641Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 21 May 2026.#Across Fiduciaria SpA and Others v Presidenza del Consiglio dei ministri and Others.#Requests for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato.#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 – Article 31 – Concept of legal arrangements having ‘a structure or functions similar to trusts’ – Trust mandates concluded by Italian trust companies (mandato fiduciario) – Access by persons with a legitimate interest to beneficial ownership information – Validity – Articles 7 and 8 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Respect for private and family life – Protection of personal data – Principle of legal certainty – Concept of ‘legitimate interest’ – Right to an effective judicial remedy – Interim legal protection.#Joined Cases C-684/24 and C-685/24.cjeu_case · May 20, 2026
642Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 21 May 2026.#PRAGON s.r.o. v Státní zemědělská a potravinářská inspekce, Inspektorát v Praze.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Nejvyšší správní soud.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Free movement of goods – Official controls on foodstuffs – Regulation (EU) 2017/625 – Article 9(7) – Exhaustive harmonisation – National legislation providing for an obligation to notify the arrival of food supplements from other Member States – Condition of strict necessity for the effective organisation of official controls in the light of imperatives relating to the protection of human health and consumers.#Case C-626/24.cjeu_case · May 20, 2026
643Arrêt de la Cour (cinquième chambre) du 21 mai 2026.#Farmakeio YZ & Sia OE contre Ypourgos Anaptyxis kai Ependyseon et Ypourgos Ygeias.#Renvoi préjudiciel – Médicaments à usage humain – Directive 2001/83/CE – Article 85 quater, paragraphes 1 et 2 – Médicaments non soumis à prescription médicale – Interdiction de la vente à distance au public, au moyen de services de la société de l’information, d’une catégorie de médicaments non soumis à prescription médicale – Protection de la santé publique.#Affaire C-604/24.cjeu_case · May 20, 2026
644Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 21 May 2026.#FARMAKEIO YZ & SIA O.E. v Ypourgos Anaptyxis kai Ependyseon and Ypourgos Ygeias.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Medicinal products for human use – Directive 2001/83/EC – Article 85c(1) and (2) – Non-prescription medicinal products – Prohibition of the sale at a distance to the public, by means of information society services, of a category of non-prescription medicinal products – Protection of public health.#Case C-604/24.cjeu_case · May 20, 2026
645Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 21 May 2026.#Malacalza Investimenti Srl and Vittorio Malacalza v European Central Bank.#Appeal – Non-contractual liability – Economic and monetary policy – Prudential supervision of credit institutions – Decisions taken by the European Central Bank (ECB) concerning Banca Carige SpA – Sufficiently serious breach of a rule of law conferring rights on individuals – Principle of the protection of legitimate expectations – Conflict of interest – Proportionality – Equal treatment – Right to property – Grounds of the General Court’s judgment.#Case C-557/24 P.cjeu_case · May 20, 2026
646Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 21 May 2026.#Utiledulci – Comércio Internacional e Serviços, Sociedade Unipessoal, Lda. – Zona Franca da Madeira v Autoridade Tributária e Assuntos Fiscais da Região Autónoma da Madeira.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – State aid – Aid scheme that is incompatible with the internal market – Detailed rules for the application of Article 108 TFEU – Regulation (EU) 2015/1589 – Recovery of aid – Recovery obligation – Article 16(3) – Immediate and effective execution – Procedural autonomy afforded to Member States – Suspension of the national tax enforcement procedure – Condition relating to the provision of an appropriate guarantee – Compatibility.#Case C-545/24.cjeu_case · May 20, 2026
647Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 21 May 2026.#Utiledulci – Comércio Internacional e Serviços, Sociedade Unipessoal, Lda. – Zona Franca da Madeira v Autoridade Tributária e Assuntos Fiscais da Região Autónoma da Madeira.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – State aid – Aid scheme that is incompatible with the internal market – Detailed rules for the application of Article 108 TFEU – Regulation (EU) 2015/1589 – Recovery of aid – Recovery obligation – Article 16(3) – Immediate and effective execution – Procedural autonomy afforded to Member States – Suspension of the national tax enforcement procedure – Condition relating to the provision of an appropriate guarantee – Compatibility.#Case C-545/24.cjeu_case · May 20, 2026
648Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 21 May 2026.#Staatsanwaltschaft Berlin v SO.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Judicial cooperation in criminal matters – Framework Decision 2008/909/JHA – Mutual recognition of judgments in criminal matters imposing custodial sentences or measures involving deprivation of liberty – Grounds for non-recognition and non-enforcement – Article 9(1)(i) – Person concerned who did not appear in person at the trial resulting in his or her conviction – Exceptions – Mandate conferred by the person concerned on a legal counsellor to defend that person at his or her trial and accept service of documents addressed to that person – Information regarding the scheduled date of the hearing and place of that trial – Voluntary and unequivocal waiver by the person concerned of the right to appear in person at that trial – Discretion of the competent authority of the executing Member State – Obligation to interpret national law in conformity with EU law.#Case C-447/24.cjeu_case · May 20, 2026
649Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 21 May 2026.#Staatsanwaltschaft Berlin v SO.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Kammergericht.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Judicial cooperation in criminal matters – Framework Decision 2008/909/JHA – Mutual recognition of judgments in criminal matters imposing custodial sentences or measures involving deprivation of liberty – Grounds for non-recognition and non-enforcement – Article 9(1)(i) – Person concerned who did not appear in person at the trial resulting in his or her conviction – Exceptions – Mandate conferred by the person concerned on a legal counsellor to defend that person at his or her trial and accept service of documents addressed to that person – Information regarding the scheduled date of the hearing and place of that trial – Voluntary and unequivocal waiver by the person concerned of the right to appear in person at that trial – Discretion of the competent authority of the executing Member State – Obligation to interpret national law in conformity with EU law.#Case C-447/24.cjeu_case · May 20, 2026
650Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 21 May 2026.#FZ AR SpA and SX Ltd v Ministero dell’Economia e delle Finanze, Dipartimento del Tesoro, Comitato di Sicurezza Finanziaria and Others.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Common foreign and security policy – Restrictive measures taken in view of the military aggression against Ukraine – Regulation (EU) No 269/2014 – Article 2(1) – Freezing of funds and economic resources – Setting up of a trust – Trust beneficiary included on the list in Annex I to Regulation No 269/2014 – Freezing of the funds and economic resources held in the trust – Concepts of ‘belonging to’ and ‘control’.#Joined Cases C-428/24 and C-476/24.cjeu_case · May 20, 2026
651Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 21 May 2026.#FZ AR SpA and SX Ltd v Ministero dell’Economia e delle Finanze, Dipartimento del Tesoro, Comitato di Sicurezza Finanziaria and Others.#Requests for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale Amministrativo Regionale per il Lazio.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Common foreign and security policy – Restrictive measures taken in view of the military aggression against Ukraine – Regulation (EU) No 269/2014 – Article 2(1) – Freezing of funds and economic resources – Setting up of a trust – Trust beneficiary included on the list in Annex I to Regulation No 269/2014 – Freezing of the funds and economic resources held in the trust – Concepts of ‘belonging to’ and ‘control’.#Joined Cases C-428/24 and C-476/24.cjeu_case · May 20, 2026
652Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 21 May 2026.#TQ v Mr Green Limited.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Cooperation in civil and commercial matters – Regulation (EU) No 655/2014 – European Account Preservation Order procedure to facilitate cross-border debt recovery in civil and commercial matters – Conditions for issuing – Article 7(1) – Urgency – Real risk that, without such a measure, the subsequent enforcement of the claim will be impeded or made substantially more difficult – Nature of that risk – Circumstances which may demonstrate the existence of that risk – Past actions of the debtor – Obstacles to enforcement in the Member State in which that debtor is domiciled – Legislation of a Member State which provides for the inadmissibility of any legal action concerning the lawfulness of providing gambling services from that Member State, which is authorised by the legislation of that Member State, and the obligation on the courts of that Member State to refuse to recognise or enforce any foreign judicial decision delivered following such an action.#Case C-198/24.cjeu_case · May 20, 2026
653Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 21 May 2026.#TQ v Mr Green Limited.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landesgericht für Zivilrechtssachen Wien.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Cooperation in civil and commercial matters – Regulation (EU) No 655/2014 – European Account Preservation Order procedure to facilitate cross-border debt recovery in civil and commercial matters – Conditions for issuing – Article 7(1) – Urgency – Real risk that, without such a measure, the subsequent enforcement of the claim will be impeded or made substantially more difficult – Nature of that risk – Circumstances which may demonstrate the existence of that risk – Past actions of the debtor – Obstacles to enforcement in the Member State in which that debtor is domiciled – Legislation of a Member State which provides for the inadmissibility of any legal action concerning the lawfulness of providing gambling services from that Member State, which is authorised by the legislation of that Member State, and the obligation on the courts of that Member State to refuse to recognise or enforce any foreign judicial decision delivered following such an action.#Case C-198/24.cjeu_case · May 20, 2026
654Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 21 May 2026.#ATAU v Procura generale presso la Corte d’appello di Napoli.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Judicial cooperation in criminal matters – Framework Decision 2002/584/JHA – European arrest warrant – Surrender procedure between Member States – Optional grounds for non-execution – Article 4(6) – Undertaking by the executing Member State to execute the sentence in accordance with its domestic law – Framework Decision 2008/909/JHA – Mutual recognition of judgments in criminal matters imposing custodial sentences or measures involving deprivation of liberty – Grounds for non-recognition and non-enforcement – Article 9(1)(i) – Person concerned who did not appear in person at the trial resulting in his or her conviction – Information regarding the scheduled date of the hearing and place of that trial – Voluntary and unequivocal waiver by the person concerned of the right to appear in person at that trial – Assessment by the competent authority of the executing Member State – Obligation to interpret national law in conformity with EU law.#Case C-95/24.cjeu_case · May 20, 2026
655Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 21 May 2026.#ATAU v Procura generale presso la Corte d’appello di Napoli.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Judicial cooperation in criminal matters – Framework Decision 2002/584/JHA – European arrest warrant – Surrender procedure between Member States – Optional grounds for non-execution – Article 4(6) – Undertaking by the executing Member State to execute the sentence in accordance with its domestic law – Framework Decision 2008/909/JHA – Mutual recognition of judgments in criminal matters imposing custodial sentences or measures involving deprivation of liberty – Grounds for non-recognition and non-enforcement – Article 9(1)(i) – Person concerned who did not appear in person at the trial resulting in his or her conviction – Information regarding the scheduled date of the hearing and place of that trial – Voluntary and unequivocal waiver by the person concerned of the right to appear in person at that trial – Assessment by the competent authority of the executing Member State – Obligation to interpret national law in conformity with EU law.#Case C-95/24.cjeu_case · May 20, 2026
657Case C-889/24, Delve 2: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 21 May 2026 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Administratīvā rajona tiesa – Latvia) – DELVE 2 SIA v Valsts ieņēmumu dienests (Reference for a preliminary ruling – Customs union – Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/191 – Imposition of a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of certain iron or steel fasteners originating in the People’s Republic of China – Article 1(3) – Customs declaration – Application for amendment – Presentation by the importer, after making the customs declaration, of a commercial invoice meeting the requirements of that provision)cjeu_case · May 20, 2026
658Case C-843/24, 24.hu: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 21 May 2026 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Fővárosi Törvényszék – Hungary) – Viktor Orbán v 24.hu Szerkesztősége (Reference for a preliminary ruling – Regulation (EU) 2024/1083 – Article 3 – Scope ratione temporis – Article 29 – Transitional provisions – Publication in one Member State of a press article referencing the content of another article from another Member State – Allegedly false facts – Request for rectification – Article 11 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Article 2 TEU)cjeu_case · May 20, 2026
659Case C-717/24, Sociálna poisťovňa (Underground miner’s retirement pension): Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 21 May 2026 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Najvyšší správny súd Slovenskej republiky – Slovakia) – BD v Sociálna poisťovňa, ústredie (Reference for a preliminary ruling – Social security – Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 – Coordination of social security systems – Retirement pensions – Article 51(1) – Periods of insurance completed in a specific activity as an employed or self-employed person or in an occupation which is subject to a special scheme – Concept of special scheme – Rules for aggregating periods of insurance – National legislation which treats workers coming within certain categories more favourably – Articles 45 and 48 TFEU – Free movement of workers)cjeu_case · May 20, 2026
660Joined Cases C-684/24 and C-685/24, Across Fiduciaria and Others: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 21 May 2026 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato – Italy) – Across Fiduciaria SpA, Galvani Fiduciaria Srl, Sfo Fiduciaria Srl v Presidenza del Consiglio dei ministri, Ministero dell'Economia e delle Finanze, Ministero delle Imprese e del Made in Italy, Garante per la protezione dei dati personali, Unione italiana delle Camere di commercio, industria, artigianato e agricoltura (Unioncamere), Infocamere Scpa (C-684/24), Unione Fiduciaria SpA, Assoservizi Fiduciari, Torino Fiduciaria – Fiditor Srl, Ser-Fid Italiana Fiduciaria e di Revisione SpA v Ministero delle Imprese e del Made in Italy, Presidenza del Consiglio dei ministri, Ministero dell’Economia e delle Finanze, Garante per la protezione dei dati personali, Unione italiana delle Camere di commercio, industria, artigianato e agricoltura (Unioncamere), Camera di commercio, industria, artigianato e agricoltura di Milano, Monza-Brianza, Lodi, Camera di commercio, industria, artigianato e agricoltura di Torino, Camera di commercio, industria, artigianato e agricoltura di Roma, Infocamere Scpa (C-685/24) (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 – Article 31 – Concept of legal arrangements having a structure or functions similar to trusts – Trust mandates concluded by trust companies governed by Italian law (mandato fiduciario) – Access by persons with a legitimate interest to beneficial ownership information – Validity – Articles 7 and 8 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Respect for private and family life – Protection of personal data – Principle of legal certainty – Concept of legitimate interest – Right to an effective judicial remedy – Interim legal protection)cjeu_case · May 20, 2026