7341Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 6 March 2025.#European Commission v Federal Republic of Germany.#Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Article 258 TFEU – Protection of persons who report breaches of Union law – Directive (EU) 2019/1937 – Article 26(1) and (3) – Failure to transpose and communicate transposition measures – Article 260(3) TFEU – Application for the imposition of a lump sum – Criteria for establishing the amount of the penalty – Automatic application of a coefficient for seriousness.#Case C-149/23.cjeu_case · 6 mars 2025
7342Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 6 March 2025.#European Commission v Federal Republic of Germany.#Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Article 258 TFEU – Protection of persons who report breaches of Union law – Directive (EU) 2019/1937 – Article 26(1) and (3) – Failure to transpose and communicate transposition measures – Article 260(3) TFEU – Application for the imposition of a lump sum – Criteria for establishing the amount of the penalty – Automatic application of a coefficient for seriousness.#Case C-149/23.cjeu_case · 6 mars 2025
7343Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 6 March 2025.#Alajärven Sähkö Oy e.a. and Elenia Verkko Oyj v Energiavirasto.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Internal market for electricity – Directive (EU) 2019/944 – Article 57(4) and (5) – Independence of national regulatory authority in the exercise of its duties and powers – Policy guidelines issued by a Member State – Legislative amendment aimed at reducing electricity distribution prices – Decision concerning methods for monitoring electricity system operation charges taken by the regulatory authority concerned following that amendment – Account taken of the travaux préparatoires relating to the law that introduced that amendment.#Case C-48/23.cjeu_case · 6 mars 2025
7344Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 6 March 2025.#Alajärven Sähkö Oy and Others and Elenia Verkko Oyj v Energiavirasto.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the markkinaoikeus.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Internal market for electricity – Directive (EU) 2019/944 – Article 57(4) and (5) – Independence of national regulatory authority in the exercise of its duties and powers – Policy guidelines issued by a Member State – Legislative amendment aimed at reducing electricity distribution prices – Decision concerning methods for monitoring electricity system operation charges taken by the regulatory authority concerned following that amendment – Account taken of the travaux préparatoires relating to the law that introduced that amendment.#Case C-48/23.cjeu_case · 6 mars 2025
7345Opinion of Advocate General Kokott delivered on 6 March 2025.#Högkullen AB v Skatteverket.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Högsta förvaltningsdomstolen.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Taxation – Common system of value added tax (VAT) – Directive 2006/112/EC – Article 72 – Open market value – Article 80 – Revaluation of the taxable amount – Parent company providing services to its subsidiaries in the context of actively managing them – Determination of the open market value.#Case C-808/23.cjeu_case · 6 mars 2025
7347Opinion of Advocate General Spielmann delivered on 6 March 2025.#R.S.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Sąd Rejonowy dla Łodzi-Śródmieścia w Łodzi.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Directive 93/13/EEC – Unfair terms in consumer contracts – Article 6(1) and Article 7(1) – Powers and obligations of the national court – Insolvency proceedings relating to a natural person – Bankruptcy court has no power to examine ex officio whether the terms of a contract that gave rise to a claim on the list of claims are unfair – No power for that court to order interim measures – Principle of effectiveness.#Case C-582/23.cjeu_case · 6 mars 2025
7348Opinion of Advocate General Richard de la Tour delivered on 6 March 2025.###cjeu_case · 6 mars 2025
7349Opinion of Advocate General Rantos delivered on 6 March 2025.#European Commission v Kingdom of Denmark.#Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Access to the international market for coach and bus services – Regulation (EC) No 1073/2009 – Article 2(4) and (7) and Article 15(b) – Cabotage operations by coach and bus in the context of occasional services – National measures of application introducing a maximum period of seven consecutive days in one calendar month – Margin of discretion – Proportionality.#Case C-482/23.cjeu_case · 6 mars 2025
7350Opinion of Advocate General Biondi delivered on 6 March 2025.#Republic of Bulgaria v European Commission.#Appeal – Common agricultural policy (CAP) – European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) and European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) – Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/261 – Expenditure excluded from EU financing – Expenditure incurred by the Republic of Bulgaria – Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 – Article 52 – Conformity clearance procedure – Article 54 – Undue payments following the occurrence of irregularity or negligence – No recovery by the Member State concerned – European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) investigation report.#Case C-294/23 P.cjeu_case · 6 mars 2025
7351Case C-163/23, Palognali: Order of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 6 March 2025 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Giudice di pace di Bologna – Italy) – Governo della Repubblica italiana v UX (Reference for a preliminary ruling – Article 53(2) and Article 94 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice – Requirement to present the reasons justifying the need for an interpretation of certain provisions of European Union law by the Court of Justice – Lack of sufficient details – Manifest inadmissibility)cjeu_case · 6 mars 2025
7352Case C-620/23, NOV ZHIVOT 1919: Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 6 March 2025 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Administrativen sad Sofia-oblast – Bulgaria) – NOV ZHIVOT 1919 NCh v Rakovoditel na Upravlyavashtia organ na programata za transgranichno satrudnichestvo INTERREG-IPP (Reference for a preliminary ruling – Own resources of the European Union – Protection of the European Union’s financial interests – Regulation (EU) No 1299/2013 – Specific provisions for the support from the European Regional Development Fund to the European territorial cooperation goal – Article 27 – Recovery from the lead beneficiary of amounts paid as a result of an irregularity – Implementing regulation (EU) No 447/2014 – Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA II) – Specific implementing rules – Articles 40 and 46 – Financial correction in the event of irregularity – Financial correction decision addressed to a beneficiary other than the lead beneficiary – Right of the lead beneficiary to participate in administrative and judicial proceedings relating to that decision – Articles 41 and 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union)cjeu_case · 6 mars 2025
