11701Opinion of Advocate General Kokott delivered on 6 June 2024.#Vorstand für den Geschäftsbereich II der Agrarmarkt Austria.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgerichtshof.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Agriculture – Common agricultural policy – Direct support schemes – Delegated Regulation (EU) No 639/2014 – Livestock aid application – Article 53(4) – Conditions for granting coupled support measures for bovine animals – Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000 – Article 7 – Registration of bovine animals – Decision 2001/672/EC – Article 2(2) and (4) – Movement of bovine animals to summer grazing in mountain areas – Late notification – Delegated Regulation (EU) No 640/2014 – Points 2, 15, 16 and 18 of the second subparagraph of Article 2(1) – Article 30(4)(c) – Animal determined – Reduction in coupled support – Article 15(1) – Article 34 – Administrative penalties – Notification of failure to make an entry.#Case C-350/23.cjeu_case · 6 juin 2024
11702Opinion of Advocate General Szpunar delivered on 6 June 2024.#Sindicato de Tripulantes Auxiliares de Vuelo de Líneas Aéreas (STAVLA) and Ministerio Fiscal v Air Nostrum and Others.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Audiencia Nacional.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Social policy – Equal treatment between men and women in matters of employment and occupation – Directive 2006/54/EC – Article 2(1)(e) – Concept of ‘pay’ – Article 4 – Prohibition of indirect discrimination on grounds of sex.#Case C-314/23.cjeu_case · 6 juin 2024
11703Opinion of Advocate General Collins delivered on 6 June 2024.#Booking.com BV and Booking.com (Deutschland) GmbH v 25hours Hotel Company Berlin GmbH and Others.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Rechtbank Amsterdam.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Competition – Article 101 TFEU – Agreements between undertakings – Contracts concluded between an online reservation platform and hoteliers – Price parity clauses – Ancillary restraint – Block exemption – Vertical agreements – Regulation (EU) No 330/2010 – Article 3(1) – Definition of the relevant market.#Case C-264/23.cjeu_case · 6 juin 2024
11704Opinion of Advocate General Ćapeta delivered on 6 June 2024.#European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) v Hallertauer Hopfenveredelungsges. m.b.H.#Requests for a preliminary ruling from the Bayerisches Verwaltungsgericht Regensburg and Oberverwaltungsgericht des Landes Sachsen-Anhalt.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Article 299 TFEU – Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 – Registration, evaluation, authorisation and restriction of chemicals (REACH) – Article 94(1) – Regulation (EC) No 340/2008 – Second subparagraph of Article 11(3) and third subparagraph of Article 13(4) – Fees due to the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) – Fee for registration of a substance – Reduction granted to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) – Verification by ECHA of the declaration relating to the size of the enterprise in question – Failure to provide certain information within the prescribed period – ECHA decision demanding payment of the full fee in question and imposing an administrative charge – Enforcement – Possibility for ECHA to bring an action before a national court in order to obtain payment of that administrative charge.#Joined Cases C-256/23 and C-290/23.cjeu_case · 6 juin 2024
11705Opinion of Advocate General Ćapeta delivered on 6 June 2024.#Novo Nordisk A/S v Nemzeti Adó- és Vámhivatal Fellebbviteli Igazgatósága.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Fővárosi Törvényszék.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Common system of value added tax (VAT) – Directive 2006/112/EC – Article 90(1) – Reduction of the taxable amount consequent on a price reduction after the supply takes place – Contributions paid by a pharmaceutical company to the national health insurance agency – National tax legislation excluding contributions paid by a pharmaceutical company to the public health insurance agency pursuant to an ex lege obligation from the benefit of the reduction of the taxable amount.#Case C-248/23.cjeu_case · 6 juin 2024
11706Opinion of Advocate General Collins delivered on 6 June 2024.#Belgische Staat/Federale Overheidsdienst Financiën v L BV.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Hof van Beroep te Gent.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Common system of value added tax (VAT) – Directive 2006/112/EC – Article 187 – Adjustment of deductions – Extended adjustment period for immovable property acquired as capital goods – Concept of ‘capital goods’ – Article 190 – Option for Member States to treat as capital goods services with characteristics similar to those normally associated with those goods – Building extension and renovation works – Possibility under national law of treating such works as the construction or acquisition of immovable property – Restrictions – Direct effect of Article 190 – Margin of discretion.#Case C-243/23.cjeu_case · 6 juin 2024
