#Case C-785/23.cjeu_case · 19 juin 2025
5652Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 19 June 2025.#M v Lietuvos bankas.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Prevention of the use of the financial system for the purposes of money laundering and terrorist financing – Directive (EU) 2015/849 – Article 59 – Concept of ‘systematic infringement’ – Penalties – National legislation or practice allowing a separate fine to be imposed in respect of each infringement established in the course of one and the same investigation – Compatibility with EU law – Minimum harmonisation – Observance of the general principles of EU law – Effective, proportionate and dissuasive sanctions – Principle ne bis in idem.#Case C-671/23.cjeu_case · 19 juin 2025
5653Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 19 June 2025.#M v Lietuvos bankas.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Lietuvos vyriausiasis administracinis teismas.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Prevention of the use of the financial system for the purposes of money laundering and terrorist financing – Directive (EU) 2015/849 – Article 59 – Concept of ‘systematic infringement’ – Penalties – National legislation or practice allowing a separate fine to be imposed in respect of each infringement established in the course of one and the same investigation – Compatibility with EU law – Minimum harmonisation – Observance of the general principles of EU law – Effective, proportionate and dissuasive sanctions – Principle ne bis in idem.#Case C-671/23.cjeu_case · 19 juin 2025
5654Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 19 June 2025.#Hera Comm SpA v Falconeri Srl.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Taxation – Excise duties – Directive 2008/118/EC – Article 1(2) – Other indirect taxes on excise goods – Electricity – National legislation establishing a tax additional to the excise duty on electricity – No specific purposes – Additional tax for the benefit of regional and local authorities considered by the national courts to be contrary to Directive 2008/118 – Recovery by the final consumer from the supplier of the tax paid but not due.#Case C-645/23.cjeu_case · 19 juin 2025
5655Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 19 June 2025.#Hera Comm SpA v Falconeri Srl.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Corte d’appello di Bologna.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Taxation – Excise duties – Directive 2008/118/EC – Article 1(2) – Other indirect taxes on excise goods – Electricity – National legislation establishing a tax additional to the excise duty on electricity – No specific purposes – Additional tax for the benefit of regional and local authorities considered by the national courts to be contrary to Directive 2008/118 – Recovery by the final consumer from the supplier of the tax paid but not due.#Case C-645/23.cjeu_case · 19 juin 2025
5656Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 19 June 2025.#SIA „Laimz” v Izložu un azartspēļu uzraudzības inspekcija.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Prevention of the use of the financial system for the purposes of money laundering or terrorist financing – Directive (EU) 2015/849 – Point 11(a) of Article 3 – Close associate of a politically exposed person – Definition – Article 45(1) and (8) – Obliged entities that are part of a group – Information sharing within the group – Application of decisions taken by another obliged entity that is part of that group – Article 14(1) and (8) – Ongoing monitoring of customers by obliged entities – Article 11(d) – Enhanced customer due diligence measures for providers of gambling services.#Case C-509/23.cjeu_case · 19 juin 2025
5657Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 19 June 2025.#SIA „Laimz” v Izložu un azartspēļu uzraudzības inspekcija.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Administratīvā rajona tiesa.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Prevention of the use of the financial system for the purposes of money laundering or terrorist financing – Directive (EU) 2015/849 – Point 11(a) of Article 3 – Close associate of a politically exposed person – Definition – Article 45(1) and (8) – Obliged entities that are part of a group – Information sharing within the group – Application of decisions taken by another obliged entity that is part of that group – Article 14(1) and (8) – Ongoing monitoring of customers by obliged entities – Article 11(d) – Enhanced customer due diligence measures for providers of gambling services.#Case C-509/23.cjeu_case · 19 juin 2025
5658Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 19 June 2025.#Ordre des barreaux francophones et germanophone de Belgique and Others v État belge, représenté par la Secrétaire d’État à l’Asile et la Migration.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Immigration policy – Directive (EU) 2016/801 – Conditions of entry and residence of third-country nationals for study purposes – Article 34(5) – Appeal against a decision rejecting an application for admission to the territory of a Member State for study purposes – Fundamental right to an effective judicial remedy – Article 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union.#Case C-299/23.cjeu_case · 19 juin 2025
5659Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 19 June 2025.#Ordre des barreaux francophones et germanophone de Belgique and Others v État belge, représenté par la Secrétaire d’État à l’Asile et la Migration.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Immigration policy – Directive (EU) 2016/801 – Conditions of entry and residence of third-country nationals for study purposes – Article 34(5) – Appeal against a decision rejecting an application for admission to the territory of a Member State for study purposes – Fundamental right to an effective judicial remedy – Article 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union.#Case C-299/23.cjeu_case · 19 juin 2025
5660Case C-785/23, Bulgarian posts: Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 19 June 2025 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Varhoven administrativen sad – Bulgaria) – Direktor na Direktsia Obzhalvane i danachno-osiguritelna praktika Sofia pri Tsentralno upravlenie na Natsionalna agentsia za prihodite v Bulgarian posts EAD (Reference for a preliminary ruling – Taxation – Common system of value added tax – Directive 2006/112/EC – Exemptions for certain activities in the public interest – Article 132 – Public postal services – Directive 97/67/EC – Article 12 – Universal postal service provider – Concepts of public postal service and public interest service)cjeu_case · 19 juin 2025