Legislation of the European Union

21.07.2016 Dilly’s Wellnesshotel GmbH v Finanzamt Linz, Request for a preliminary ruling from null, Request for a preliminary ruling - State aid - Aid scheme in the form of reductions in environmental taxes - Regulation (EC) No 800/2008 - Categories of aid which may be regarded as compatible with the internal market and exempt from the obligation to notify - Mandatory nature of the conditions for exemption - Article 3(1) - Express reference to that regulation in the aid scheme, Case C-493/14.... More →

21.07.2016 Advocate General’s Opinion - 21 July 2016, Private Equity Insurance Group, Case C-156/15, Advocate General: Szpunar... More →

21.07.2016 Advocate General’s Opinion - 21 July 2016, Commission / Total et Elf Aquitaine, Case C-351/15 P, Advocate General: Wahl... More →

21.07.2016 COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) …/… implementing Regulation (EC) No 1177/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning Community statistics on income and living conditions (EU-SILC) as regards the list of target secondary variables on material deprivation, well-being and housing difficulties for 2018... More →

21.07.2016 Samir Hassan v Council of the European Union, Case T-790/14.... More →

21.07.2016 Advocate General’s Opinion - 21 July 2016, Queisser Pharma, Case C-282/15, Advocate General: Bobek... More →

21.07.2016 Advocate General’s Opinion - 21 July 2016, Verein für Konsumenteninformation, Case C-127/15, Advocate General: Sharpston... More →

21.07.2016 Advocate General’s Opinion - 21 July 2016, Evonik Degussa v Commission, Case C-162/15 P, Advocate General: Szpunar... More →

21.07.2016 Advocate General’s Opinion - 21 July 2016, Spain v Council, Case C-128/15, Advocate General: Saugmandsgaard Øe... More →

21.07.2016 European Union Intellectual Property Office v Xavier Grau Ferrer, Appeal - EU trade mark - Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 - Article 76(2) - Regulation (EC) No 2868/95 - Rule 50(1), third subparagraph - Figurative mark - Opposition by the proprietor of the earlier trade mark - Proof of the existence, validity and extent of the protection of the earlier trade mark - Consideration by the Board of Appeal of evidence submitted out of time - Rejection of the opposition by the Board of Appeal, Case C-597/14 P.... More →

21.07.2016 SIA "VM Remonts" (anciennement SIA "DIV un KO") and Others v Konkurences padome, Request for a preliminary ruling from Augstākā tiesa, Reference for a preliminary ruling - Competition - Article 101(1) TFEU - Purely internal situation - Application of analogous national rules - Jurisdiction of the Court - Concerted practice - Liability of an undertaking for the acts of a service provider - Conditions, Case C-542/14.... More →

21.07.2016 Hilde Orleans and Others v Vlaams Gewest, References for a preliminary ruling from Raad van State, Reference for a preliminary ruling - Environment - Directive 92/43/EEC - Conservation of natural habitats - Special areas of conservation - Natura 2000 site ‘Scheldt and Durme estuary from the Dutch border to Ghent’ - Development of a port area - Assessment of the implications of a plan or project for a protected site - Occurrence of adverse effects - Prior but not yet completed development of an area of an equivalent type to the part destroyed - Completion subsequent to the assessment - Article 6(3) and (4), Joined Cases C-387/15 and C-388/15.... More →

21.07.2016 Staatssecretaris van Financiën v Argos Supply Trading BV, Request for a preliminary ruling from Hoge Raad der Nederlanden, Reference for a preliminary ruling - Customs union - Common Customs Tariff - Customs procedures with economic impact - Outward processing –– Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 –– Article 148(c) - Issue of authorisation - Economic conditions - Absence of serious harm to the essential interests of Community processors - Concept of ‘Community processors’, Case C-4/15.... More →

21.07.2016 Apple and Pear Australia Ltd and Star Fruits Diffusion v European Union Intellectual Property Office, Appeal - EU trade mark - Application for EU word mark English pink - Opposition by the proprietor of the word mark PINK LADY and the figurative marks including the word elements ‘Pink Lady’ - Opposition dismissed - Decision of an EU trade mark court - Alteration - Res judicata, Case C-226/15 P.... More →

21.07.2016 European Commission v Romania, Case C-104/15.... More →

21.07.2016 John Arnold Bredenkamp and Others v Council of the European Union and European Commission, Common foreign and security policy - Restrictive measures imposed on certain persons and entities in view of the situation in Zimbabwe - Freezing of funds - Non-contractual liability, Case T-66/14.... More →

