Records

Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 23 December 2015.#Firma Theodor Pfister v Landkreis Main-Spessart.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bayerischer Verwaltungsgerichtshof.#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Agriculture — Health inspections — Official feed and food controls — Financing of controls — Inspection costs relating to slaughter — Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 — Directive 85/73/EEC — Possibility of levying fees covering the actual cost of inspection, exceeding the fees set by that directive.#Case C-58/15.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 23 December 2015

Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 23 December 2015.#European Commission v Hellenic Republic.#Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Directive 2003/88/EC — Organisation of working time — Daily rest — Weekly rest — Maximum weekly working time.#Case C-180/14.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 23 December 2015

Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 23 December 2015.#Scotch Whisky Association and Others v The Lord Advocate and The Advocate General for Scotland.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Court of Session (Scotland).#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Common organisation of the markets in agricultural products — Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 — Free movement of goods — Article 34 TFEU ‐ Quantitative restrictions — Measures having equivalent effect — Minimum price of alcoholic drinks calculated according to the alcoholic strength of the product — Justification — Article 36 TFEU ‐ Protection of human life and health — Assessment by the national court.#Case C-333/14.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 23 December 2015

Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 23 December 2015.#European Parliament v Council of the European Union.#Actions for annulment — Replacement of the contested decision in the course of the proceedings — Purpose of the action — Police and judicial cooperation in criminal matters — New psychoactive substance subjected to control measures — Legal framework applicable after the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon — Transitional provisions — Consultation of the European Parliament.#Case C-595/14.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 23 December 2015

Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 23 December 2015.#Gebhart Hiebler v Walter Schlagbauer.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberster Gerichtshof.#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Directive 2006/123/EC — Scope ratione materiae — Activities which are connected with the exercise of official authority — The trade of chimney sweep — Fire safety regulation tasks — Territorial restriction of the licence to trade — Service of general economic interest — Necessity — Proportionality.#Case C-293/14.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 23 December 2015

Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 23 December 2015.#Air France-KLM and Hop!-Brit Air SAS v Ministère des Finances et des Comptes publics.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d'État (France).#Value added tax — Chargeable event and chargeability — Air transport — Ticket purchased but not used — Provision of the transport service — Issue of the ticket — Time of payment of the tax.#Joined Case C-250/14 and C-289/14.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 23 December 2015

Urteil des Gerichtshofs (Vierte Kammer) vom 23. Dezember 2015.#Rüdiger Hobohm gegen Benedikt Kampik Ltd & Co. KG u. a.#Vorlage zur Vorabentscheidung – Justizielle Zusammenarbeit in Zivil- und Handelssachen – Verordnung (EG) Nr. 44/2001 – Gerichtliche Zuständigkeit für Verbraucherverträge – Art. 15 Abs. 1 Buchst. c und Art. 16 Abs. 1 – Begriff der beruflichen oder gewerblichen Tätigkeit, die ‚auf‘ den Wohnsitzmitgliedstaat des Verbrauchers ‚ausgerichtet ist‘ – Geschäftsbesorgungsvertrag zur Verwirklichung des wirtschaftlichen Erfolgs, der mit einem zuvor in Ausübung einer ‚auf‘ den Wohnsitzmitgliedstaat des Verbrauchers ‚ausgerichteten‘ beruflichen oder gewerblichen Tätigkeit geschlossenen Maklervertrag angestrebt wird – Enge Verbindung.#Rechtssache C-297/14.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 23 December 2015

VP/HR - consequences of the Court decision of 10 December 2015 to annul Council Decision 2012/497/EU on the conclusion of an agreement between the EU and Morocco

Original: VP/HR - Conséquences de l'arrêt du Tribunal du 10 décembre 2015 annulant la décision du Conseil 2012/497/UE sur l'accord entre l'Union européenne et le Royaume du Maroc

European Union · European Parliament · 22 December 2015

Official translation

EU counterterrorism

European Union · European Parliament · 22 December 2015

The deteriorating situation in southeastern Turkey and the massacre of the Kurdish population

Original: Η επιδεινούμενη κατάσταση στο νοτιοανατολικό τμήμα της Τουρκίας και η σφαγή του κουρδικού πληθυσμού

European Union · European Parliament · 22 December 2015

Official translation

Disparities in the treatment of failed banks

Original: Disparità di trattamento delle banche in dissesto

European Union · European Parliament · 22 December 2015

Official translation

Illegal business transactions by government circles in Ukraine

Original: Illegale Geschäfte regierungsnaher Kreise in der Ukraine

European Union · European Parliament · 22 December 2015

Official translation

Improved rule-base and electronic database for the 'mountain product' label

Original: Подобрение на нормативната и информационната база за означението "Планински продукт"

