Mf 7 AS v Mafra AS: ECJ 14 Nov 2013
ECJ Article 267 TFEU – Concept of ‘court or tribunal’ – Proceedings intended to lead to a decision of a judicial nature – Independence – Clear lack of jurisdiction of the Court . .
ECJ Article 267 TFEU – Concept of ‘court or tribunal’ – Proceedings intended to lead to a decision of a judicial nature – Independence – Clear lack of jurisdiction of the Court . .
ECJ Admissibility of the reference for a preliminary ruling – ‘Court or tribunal of a Member State’ within the meaning of Article 267 TFEU – Directive 2000/43/EC – Principle of equal treatment of persons irrespective of racial or ethnic origin – Indirect discrimination – Districts inhabited primarily by people belonging to the Roma community – … Continue reading Valeri Hariev Belov: ECJ 20 Sep 2012
The appellant sought to enforce a international arbitration award against the respondent. The award was made under an arrangement which later became unlawful on Romania’s accession to the EU, and Romania obtained s stay pending resolution by the CJEU. Held: The stay was lifted. Judges: Lady Hale, Lord Reed, Lord Hodge, Lord Lloyd-Jones, Lord Sales … Continue reading Micula and Others v Romania: SC 19 Feb 2020
Constitutions Compatibility with EU law ECJ (Judgment) Reference for a preliminary ruling – Article 267 TFEU – Interlocutory procedure for review of constitutionality – Examination of whether a national law complies with both EU law and with the Constitution of the Member State concerned – Discretion enjoyed by a national court to refer questions to … Continue reading Kernkraftwerke Lippe-Ems GmbH v Hauptzollamt Osnabruck: ECJ 7 Dec 2011
PROCEDURE – Article 267 TFEU – whether FTT erred in law in referring questions to CJEU – appeal allowed Citations: [2019] UKUT 23 (TCC) Links: Bailii Jurisdiction: England and Wales Customs and Excise Updated: 14 June 2022; Ref: scu.635225
ECJ Opinion – Reference for a preliminary ruling – Concept of ‘court or tribunal of a Member State’ within the meaning of Article 267 TFEU – Court of Auditors ruling on a priori authorisation of State expenditure – Social policy – Fixed-term work contract – Working or employment conditions – Leave of absence from work … Continue reading Audit Service Of The Ministry Of Culture And Tourism v Konstantinos Antonopoulos: ECJ 20 Sep 2012
Grand Chamber – Freedom of movement for persons – Directive 2004/38/EC – Right of permanent residence – Article 16 – Legal residence – Residence based on national law – Period of residence completed before the accession to the European Union of the State of origin of the citizen concerned Judges: V Skouris, P Citations: C-425/10, … Continue reading Ziolkowski and Others v Land Berlin: ECJ 21 Dec 2011
ECJ Order – REFERENCE for a preliminary ruling under Article 267 TFEU from the Bundesverwaltungsgericht (Germany), made by decision of 13 July 2010, received at the Court on 31 August 2010, in the proceedings. Judges: First Advocate General Mengozzi Citations: [2010] EUECJ C-424/10, C-425/10 Links: Bailii Jurisdiction: European Cited by: Order – Ziolkowski and Others … Continue reading Ziolkowski and Others v Land Berlin: ECJ 6 Oct 2010
(Judgment) Request for a preliminary ruling – Article 267 TFEU – Registrar – – Compulsory jurisdiction – Exercise of judicial functions – Independence – Lack of jurisdiction of the Court Citations: ECLI:EU:C:2017:126, [2017] EUECJ C-503/15 Links: Bailii Jurisdiction: European Human Rights Updated: 31 January 2022; Ref: scu.575270
ECJ (Judgment) Reference for a preliminary ruling – Directive 2001/42/EC – Assessment of the effects of certain plans and programmes on the environment – National measure incompatible with EU law – Legal consequences – Power of the national court to maintain certain effects of that measure provisionally – Third paragraph of Article 267 TFEU – … Continue reading Association France Nature Environnement v Premier ministre: ECJ 28 Jul 2016