21.07.2016 Nary Ramahatra v European Parliament, Case F-1/16.... More →

21.07.2016 AV v European Commission, Case F-91/15.... More →

21.07.2016 HD v European Parliament, Case F-136/15.... More →

21.07.2016 Advocate General’s Opinion - 21 July 2016, Salaberria Sorondo, Case C-258/15, Advocate General: Mengozzi... More →

21.07.2016 António Gaspar Pinto Ferreira v European Commission, Case F-127/15.... More →

21.07.2016 Carlo De Nicola v European Investment Bank, Case F-82/15.... More →

21.07.2016 Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal - 21 July 2016, De Nicola v EIB, Case F-100/15... More →

21.07.2016 CC v European Parliament, Case F-9/12 RENV.... More →

21.07.2016 HB v European Commission, Case F-125/15.... More →

21.07.2016 Information from the Commission pursuant to Council Decision (EU) 2016/833... More →

21.07.2016 Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.8075 - Partners Group/Infrared Capital Partners/Merkur Offshore) (Text with EEA relevance)... More →

21.07.2016 Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.7877 - Warburg Pincus/General Atlantic/Unicredit/Santander/SAM/Pioneer) (Text with EEA relevance)... More →

21.07.2016 Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.8141 - Watling Street/Sagemcom) - Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance)... More →

21.07.2016 Corrigendum to Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1178 of 10 June 2016 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to regulatory technical standards on the clearing obligation (OJ L 195, 20.7.2016)... More →

21.07.2016 Corrigendum to the Practice Rules for the Implementation of the Rules of Procedure of the General Court of 20 May 2015 (OJ L 152, 18.6.2015)... More →

20.07.2016 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1186 of 20 July 2016 amending for the 249th time Council Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities associated with the ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaeda organisations... More →

20.07.2016 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1185 of 20 July 2016 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 923/2012 as regards the update and completion of the common rules of the air and operational provisions regarding services and procedures in air navigation (SERA Part C) and repealing Regulation (EC) No 730/2006 (Text with EEA relevance)... More →

20.07.2016 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1187 of 20 July 2016 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables... More →

20.07.2016 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1188 of 20 July 2016 suspending submission of applications for import licences under the tariff quotas opened by Regulation (EC) No 891/2009 in the sugar sector... More →

20.07.2016 Athanassios Oikonomopoulos v European Commission, Non-contractual liability - Damage caused by the Commission in the context of an OLAF investigation and by OLAF - Actions for damages - Action for a declaration that certain measures taken by OLAF were void and inadmissible for evidentiary purposes before the national authorities - Admissibility - Misuse of powers - Processing of personal data - Rights of the defence, Case T-483/13.... More →

20.07.2016 Internet Consulting GmbH v European Union Intellectual Property Office, Case T-11/15.... More →

20.07.2016 HC v European Commission, Case F-132/15.... More →

20.07.2016 Martine Michel-Deberghes v European Commission, Case F-104/15.... More →

20.07.2016 Charlotte Adriaen and Others v European Commission, Civil service - Officials - Article 45 of the Staff Regulations - 2014 promotion exercise - General implementing provisions for Article 45 of the Staff Regulations - Lists of officials proposed for promotion by the Directors-General and heads of service - Omission of the applicants’ names - Possibility of challenging before the Joint Promotion Committee the list of officials proposed for promotion - Consideration of the comparative merits of the officials eligible for promotion - Opinions adopted by a joint body - Obligation to state grounds, Case F-113/15.... More →

20.07.2016 GY v European Commission, Case F-123/15.... More →

20.07.2016 Hans Maschek v Magistratsdirektion der Stadt Wien - Personalstelle Wiener Stadtwerke, Request for a preliminary ruling from Verwaltungsgericht Wien, Reference for a preliminary ruling - Social policy - Directive 2003/88/EC - Article 7 - Right to paid annual - Retirement at the request of the party concerned - Worker failing to use up all his entitlement to annual paid leave before the termination of his work relations - National legislation excluding allowance in lieu of paid annual leave not taken - Sick leave - Public servants, Case C-341/15.... More →

20.07.2016 HL v European Commission, Civil service - Officials - Article 45 of the Staff Regulations - 2014 promotion exercise - General implementing provisions for Article 45 of the Staff Regulations - List of officials proposed for promotion by the Directors-General and heads of service - Omission of the applicant’s name - Possibility of challenging before the Joint Promotion Committee the list of officials proposed for promotion - Consideration of the comparative merits of the officials eligible for promotion - Opinions adopted by a joint body - Obligation to state grounds, Case F-112/15.... More →