European Union · European Parliament · 21 December 2015

Official translation

Saving failing banks

Original: Salvataggio banche in dissesto

European Union · European Parliament · 21 December 2015

Official translation

Application of Commission Interpretative Notice on indication of origin of goods from the territories occupied by Israel since June 1967

European Union · European Parliament · 21 December 2015

National Operational Programme "Citta' Metropolitane" (NOP Metropolitan Cities) - Palermo: exclusion of surrounding municipalities from the partnership and consultation

Original: P.O.N. Città Metropolitane - Palermo: esclusione dal partenariato e dalle consultazioni dei comuni limitrofi

European Union · European Parliament · 21 December 2015

Official translation

Order of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) of 18 December 2015.#CompuGroup Medical AG v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs).#Action for annulment — Community trade mark — Time-limit for bringing an action — Notification of the decision of the Board of Appeal to the electronic account at OHIM of the applicant’s representative — Out of time — No force majeure or unforeseeable circumstances — Manifest inadmissibility.#Case T-850/14.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 18 December 2015

Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal of 18 December 2015.#Carlo De Nicola v European Investment Bank.#Civil service — EIB staff — Appraisal — 2009 appraisal report — Unlawfulness of the decision of the Appeals Committee — Refusal to promote an official — No need to adjudicate.#Case F-45/11.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 18 December 2015

Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal of 18 December 2015.#Carlo De Nicola v European Investment Bank.#Civil service — EIB staff — Appraisal — New 2007 appraisal report — Unlawfulness of the decision of the Appeals Committee — Refusal to promote an official — No need to adjudicate.#Case F-82/12.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 18 December 2015

Order of the President of the Civil Service Tribunal of 18 December 2015.#Carlo De Nicola v European Investment Bank.#Civil service — EIB staff — Appraisal — 2010 appraisal report — Challenge — Internal procedures — Conditions — Discontinuance — Actions — Interest in bringing proceedings — None — Reasonable time — Non-compliance — Manifest inadmissibility.#Case F-128/11.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 18 December 2015

Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal of 18 December 2015.#Carlo De Nicola v European Investment Bank.#Civil service — EIB staff — Psychological harassment — Investigation procedure — Report of the Committee of Inquiry — Incorrect definition of psychological harassment — Decision of the President of the EIB not to follow up a complaint — Annulment — Action for damages.#Case F-37/12.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 18 December 2015

Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal of 18 December 2015.#Carlo De Nicola v European Investment Bank.#Civil service — EIB staff — Psychological harassment — Investigation procedure — Report of the Committee of Inquiry — Incorrect definition of psychological harassment — Decision of the President of the EIB not to follow up a complaint — Annulment — Actions for damages.#Case F-104/13.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 18 December 2015

Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal of 18 December 2015.#Carlo De Nicola v European Investment Bank.#Civil service — EIB staff — Appraisal — 2012 appraisal report — Unlawfulness of the decision of the Appeals Committee — No need to adjudicate.#Case F-9/14.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 18 December 2015

Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal of 18 December 2015.#Carlo De Nicola v European Investment Bank.#Civil service — EIB staff — Appraisal — 2011 appraisal report — Unlawfulness of the decision of the Appeals Committee — No need to adjudicate.#Case F-55/13.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 18 December 2015

Nord Stream II

European Union · European Parliament · 17 December 2015

Funding from EU budget

Original: Fondi europei e bilancio dell'Unione

European Union · European Parliament · 17 December 2015

Official translation

Introducing hotlines for parents to prevent youngsters from joining Daesh

European Union · European Parliament · 17 December 2015

Order of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 17 December 2015.#Moreda-Riviere Trefilerías, SA and Others v European Commission.#Appeal — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — European prestressing steel market — Commission decision adjusting the amount of the fines imposed on certain undertakings and fixing a new period for the payment of those fines — Other undertakings whose fines remained unchanged having no interest in bringing proceedings — Article 181 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice — Appeal manifestly unfounded).#Joined Cases C-53/15 P to C-56/15 P.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 17 December 2015

Judgment of the General Court (Eighth Chamber) of 17 December 2015.#Italian Republic v European Commission.#Languages — Corrigendum to the notice of open competition for the recruitment of administrators — New competition procedures — Choice of second language from three languages — Regulation No 1 — Article 1d(1), Article 27 and Article 28(f) of the Staff Regulations — Principle of non-discrimination — Proportionality.#Case T-295/13.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 17 December 2015

Order of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 17 December 2015.#YARA Brunsbüttel GmbH v Hauptzollamt Itzehoe.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Finanzgericht Hamburg.#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Article 99 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court — Directive 2003/96/EC — Taxation of energy products and electricity — Article 2(4)(b) — Concept of dual use of energy products — Energy product used for the heat treatment of waste and exhaust gases.#Case C-529/14.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 17 December 2015