ECJ (Judgment) Reference for a preliminary ruling – Article 267 TFEU – Jurisdiction of the Court – Status of the referring body as a court or tribunal – Procurement procedure in railway infrastructure sector – Negotiated procedure – Directive 2004/17/EC – Article 10 – Article 51(3) – Principle of equal treatment of tenderers – Group … Continue reading Mt Hojgaard And Zublin v Banedanmark: ECJ 24 May 2016
ECJ (Judgment) (Grand Chamber) Reference for a preliminary ruling – Article 267 TFEU – Article 94 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court – Content of a request for a preliminary ruling – National rule providing that the national court is to be disqualified because it stated a provisional opinion in the request for … Continue reading Ognyanov: ECJ 5 Jul 2016
ECJ Judgment – Reference for a preliminary ruling – Article 267 TFEU – Jurisdiction of the Court – Status of the referring body as a court or tribunal – Independence – Compulsory jurisdiction – Directive 89/665/EEC – Article 2 – Bodies responsible for review procedures – Directive 2004/18/EC – Articles 1(8) and 52 – Public … Continue reading Consorci Sanitari Del Maresme v Corporacio de Salut del Maresme i la Selva: ECJ 6 Oct 2015
ECJ Judgment – Reference for a preliminary ruling – Article 267 TFEU – Obligation to bring the matter before the Court of Justice – Approximation of laws – Proprietary medicinal products – Medicinal products for human use – Marketing authorisation – Variation – Fees – Regulation (EC) No 297/95 – Regulation (EC) No 1234/2008 – … Continue reading Ministero della Salute v Doc Generici Srl: ECJ 1 Oct 2015
The Court was asked two questions, first as to its jurisdiction according to the meaning of an ‘EEA Decision’ within the 2006 Regulations, and second as to the position under the Directive of a child who is a third country national but has been placed in the legal guardianship of European Union citizens under the … Continue reading SM (Algeria) v Entry Clearance Officer, UK Visa Section: SC 14 Feb 2018
The Upper Tribunal has referred the following questions to the CJEU for a preliminary ruling under Article 267 TFEU: (1) Do the principles contained in the decision in Immigration Appeal Tribunal and Surinder Singh, ex parte Secretary of State for the Home Department (Case C-370/90) [1992] operate so as to require a Member State to … Continue reading Banger (Unmarried Partner of British National : South Africa): UTIAC 30 Mar 2017
ECJ Judgment – Reference for a preliminary ruling – Approximation of laws – Safeguarding of employees’ rights in the event of transfers of undertakings, businesses or parts of undertakings or businesses – Meaning of ‘transfer of a business’ — Obligation to make a request for a preliminary ruling under the third paragraph of Article 267 … Continue reading Ferreira Da Silva E Brito And Others v Estado portugues: ECJ 9 Sep 2015
ECJ Article 267 TFEU – Direct referral by the parties – Manifest lack of jurisdiction C-243/14, [2014] EUECJ C-243/14 – CO, ECLI: EU: C: 2014: 2357 Bailii European Updated: 23 December 2021; Ref: scu.539173
ECJ Judgment – Article 267 TFEU – National constitution – Interlocutory procedure for the mandatory review of constitutionality – Assessment as to whether a national law is consistent both with EU law and with national constitutional law – Jurisdiction and the enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters – Where the defendant has no … Continue reading A v B and Others: ECJ 11 Sep 2014
Reference for a preliminary ruling – Judicial cooperation in criminal matters – Directive 2010/64/EU – Article 5 – Quality of the interpretation and translation – Directive 2012/13/EU – Right to information in criminal proceedings – Article 4(5) and Article 6(1) – Right to information about the accusation – Right to interpretation and translation – Directive … Continue reading IS (Illegalite De L’Ordonnance De Renvoi) (Judgment): ECJ 23 Nov 2021