7353Case C-575/23, ONB and Others: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 6 March 2025 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d’État – Belgium) – FT, AL, ON v Belgian State (Reference for a preliminary ruling – Approximation of laws – Intellectual property – Copyright and related rights – Performers engaged under an administrative law statute – Assignment of related rights by means of a regulatory act – Directive 2001/29/EC – Article 2(b) and Article 3(2) – Rights of reproduction and of making available to the public – Directive 2006/115/EC – Articles 7 to 9 – Rights of fixation, broadcasting, communication to the public and distribution – Directive (EU) 2019/790 – Articles 18 to 23 – Fair remuneration in exploitation contracts – Article 26 – Application in time – Concepts of acts concluded and rights acquired)cjeu_case · 6 mars 2025
7354Joined Cases C-471/23 and C-477/23, Obshtina Veliko Tarnovo and Obshtina Belovo: Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 6 March 2025 (requests for a preliminary ruling from the Varhoven administrativen sad – Bulgaria) – Obshtina Veliko Tarnovo (C-471/23), Obshtina Belovo (C-477/23) v Rakovoditel na Upravlyavashtia organ na Operativna programa Regioni v rastezh 2014-2020 (C-471/23), Rakovoditel na Upravlyavashtia organ na Operativna programa Okolna sreda 2014-2020 (C-477/23) (Reference for a preliminary ruling – Economic, social and territorial cohesion – Own resources of the European Union – Protection of the European Union’s financial interests – Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 – Article 2(10) – Concept of beneficiary – Financial correction for breach of national public procurement legislation – Addressee of a financial correction decision – Determination of liability for that correction and contractual apportionment of that liability between the recipient of State aid and the manager of that aid – Participation in administrative and judicial proceedings relating to that decision – Articles 41 and 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union)cjeu_case · 6 mars 2025
7355Case C-395/23, Anikovi: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 6 March 2025 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Sofiyski Rayonen sad – Bulgaria) – E. M. A., E. M. A., M. I. A. (Reference for a preliminary ruling – Judicial cooperation in civil matters – Regulation (EU) 2019/1111 – Scope – Article 1(1)(b) and (2)(e) – Measure relating to the disposal of the property of a child – Article 7 – Jurisdiction in matters of parental responsibility – Article 10 – Choice of court – Regulation (EU) No 1215/2012 – Scope – Article 1(2)(a) – Exclusion concerning the status or legal capacity of natural persons – Rules on jurisdiction laid down in a bilateral agreement between the Republic of Bulgaria and the Russian Federation concluded before the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria to the European Union – Difference between those rules and the rules laid down in Regulation 2019/1111 – Article 351 TFEU – Concept of incompatibility)cjeu_case · 6 mars 2025
7356Case C-315/23, Biljane Donje landfill II): Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 6 March 2025 – European Commission v Republic of Croatia (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Article 260(2) TFEU – Waste treatment – Directive 2008/98/EC – Stone aggregate deposited in the Biljane Donje (Croatia) landfill site – Article 5(1) – Concept of by-product – Article 13 – Obligation of Member States to ensure the protection of human health and of the environment – Article 15(1) – Obligation to have waste treated by the holder or by other designated persons – Judgment of the Court establishing a failure to fulfil obligations – Failure to comply – Financial penalties – Lump sum payment – Penalty payment)cjeu_case · 6 mars 2025
7357Case C-155/23, Whistleblowers directive): Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 6 March 2025 – European Commission v Hungary (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Article 258 TFEU – Protection of persons who report breaches of Union law – Directive (EU) 2019/1937 – Article 26(1) and (3) – Failure to transpose and communicate transposition measures – Article 260(3) TFEU – Application for the imposition of a lump sum – Criteria for establishing the amount of the penalty – Automatic application of a coefficient for seriousness)cjeu_case · 6 mars 2025
7358Case C-154/23, Whistleblowers directive): Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 6 March 2025 – European Commission v Republic of Estonia (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Article 258 TFEU – Protection of persons who report breaches of Union law – Directive (EU) 2019/1937 – Article 26(1) and (3) – Failure to transpose and communicate transposition measures – Article 260(3) TFEU – Application for the imposition of a lump sum and a daily penalty payment – Criteria for establishing the amount of the penalties – Automatic application of a coefficient for seriousness)cjeu_case · 6 mars 2025
7359Case C-152/23, Whistleblowers directive): Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 6 March 2025 – European Commission v Czech Republic (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Article 258 TFEU – Protection of persons who report breaches of Union law – Directive (EU) 2019/1937 – Article 26(1) and (3) – Failure to transpose and communicate transposition measures – Article 260(3) TFEU – Application for the imposition of a lump sum – Criteria for establishing the amount of the penalty – Automatic application of a coefficient for seriousness)cjeu_case · 6 mars 2025
7360Case C-150/23, Whistleblowers directive): Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 6 March 2025 – European Commission v Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Article 258 TFEU – Protection of persons who report breaches of Union law – Directive (EU) 2019/1937 – Article 26(1) and (3) – Failure to transpose and communicate transposition measures – Article 260(3) TFEU – Application for the imposition of a lump sum – Criteria for establishing the amount of the penalty – Automatic application of a coefficient for seriousness)cjeu_case · 6 mars 2025