11707Opinion of Advocate General Szpunar delivered on 6 June 2024.#Reprobel CV v Copaco Belgium NV.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the ondernemingsrechtbank Gent, afdeling Gent.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Approximation of laws – Harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society – Directive 2001/29/EC – Article 2 – Reproduction right – Article 5(2)(a) and (b) – Exceptions and limitations – Fair compensation – Direct effect – Entity entrusted by the State with collecting and distributing fair compensation – Special powers.#Case C-230/23.cjeu_case · 6 juin 2024
11708Opinion of Advocate General Medina delivered on 6 June 2024.#Nemzeti Adatvédelmi és Információszabadság Hatóság v UC.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Kúria.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and the free movement of such data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Data processed when drawing up a COVID-19 certificate – Data not collected from the data subject – Information to be provided – Exception to the obligation to provide information – Article 14(5)(c) – Data generated by the controller in the context of its own processes – Right to complain – Competence of the supervisory authority – Article 77(1) – Appropriate measures to protect the data subject’s legitimate interests provided for by the Member State law to which the controller is subject – Measures relating to the security of data processing – Article 32.#Case C-169/23.cjeu_case · 6 juin 2024
11709Opinion of Advocate General Medina delivered on 6 June 2024.#T.G. v Minister van Sociale Zaken en Werkgelegenheid.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Raad van State.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Asylum policy – Refugee status or subsidiary protection status – Directive 2011/95/EU – Article 34 – Access to integration facilities – Obligation to pass, on pain of a fine, a civic integration examination – Beneficiary of international protection who has not passed such an examination in time – Obligation to pay a fine – Obligation to bear the full costs of civic integration courses and examinations – Possibility of obtaining a loan in order to pay those costs.#Case C-158/23.cjeu_case · 6 juin 2024
11710Opinion of Advocate General Szpunar delivered on 6 June 2024.#Parfümerie Akzente GmbH v KTF Organisation AB.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Svea Hovrätt.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Electronic commerce – Information society services – Directive 2000/31/EC – Coordinated field – Article 2(h) – Online promotion and sale of cosmetic products – Exclusion from the coordinated field of labelling obligations applicable to products promoted and sold by an information society service provider – Directive 75/324/EEC – Article 8(2) – Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 – Article 19(5) – Option for the Member State of destination to enforce use of a language of its choice.#Case C-88/23.cjeu_case · 6 juin 2024
11711Case C-381/23, Geterfer: Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 6 June 2024 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Amtsgericht Mönchengladbach-Rheydt – Germany) – ZO v JS (Reference for a preliminary ruling – Judicial cooperation in civil matters – Jurisdiction in matters relating to maintenance obligations – Regulation (EC) No 4/2009 – Article 12(1) – Lis pendens – Article 13 – Related actions – Concept)cjeu_case · 6 juin 2024
11712Joined Cases C-255/23 and C-285/23, AVVA and Others (Trial by videoconference in the absence of a European Investigation Order): Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 6 June 2024 (requests for a preliminary ruling from the Ekonomisko lietu tiesa – Latvia) – Criminal proceedings against A, B, C, D, F, E, G, SIA AVVA, SIA Liftu alianse (C-255/23), A, B, C, Z, F, AS Latgales Invest Holding , SIA METEOR HOLDING , METEOR Kettenfabrik GmbH, SIA Tool Industry , AS Ditton pievadķēžu rūpnīca (C-285/23) (References for a preliminary ruling – Judicial cooperation in criminal matters – European Investigation Order – Directive 2014/41/EU – Article 24 – Hearing by videoconference or other audiovisual transmission – Criminal prosecution initiated in a Member State against a person residing in another Member State – Possibility for that person to participate in his or her trial by videoconference in the absence of a European Investigation Order)cjeu_case · 6 juin 2024