Judgment of the General Court (Eighth Chamber) of 17 December 2015.#Italian Republic v European Commission.#Languages — Notice of open competition for the recruitment of translators — Choice of second language from three languages — Language of communication with the candidates to the competition — Regulation No 1 — Article 1d(1), Article 27 and Article 28(f) of the Staff Regulations — Principle of non-discrimination — Proportionality.#Case T-510/13.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 17 December 2015

Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 17 December 2015.#Proximus SA v Province de Namur.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal de première instance de Namur.#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Electronic communications networks and services — Directive 97/13/EC — Articles 4 and 11 — Directive 2002/20/EC — Article 6 — Conditions which may be attached to the general authorisation and to the rights of use for radio frequencies and numbers, and specific obligations — Article 13 — Fee for the rights to install facilities — Scope — Provincial legislation — Charge on mobile telephony network transmission and reception pylons and/or units.#Case C-517/13.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 17 December 2015

Order of the President of the General Court of 17 December 2015.#Lysoform Dr. Hans Rosemann GmbH and Others v European Chemicals Agency (ECHA).#Application for interim measures — REACH — Making available on the market and use of biocidal products — Inclusion of a company as a supplier of an active substance on the list referred to in Article 95 of Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 — Application for suspension of operation — Lack of urgency.#Case T-543/15 R.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 17 December 2015

Order of the General Court (Appeal Chamber) of 17 December 2015.#Maria Luisa Garcia Minguez v European Commission.#Appeal — Civil service — Recruitment — Commission internal competition open to the institution’s temporary staff — Non-admission to a member of the temporary staff of an executive agency — Article 29(1)(b) of the Staff Regulations — Equal treatment — Appeal manifestly devoid of any basis in law.#Case T-357/15 P.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 17 December 2015

Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 17 December 2015.#X-Steuerberatungsgesellschaft v Finanzamt Hannover-Nord.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesfinanzhof.#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Recognition of professional qualifications — Directive 2005/36/EC — Article 5 — Freedom to provide services — Directive 2006/123/EC — Articles 16 and 17(6) — Article 56 TFEU — Tax consultancy company established in a Member State and providing services in another Member State — Legislation of a Member State requiring the registration and recognition of tax consultancy companies.#Case C-342/14.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 17 December 2015

Judgment of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) of 17 December 2015.#Kingdom of Spain and Others v European Commission.#State aid — Shipbuilding — Tax provisions applicable to certain agreements put in place for the financing and acquisition of vessels — Decision declaring the aid incompatible in part with the internal market and ordering its partial recovery — Actions for annulment — Individual concern — Admissibility — Advantage — Selectivity — Effect on trade between Member States — Adverse effect on competition — Obligation to state reasons.#Cases T-515/13 and T-719/13.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 17 December 2015

Judgment of the General Court (Ninth Chamber) of 17 December 2015.#Olympus Medical Systems Corp. v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs).#Community trade mark — Application for the Community figurative mark 3D — Absolute ground for refusal — Descriptive character — Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009.#Case T-79/15.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 17 December 2015

Judgment of the General Court (Eighth Chamber) of 17 December 2015.#Italian Republic v European Commission.#Languages — Notice of open competition for the recruitment of administrators — Choice of second language from three languages — Language of communication with the candidates to the competition — Regulation No 1 — Article 1d(1), Article 27, first paragraph, and Article 28(f) of the Staff Regulations — Principle of non-discrimination — Proportionality.#Case T-275/13.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 17 December 2015

Judgment of the General Court (Single Judge) of 17 December 2015.#Bice International Ltd v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs).#Community trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — Community word mark bice — Earlier national figurative mark 1926 BiCE RISTORANTE — No genuine use of the earlier mark — Article 57(2) and (3) of Regulation No 207/2009.#Case T-624/14.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 17 December 2015

Judgment of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) of 17 December 2015.#Société nationale des chemins de fer français (SNCF) v European Commission.#State aid — Aid measures implemented by France in favour of Sernam SCS — Aid measures for restructuring and recapitalising, guarantees and debt write-off by SNCF in favour of Sernam — Decision declaring the aid measures incompatible with the internal market — Misuse of aid — Recovery — Economic continuity — Private investor criterion.#Case T-242/12.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 17 December 2015

Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 17 December 2015.#APEX GmbH Internationale Spedition v Hauptzollamt Hamburg-Stadt.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Finanzgericht Hamburg.#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Commercial policy — Dumping — Gas-fuelled, non-refillable pocket flint lighters — Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009 — Article 11(2) — Expiry — Article 13 — Circumvention — Implementing Regulation (EU) No 260/2013 — Validity — Extension of an anti-dumping duty at a date on which the regulation which imposed it is no longer in force — Change in the pattern of trade.#Case C-371/14.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 17 December 2015

Order of the Civil Service Tribunal (Second Chamber) of 17 December 2015.#Alfonso López Cabeza v European Commission.#Civil service — Open competition — Competition notice EPSO/AD/248/13 — Non-inclusion on the reserve list — Insufficient mark in the assessment centre tests — Actions for annulment — Breach of the competition notice — Illegality of a test.#Case F-76/14.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 17 December 2015

Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal (First Chamber) of 17 December 2015.#Carlos Bowles v European Central Bank.#Civil service — ECB staff — Members of the Staff Committee — Remuneration — Salary — Additional salary advancement — Eligibility.#Case F-94/14.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 17 December 2015

Order of the President of the Third Chamber of the Civil Service Tribunal of 17 December 2015.#Alkis Diamantopoulos v European External Action Service.#Amicable settlement on the initiative of the Tribunal — Removal from the register.#Case F-30/15.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 17 December 2015

Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 17 December 2015.#Union des syndicats de l'immobilier (UNIS) v Ministre du Travail, de l’Emploi et de la Formation professionnelle et du Dialogue social et Syndicat national des résidences de tourisme (SNRT) and Others and Beaudout Père et Fils SARL v Ministre du Travail, de l’Emploi et de la Formation professionnelle et du Dialogue social and Others.#Requests for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d'État (France).#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Article 56 TFEU — Freedom to provide services — Principles of equality and of non-discrimination — Obligation of transparency — Scope of that obligation — National collective agreements — Social protection scheme supplemental to the general scheme — Appointment by the social partners of an insurer responsible for managing that scheme — Extension of that scheme by ministerial order to all employees and employers of the sector concerned — Limitation of the temporal effects of a preliminary ruling of the Court of Justice.#Joined Cases C-25/14 and C-26/14.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 17 December 2015

Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 17 December 2015.#Gergely Szemerey v Miniszterelnökséget vezető miniszter.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Gyulai Közigazgatási és Munkaügyi Bíróság.#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Common agricultural policy — Rural development support measures — Agri-environmental payments — Regulation (EC) No 1122/2009 — Articles 23 and 58 — Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 — Regulation (EC) No 1975/2006 — Aid in respect of the cultivation of a rare plant species — Application for payment — Contents — Certificate requirement — Penalties for non-presentation.#Case C-330/14.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 17 December 2015

Order of the Civil Service Tribunal (Second Chamber) of 17 December 2015.#Antony Di Marzio v Council of the European Union.#Civil service — Member of the contract staff — Function group I — Reclassification of a contract into a contract as a member of the temporary staff for an indefinite period at Grade AST 3, AST 4 or AST 5 or into a contract as a member of the contract staff for an indefinite period in function group III — Articles 2, 3a, 3b, 80 and 88 of the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants — Obligation to state reasons — Manifest error of assessment — Principle of sound administration — Duty to have regard for the welfare of officials — Action manifestly lacking any foundation in law — Article 81 of the Rules of Procedure.#Case F-24/15.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 17 December 2015

Order of the President of the General Court of 17 December 2015.#Lysoform Dr. Hans Rosemann GmbH and Others v European Chemicals Agency (ECHA).#Application for interim measures — REACH — Making available on the market and use of biocidal products — Inclusion of a company as a supplier of an active substance on the list referred to in Article 95 of Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 — Application for suspension of operation — Lack of urgency.#Case T-669/15 R.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 17 December 2015

Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 17 December 2015.#Virpi Komu and Others v Pekka Komu and Jelena Komu.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Korkein oikeus.#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 — Scope — Exclusive jurisdiction — Article 22(1) — Proceedings concerning rights in rem in immovable property — Concept — Action to terminate, by way of sale, the co-ownership in undivided shares of immovable property.#Case C-605/14.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 17 December 2015

Judgment of the General Court (Eighth Chamber) of 17 December 2015.#Orange Polska S.A., formerly Telekomunikacja Polska S.A. v European Commission.#Competition — Abuse of dominant position — Polish telecommunications market — Decision establishing an infringement of Article 102 TFEU — Conditions imposed by the incumbent operator for allowing paid access for new operators to the network and to wholesale broadband access services — Legitimate interest in finding that an infringement was committed — Fines — Obligation to state reasons — Gravity of the infringement — Mitigating circumstances — Proportionality — Unlimited jurisdiction — 2006 Guidelines on the method of setting fines.#Case T-486/11.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 17 December 2015