20.07.2016 COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) …/… amending Annex III to Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the hazardous property HP 14 (ʻEcotoxic’)... More →

20.07.2016 REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE COUNCIL AND THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT on the implementation of Directive 2007/2/EC of March 2007 establishing an Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the European Community (INSPIRE) pursuant to article 23... More →

20.07.2016 COMMISSION STAFF WORKING DOCUMENT Executive Summary on the evaluation of DIRECTIVE 2007/2/EC establishing an Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the European Community (INSPIRE) and underpinning the report on the implementation Accompanying the document Report from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament On the implementation of Directive 2007/2/EC of March 2007 establishing an Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the European Community (INSPIRE) pursuant to article 23... More →

20.07.2016 Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Integration of refugees in the EU’ (exploratory opinion)... More →

20.07.2016 Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 as regards exemptions for commodity dealers’ (COM(2015) 648 final - 2015/0295 (COD))... More →

20.07.2016 Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions ‘Trade for all - Towards a more responsible trade and investment policy’ (COM(2015) 497 final)... More →

20.07.2016 Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘External dimension of the EU’s energy policy’... More →

20.07.2016 Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on certain aspects concerning contracts for the supply of digital content’ (COM(2015) 634 final - 2015/0287 (COD)) and the ‘Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on certain aspects concerning contracts for the online and other distance sales of goods’ (COM(2015) 635 final - 2015/0288 (COD))... More →

20.07.2016 Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the Amended proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the access of third-country goods and services to the Union’s internal market in public procurement and procedures supporting negotiations on access of Union goods and services to the public procurement markets of third countries (COM(2016) 34 final - 2012/0060 (COD))... More →

20.07.2016 Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council relating to certain aspects of company law (codification)’ (COM(2015) 616 final - 2015/0283 (COD))... More →

20.07.2016 Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions - Towards a modern, more European copyright framework (COM(2015) 626 final)... More →

20.07.2016 Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘The new EU strategy on foreign and security policy’ (own-initiative opinion)... More →

20.07.2016 Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee, the Committee of the Regions and the European Investment Bank - State of the Energy Union 2015 (COM(2015) 572 final)... More →

20.07.2016 Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the Green Paper on retail financial services - Better products, more choice, and greater opportunities for consumers and businesses (COM(2015) 630 final)... More →

20.07.2016 Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on ensuring the cross-border portability of online content services in the internal market (COM(2015) 627 final - 2015/0284 (COD))... More →

20.07.2016 Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions: Closing the loop - An EU action plan for the circular economy’ (COM(2015) 614 final) - ‘Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste’ (COM(2015) 596 final - 2015/0276 (COD)) - ‘Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2008/98/EC on waste’ (COM(2015) 595 final - 2015/0275 (COD)) - ‘Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 1999/31/EC on the landfill of waste’ (COM(2015) 594 final - 2015/0274 (COD)) - and on the ‘Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directives 2000/53/EC on end-of-life vehicles, 2006/66/EC on batteries and accumulators and waste batteries and accumulators, and 2012/19/EU on waste electrical and electronic equipment’ (COM(2015) 593 final - 2015/0272 (COD))... More →

20.07.2016 Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the proposal for a Council decision on guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States (COM(2016) 71 final - 2016/43 (NLE))... More →

20.07.2016 Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directive 91/477/EEC on control of the acquisition and possession of weapons’ (COM(2015) 750 final - 2015/0269 (COD))... More →

20.07.2016 Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Fairer labour mobility within the EU’ (exploratory opinion)... More →

20.07.2016 Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on public procurement rules in connection with the current asylum crisis (COM(2015) 454 final)... More →

20.07.2016 Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the proposal for a Council Directive amending Directive 2011/16/EU as regards mandatory automatic exchange of information in the field of taxation (COM(2016) 25 final - 2016/0010 (CNS)) and the proposal for a Council Directive laying down rules against tax avoidance practices that directly affect the functioning of the internal market (COM(2016) 26 final - 2016/0011 (CNS))... More →

20.07.2016 Publication of an application pursuant to Article 50(2)(a) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council on quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs... More →

20.07.2016 Decision No H8 of 17 December 2015 (updated with minor technical clarifications on 9 March 2016) concerning the methods of operation and the composition of the Technical Commission for Data Processing of the Administrative Commission for the Coordination of Social Security Systems... More →