ECJ (Order Of The Court) Preliminary ruling – Article 53, paragraph 2, of the Rules of Procedure of the Court – Autorita per the following Vigilanza Contratti pubblici di lavori, servizi e forniture – Article 267 TFEU – Meaning of ‘national court or tribunal – Lack of jurisdiction of the Court E. Juhasz (Rapporteur), P … Continue reading Emmeci v Cotral SpA: ECJ 17 Jul 2014
(Order Of The Court) REFERENCE for a preliminary ruling under Article 267 TFEU from the Curtea de Apel Bacau (Romania), by decision of 7 January 2014, received at the Court on 15 January 2014 in the proceedings MCG Fernlund, P C-13/14, [2014] EUECJ C-13/14 – CO Bailii European Updated: 05 December 2021; Ref: scu.527245
ECJ Opinion – Admissibility of the reference – Concept of ‘national court or tribunal within the meaning of Article 267 TFEU – Independence of the referring body – Telecommunications sector – Universal service and users’ rights – Directive 2002/22/EC – Supply by the universal service additional mandatory services within the meaning of Article 32 of … Continue reading TDC A/S v Erhvervsstyrelsen: ECJ 12 Jun 2014
ECJ Preliminary ruling – Concept of national jurisdiction within the meaning of Article 267 TFEU – Necessario Arbitral Tribunal – Admissibility – Regulation (EC) No 469/2009 – Article 13 – Supplementary protection certificate for medicinal products – Validity of certificate – Maximum Exclusivity Period C-555/13, [2014] EUECJ C-555/13 Bailii European Intellectual Property Updated: 30 November … Continue reading Merck Canada Inc. (Order Of The Court): ECJ 13 Feb 2014
ECJ Third paragraph of Article 267 TFEU – Scope of the obligation on courts of final instance to make a reference for a preliminary ruling – Article 101 TFEU – Code of conduct of a professional association prohibiting the application of fee scales which are not commensurate with the dignity of the profession L. Bay … Continue reading Consiglio Nazionale Dei Geologi v Autorita Garante Della Concorrenza E Del Mercato: ECJ 18 Jul 2013
ECJ (Opinion) Regulation (EC) No 1371/2007 on rail passengers rights and obligations – Article 17 – Conditions for ticket price compensation in case of delay, missed connections and cancellations – Compensation precluded for delays caused by force majeure – Article 30 – Powers of a national body charged with enforcement of Regulation No 1371/2007 – … Continue reading OBB-Personenverkehr AG: ECJ 14 Mar 2013
ECJ Opinion – The right of citizens of the Union to move and reside freely within the territory of the Member States – Conditions for the acquisition of a right of permanent residence – Concept of ‘legal residence’ – Determination of length of stay required Bot AG C-424/10, [2011] EUECJ C-424/10, [2011] EUECJ C-425/10 Bailii, … Continue reading Ziolkowski and Others v Land Berlin: ECJ 14 Sep 2011
kirzan_sizpECJ2013 ECJ (Grand Chamber) Article 267 TFEU – Annulment of a judicial decision – Referral back to the court concerned – Obligation to comply with the annulment decision – Reference for a preliminary ruling – Whether possible – Environment – Aarhus Convention – Directive 85/337/EEC – Directive 96/61/EC – Public participation in the decision-making process … Continue reading Krizan and Others v Slovenska Inspekcia Zivotneho Prostredia: ECJ 15 Jan 2013
ECJ (Judgment) (Grand Chamber) Reference for a preliminary ruling – Public service contracts – Directive 89/665/EEC – Article 1(1) and (3) – Review procedures – Application for annulment of the decision awarding a public contract by a tenderer whose bid was not successful – Counterclaim brought by the successful tenderer – Rule derived from national … Continue reading Puligienica Facility Esco SpA v Airgest SpA: ECJ 5 Apr 2016
ECJ Competition – Agreements, decisions and concerted practices – International air freight forwarding services – Decision finding an infringement of Article 101 TFEU – Price fixing – Surcharges and charging mechanisms affecting the final price – Evidence contained in an application for immunity – Protection of the confidentiality of communications between lawyers and clients – … Continue reading Deutsche Bahn And Others v Commission (Judgment): ECFI 29 Feb 2016