11713Case C-166/23, Nouryon Functional Chemicals: Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 6 June 2024 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Svea hovrätt, Mark- och miljööverdomstolen – Sweden) – Naturvårdsverket v Nouryon Functional Chemicals AB (Reference for a preliminary ruling – Environment – Directive 2003/87/EC – Annex I, point 5 – Atmospheric pollution – Scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading – Exclusion of units for the incineration of hazardous or municipal waste – Relevance of the purpose of incineration)cjeu_case · 6 juin 2024
11714Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 6 June 2024.#INGSTEEL spol. s. r. o. v Úrad pre verejné obstarávanie.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Review procedures in respect of the award of public supply and public works contracts – Directive 89/665/EEC – Article 2(1)(c) – Compensation awarded to a tenderer unlawfully excluded from a procedure for the award of a public contract – Scope – Loss of opportunity.#Case C-547/22.cjeu_case · 6 juin 2024
11715Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 6 June 2024.#INGSTEEL spol. s. r. o. v Úrad pre verejné obstarávanie.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Okresný súd Bratislava II.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Review procedures in respect of the award of public supply and public works contracts – Directive 89/665/EEC – Article 2(1)(c) – Compensation awarded to a tenderer unlawfully excluded from a procedure for the award of a public contract – Scope – Loss of opportunity.#Case C-547/22.cjeu_case · 6 juin 2024
11716Opinion of Advocate General Rantos delivered on 6 June 2024.#Orlen S.A., v European Commission.#Appeal – Competition – Gas markets of Central and Eastern Europe – Article 102 TFEU – Article 54 of the Agreement on the European Economic Area – Abuse of dominant position – Upstream gas supplies in Central and Eastern Europe – Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 – Article 9(1) – Decision of the European Commission to make binding the individual commitments proposed by an undertaking – Action for annulment – Adequacy of those commitments in the light of the competition concerns identified in the statement of objections – Nature of the EU Courts’ power of review – Commission decision not to require commitments in relation to some of the initial concerns – Principle of good administration – Principle of proportionality – Obligation to state reasons – Energy policy objectives of the European Union – Article 194 TFEU – Principle of energy solidarity.#Case C-255/22 P.cjeu_case · 6 juin 2024
11717Opinion of Advocate General Emiliou delivered on 6 June 2024.#Teva BV and Teva Finland Oy v Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC and Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC v Clonmel Healthcare Limited.#Requests for a preliminary ruling from the Markkinaoikeus and the Supreme Court (Ireland).#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Medicinal products for human use – Supplementary protection certificate (SPC) – Regulation (EC) No 469/2009 – Conditions for obtaining an SPC for medicinal products – Article 3(a) – Concept of ‘product protected by a basic patent in force’ – Article 3(c) – Concept of ‘product the subject of an SPC’ – Criteria for assessment.#Joined Cases C-119/22 and C-149/22.cjeu_case · 6 juin 2024
11718Case C-547/22, INGSTEEL: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 6 June 2024 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Okresný súd Bratislava II – Slovakia) – INGSTEEL spol. s. r. o. v Úrad pre verejné obstarávanie (Reference for a preliminary ruling – Review procedures in respect of the award of public supply and public works contracts – Directive 89/665/EEC – Article 2(1)(c) – Compensation awarded to a tenderer unlawfully excluded from a procedure for the award of a public contract – Scope – Loss of opportunity)cjeu_case · 6 juin 2024
11719Case T-785/21: Order of the General Court of 6 June 2024 – SC Ha Ha Ha Production v EUIPO – The Smiley Company (SMILEY) (EU trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for the EU word mark SMILEY – Absolute ground for refusal – No longer any legal interest in bringing proceedings – No need to adjudicate)cjeu_case · 6 juin 2024
11720Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 6 June 2024.#Ryanair DAC v European Commission.#Appeal – State aid – Article 107(3)(b) TFEU – Aid scheme notified by the Kingdom of Spain – Recapitalisation fund to support strategic undertakings amid the COVID-19 pandemic – Temporary Framework for State aid measures – Decision by the European Commission not to raise objections – Aid to remedy a serious disturbance in the economy – Principles of proportionality and non-discrimination – Freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services.#Case C-441/21 P.cjeu_case · 6 juin 2024