20.07.2016 Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal - 20 July 2016, Barroso Truta and Others v Court of Justice of the European Union, Case F-126/15... More →

20.07.2016 Euro exchange rates... More →

20.07.2016 Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.8080 - Maxburg II/VREP/Norafin) (Text with EEA relevance)... More →

20.07.2016 Euro exchange rates... More →

20.07.2016 Rectificatif à la notice de la Commission modifiant les lignes directrices de l’Union européenne concernant les aides d’État dans les secteurs agricole et forestier et dans les zones rurales 2014-2020 (JO C 390 du 24.11.2015)... More →

20.07.2016 Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.8094 - BNP Paribas Fortis Private Equity Belgium/Sofindev IV/DHAM/Novy International) (Text with EEA relevance)... More →

20.07.2016 Rectificatif à la décision d'exécution 2012/204/UE de la Commission du 19 avril 2012 modifiant les annexes de la décision 2003/467/CE en ce qui concerne la déclaration de la Lettonie comme État membre officiellement indemne de brucellose, et de certaines régions de l'Italie, de la Pologne et du Portugal comme régions officiellement indemnes de tuberculose, de brucellose et de leucose bovine enzootique (JO L 109 du 28.4.2012)... More →

19.07.2016 Kingdom of Belgium v European Commission, Application for interim measures - State aid - Tax scheme exempting excess profits of a number of multinational companies - Exemption granted on the basis of tax rulings - Decision declaring scheme to be aid incompatible with the internal market and ordering recovery of the aid - Application for suspension of operation of a measure - No urgency, Case T-131/16 R.... More →

19.07.2016 Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/1190 of 19 July 2016 authorising the placing on the market of trans-resveratrol as a novel food ingredient under Regulation (EC) No 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council (notified under document C(2016) 4567)... More →

19.07.2016 Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/1189 of 19 July 2016 authorising the placing on the market of UV-treated milk as a novel food under Regulation (EC) No 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council (notified under document C(2016) 4565)... More →

19.07.2016 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1180 of 19 July 2016 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables... More →

19.07.2016 Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/1179 of 19 July 2016 amending, for the purposes of its adaptation to technical and scientific progress, Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures (Text with EEA relevance)... More →

19.07.2016 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1181 of 19 July 2016 fixing the allocation coefficient to be applied to the quantities on which applications for import licences and applications for import rights lodged from 1 to 7 July 2016 are based and establishing the quantities to be added to the quantity fixed for the sub-period from 1 January to 31 March 2017 under the tariff quotas opened by Regulation (EC) No 616/2007 for poultrymeat... More →

19.07.2016 H v Council of the European Union and European Commission, Appeal - Common foreign and security policy (CFSP) - Decision 2009/906/CFSP - European Union Police Mission (EUPM) in Bosnia and Herzegovina - National staff member on secondment - Redeployment in a regional office of that mission - Final sentence of the second subparagraph of Article 24(1) TEU - First paragraph of Article 275 TFEU - Actions for annulment and compensation - Jurisdiction of the EU judicature - Article 263 TFEU, Article 268 TFEU and the second paragraph of Article 340 TFEU, Case C-455/14 P.... More →

19.07.2016 Information notice - Public consultation - Geographical indications from Japan... More →

19.07.2016 REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE COUNCIL AND THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT Progress Report on the implementation of the EU Strategy and Action Plan for customs risk management... More →

19.07.2016 Commission Notice on the notion of State aid as referred to in Article 107(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union... More →

19.07.2016 Publication of an application pursuant to Article 50(2)(a) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council on quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs... More →

19.07.2016 Publication of an amendment application pursuant to Article 50(2)(a) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council on quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs... More →

19.07.2016 Multiple complaints registered under the reference CHAP(2015) 2880... More →

19.07.2016 Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 laying down the Union Customs Code, as regards goods that have temporarily left the customs territory of the Union by sea or air... More →

19.07.2016 COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT pursuant to Article 294(6) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union concerning the position of the Council on the adoption of a Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the accessibility of the websites and mobile applications of public sector bodies... More →

19.07.2016 COMMISSION STAFF WORKING DOCUMENT Accompanying the document Report from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament Progress Report on the implementation of the EU Strategy and Action Plan for customs risk management... More →

19.07.2016 Advocate General’s Opinion - 19 July 2016, Swiss International Air Lines, Case C-272/15, Advocate General: Saugmandsgaard Øe... More →