ECJ Articles 53(2) and 99 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court – Social policy – Principle of equal treatment – Directive 1999/70/EC – Framework agreement on fixed-term work concluded by ETUC, UNICE and CEEP – Clause 4 – Fixed-term employment contracts in the public sector – Determination of length of service – Difference … Continue reading Vino C-161/11: ECJ 22 Jun 2011
ECJ (Order) Article 104(3) of the Rules of Procedure – Social policy – Directive 1999/70/EC – Clauses 3 and 8 of the framework agreement on fixed-term work – Fixed-term employment contracts in the public sector – First or single use of a contract – Obligation to state the objective reasons – Elimination – Reduction in … Continue reading Vino v Poste Italiane: ECJ 11 Nov 2010
1. Social policy – Framework agreement on fixed-term work concluded by ETUC, UNICE and CEEP – Directive 1999/70 – Workers doing the same work – ‘Same work’ – Definition – Workers in a similar situation – Criteria for assessment – Nature of the work, training requirements and working conditions – Powers of review of the … Continue reading Autorita per l’energia elettrica e il gas v Bertazzi (Order 2): ECJ 7 Mar 2013
ECJ (Judgment) Common foreign and security policy – Restrictive measures adopted against Iran with the aim of preventing nuclear proliferation – Freezing of funds – Plea of illegality – Article 46(2) of Regulation (EU) No 267/2012 – Article 215 TFEU – Article 20(1)(c) of Decision 2010/413/CFSP, as amended by Article 1(7) of Decision 2012/35/CFSP – … Continue reading Post Bank Iran v Council: ECFI 3 May 2016
ECJ (Judgment) Common foreign and security policy – Restrictive measures adopted against Iran with the aim of preventing nuclear proliferation – Freezing of funds – Plea of illegality – Article 46(2) of Regulation (EU) No 267/2012 – Article 215 TFEU – Article 20(1)(c) of Decision 2010/413/CFSP, as amended by Article 1(7) of Decision 2012/35/CFSP – … Continue reading Iran Insurance v Council: ECFI 3 May 2016
Judgment – Reference for a preliminary ruling – Freedom of movement for workers – Article 45 TFEU – Equal treatment of non-resident workers – Tax advantage consisting in the exemption of reimbursements paid by the employer – Advantage granted on a flat-rate basis – Workers from a Member State other than that of the place … Continue reading Sopora v Staatssecretaris van Financien: ECJ 24 Feb 2015
ECJ Environment – Aarhus Convention – Directive 85/337/EEC – Directive 2003/35/EC – Article 10a – Directive 96/61/EC – Article 15a – Access to justice in environmental matters – Meaning of ‘not prohibitively expensive’ judicial proceedings L Bay Larsen, acting as P [2013] EUECJ C-260/11, [2013] WLR(D) 136, [2013] 1 WLR 2914, [2013] 3 CMLR 18, … Continue reading Edwards v Environment Agency (No 2): ECJ 11 Apr 2013
Failure by a State to fulfill obligations – Article 258 TFEU – Directive 2003/96 / EC – Taxation of energy products and electricity – Article 14, paragraph 1, point c) – Exemption of energy products used as fuel or fuel for navigation in of European Union waters – Exemption granted only to private pleasure craft … Continue reading Commission v Italy (Droits D’Accise – Carburant Des Bateaux De Plaisance) (Judgment): ECJ 16 Sep 2021
ECJ Judgment – Reference for a preliminary ruling – Agriculture – Common organisation of the markets – Sugar – Reimbursement of storage costs – Regulation (EEC) No 1998/78 – Article 14(3) – Regulation (EEC) No . .
ECJ Judgment – Appeal – State aid – Actions for annulment – Article 263 TFEU – Admissibility – Unlawful and incompatible aid – Obligation to recover – European Commission decision not to extend the recovery . .
Judgment – Reference for a preliminary ruling – Direct taxation – Articles 63 TFEU and 65 TFEU – Free movement of capital – Taxation of dividends from portfolios of shares – Withholding tax – Restriction – Final tax burden – Factors for comparing . .