721Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 13 May 2026.#KORFIN, s.r.o and SEMPIOLA INVEST LIMITED v SLOVNAFT, a.s.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Najvyšší súd Slovenskej republiky.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Company law – Directive 2004/25/EC – Takeover bid – Article 2(1)(a) – Squeeze-out of holders of securities – Offer made by a person controlling the offeree company – Making of the offer following the acquisition of such control – Lack of voluntary nature of the takeover bid.#Case C-225/25.cjeu_case · May 12, 2026
722Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 13 May 2026.#European Commission v Italian Republic.#Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Article 258 TFEU – Social policy – Directive 1999/70/EC – Framework agreement on fixed-term work concluded by ETUC, UNICE and CEEP – Clause 5(1) – Obligation for Member States to introduce measures to prevent and penalise the misuse of successive fixed-term employment contracts – Absence of such measures – Concept of ‘objective reasons’ justifying the renewal of such contracts.#Case C-155/25.cjeu_case · May 12, 2026
723Opinion of Advocate General Richard de la Tour delivered on 13 May 2026.###cjeu_case · May 12, 2026
725Case C-322/25, Swedish Match (Simplified justification arrangements): Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 13 May 2026 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Supremo Tribunal Administrativo – Portugal) – SWEDISH MATCH – FÓSFOROS DE PORTUGAL, S.A. v Autoridade Tributária e Aduaneira (Reference for a preliminary ruling – General arrangements for products subject to excise duty – Directive 92/12/EEC – Tax markings – Article 21 – National legislation limiting the automatic justification of the destruction of 2 % of the tax markings used annually during the production process to the destruction which occurred on the national territory – Proportionality)cjeu_case · May 12, 2026
726Case C-286/25, BRANDL: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 13 May 2026 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Győri Törvényszék – Hungary) – BRANDL Mezőgazdasági, Kereskedelmi és Szolgáltató Kft. v Agrárminisztérium (Reference for a preliminary ruling – Liability of a Member State in the event of infringement of EU law – Cancellation, by operation of law, of rights of usufruct over properties contrary to Article 63 TFEU and Article 17 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Restoration of those rights following a judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union – Compensation for the damage suffered – National rules providing for financial compensation calculated solely on the basis of the market value of those properties at the time of deletion of the rights of usufruct – Requirement of adequate compensation for the damage suffered – Loss of profit)cjeu_case · May 12, 2026
727Case C-225/25, Korfin and Sempiola Invest: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 13 May 2026 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Najvyšší súd Slovenskej republiky – Slovakia) – KORFIN, s. r. o., SEMPIOLA INVEST LIMITED v SLOVNAFT, a.s. (Reference for a preliminary ruling – Company law – Directive 2004/25/EC – Takeover bid – Article 2(1)(a) – Squeeze-out of holders of securities – Offer made by a person controlling the offeree company – Making of the offer following the acquisition of such control – Lack of voluntary nature of the takeover bid)cjeu_case · May 12, 2026
728Case C-155/25: Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 13 May 2026 – European Commission v Italian Republic (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Article 258 TFEU – Social policy – Directive 1999/70/EC – Framework agreement on fixed-term work concluded by ETUC, UNICE and CEEP – Clause 5(1) – Obligation for Member States to introduce measures to prevent and penalise the misuse of successive fixed-term employment contracts – Absence of such measures – Concept of objective reasons justifying the renewal of such contracts)cjeu_case · May 12, 2026
729Judgment of the General Court (First Chamber) of 13 May 2026.#Brucella Green Vac, SL v European Commission.#Case T-593/24.cjeu_case · May 12, 2026
730Case T-593/24: Judgment of the General Court of 13 May 2026 – Brucella Green Vac v Commission (Research and technological development – Horizon 2020 Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2014-2020) – Recovery of sums unduly paid under a grant agreement – Termination of the agreement – Enforceable decision – Article 299 TFEU – Principle of good administration – Legitimate expectations – Proportionality – Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046)cjeu_case · May 12, 2026
731Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 13 May 2026.#X and Minister van Asiel en Migratie, anciennement Staatssecretaris van Justitie en Veiligheid v Y.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Area of freedom, security and justice – Common standards and procedures in Member States for returning illegally staying third-country nationals – Directive 2008/115/EC – Articles 6, 8 and 9 – Illegally staying third-country nationals imprisoned for a long term or for life – Possibility of adopting a return decision – Procedural safeguards.#Case C-877/24.cjeu_case · May 12, 2026
732Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 13 May 2026.#X and Minister van Asiel en Migratie, anciennement Staatssecretaris van Justitie en Veiligheid v Y.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Raad van State.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Area of freedom, security and justice – Common standards and procedures in Member States for returning illegally staying third-country nationals – Directive 2008/115/EC – Articles 6, 8 and 9 – Illegally staying third-country nationals imprisoned for a long term or for life – Possibility of adopting a return decision – Procedural safeguards.#Case C-877/24.cjeu_case · May 12, 2026
733Arrêt de la Cour (neuvième chambre) du 13 mai 2026.#Stellantis Portugal SA contre Autoridade Tributária e Aduaneira.#Renvoi préjudiciel – Fiscalité – Système commun de taxe sur la valeur ajoutée (TVA) – Sixième directive 77/388/CEE – Article 2, point 1 – Assujettissement à la TVA – Prestations de services effectuées à titre onéreux – Critères – Relations intragroupe – Ajustements des prix de transfert de véhicules automobiles entre producteurs et distributeurs – Prise en compte des coûts de réparation de ces véhicules exposés par les distributeurs après la vente – Existence d’un lien direct entre la prestation de services et la contrepartie réellement reçue – Existence d’un rapport juridique dans le cadre duquel des prestations réciproques sont échangées.#Affaire C-603/24.cjeu_case · May 12, 2026
734Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 13 May 2026.#Stellantis Portugal SA v Autoridade Tributária e Aduaneira.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Supremo Tribunal Administrativo.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Taxation – Common system of value added tax (VAT) – Sixth Directive 77/388/EEC – Point 1 of Article 2 – Liability to VAT – Supply of services effected for consideration – Criteria – Intra-group relationships – Adjustments of the transfer prices of motor vehicles between manufacturers and distributors – Account taken of the after-sales costs of repair of those vehicles incurred by the distributors – Existence of a direct link between the supply of services and the consideration actually received – Existence of a legal relationship pursuant to which there is reciprocal performance.#Case C-603/24.cjeu_case · May 12, 2026
735Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 13 May 2026.#D.V. v MB „Kigas“.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Consumer protection – Directive 2011/83/EU – Article 5(1)(a) and (c) – Information requirements for contracts other than distance or off-premises contracts – Obligation on the trader to inform the consumer of the main characteristics of the service – Customs duties – Obligation on the trader to inform the consumer of the total price of the service – Additional charges – Content of the information to be provided to the consumer – Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road (CMR) – Articles 6 and 11.#Case C-488/24.cjeu_case · May 12, 2026
736Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 13 May 2026.#D.V. v MB „Kigas“.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Lietuvos Aukščiausiasis Teismas.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Consumer protection – Directive 2011/83/EU – Article 5(1)(a) and (c) – Information requirements for contracts other than distance or off-premises contracts – Obligation on the trader to inform the consumer of the main characteristics of the service – Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road – Customs duties – Obligation on the trader to inform the consumer of the total price of the service – Additional charges – Content of the information to be provided to the consumer – Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road (CMR) – Articles 6 and 11.#Case C-488/24.cjeu_case · May 12, 2026
737Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 13 May 2026.#Criminal proceedings against Aldi SA.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Public health – Food law – Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 – General principles and requirements – Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 – Food hygiene – Article 4(2) – General and specific obligations on all food business operators – Scope – Annex II – General provisions on hygiene for those operators – Article 5 – Hazard analysis and critical control points principles (HACCP principles) – Scope – Repeated finding, by the competent authority, of traces and droppings of pests in the shops and warehouses of an undertaking in the food sector – Criminal offence provided for in national law in implementation of the third subparagraph of Article 17(2) of Regulation No 178/2002.#Case C-483/24.cjeu_case · May 12, 2026
738Case C-877/24, Shamsi: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 13 May 2026 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Raad van State – Netherlands) – X, Y v Minister van Asiel en Migratie, formerly Staatssecretaris van Justitie en Veiligheid (Reference for a preliminary ruling – Area of freedom, security and justice – Common standards and procedures in Member States for returning illegally staying third-country nationals – Directive 2008/115/EC – Articles 6, 8 and 9 – Illegally staying third-country nationals imprisoned for a long term or for life – Possibility of adopting a return decision – Procedural safeguards)cjeu_case · May 12, 2026
739Case C-603/24, Stellantis Portugal: Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 13 May 2026 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Supremo Tribunal Administrativo – Portugal) – Stellantis Portugal SA v Autoridade Tributária e Aduaneira (Reference for a preliminary ruling – Taxation – Common system of value added tax (VAT) – Sixth Directive 77/388/EEC – Point 1 of Article 2 – Liability to VAT – Supply of services effected for consideration – Criteria – Intra-group relationships – Adjustments of the transfer prices of motor vehicles between manufacturers and distributors – Account taken of the after-sales costs of repair of those vehicles incurred by the distributors – Existence of a direct link between the supply of services and the consideration actually received – Existence of a legal relationship pursuant to which there is reciprocal performance)cjeu_case · May 12, 2026
740Case C-488/24, Kigas: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 13 May 2026 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Lietuvos Aukščiausiasis Teismas – Lithuania) – D.V. v Kigas MB (Reference for a preliminary ruling – Consumer protection – Directive 2011/83/EU – Article 5(1)(a) and (c) – Information requirements for contracts other than distance or off-premises contracts – Obligation on the trader to inform the consumer of the main characteristics of the service – Customs duties – Obligation on the trader to inform the consumer of the total price of the service – Additional charges – Content of the information to be provided to the consumer – Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road (CMR) – Articles 6 and 11)cjeu_case · May 12, 2026