Monthly Archives: September 2022

CELEX:62021CB0722: Case C-722/21: Order of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 19 May 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from a notario del Ilustre Colegio Notarial de Andalucía — Spain) — Frontera Capital SARL (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Article 53(2) of the Rules of Procedure of the Court — Article 267 TFEU — Notary — Meaning of a ‘court or tribunal’ — Criteria — No dispute before the referring body — Manifest inadmissibility)

CELEX:62021CA0110: Case C-110/21 P: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 14 July 2022 — Universität Bremen v European Research Executive Agency (REA) (Appeal — Action for annulment — Article 19 of the Statute of the Court of Justice of the European Union — Representation of non-privileged parties in a direct action before the Courts of the European Union — University teacher — University teacher teaching at the university represented in that action and performing duties as coordinator and head of the project that is the subject matter of the dispute — Condition of independence — Existence of a direct and personal interest in the outcome of the dispute)

CELEX:62021CA0036: Case C-36/21: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 14 July 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the College van Beroep voor het bedrijfsleven — Netherlands) — Sense Visuele Communicatie en Handel vof (also trading under the name De Scharrelderij) v Minister van Landbouw, Natuur en Voedselkwaliteit (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Common agricultural policy — Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 — Direct support schemes — Common rules — Article 30(6) and Article 50(2) — Application for payment entitlements from the national reserve for young farmers — National administrative authority which has given incorrect information about the classification of a person as a ‘young farmer’ — Principle of the protection of legitimate expectations — Action seeking reparation for loss or harm based on the failure to comply with the national law principle of legitimate expectations)

CELEX:62020CA0500: Case C-500/20: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 14 July 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberster Gerichtshof — Austria) — ÖBB-Infrastruktur Aktiengesellschaft v Lokomotion Gesellschaft für Schienentraktion mbH (Reference for a preliminary ruling — International agreements — Railway transport — Convention concerning International Carriage by Rail (COTIF) — Uniform Rules concerning the contract for the use of infrastructure in international rail traffic (CUI) — Article 4 — Mandatory law — Article 8 — Liability of the manager — Article 19 — Other actions — Jurisdiction of the Court — Damage to the carrier’s locomotives following a derailment — Leasing of replacement locomotives — Obligation on the infrastructure manager to reimburse lease costs — Contract extending the parties’ liability by reference to national law)

CELEX:62020CA0436: Case C-436/20: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 14 July 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Superior de Justicia de la Comunidad Valenciana — Spain) — Asociación Estatal de Entidades de Servicios de Atención a Domicilio (ASADE) v Consejería de Igualdad y Políticas Inclusivas (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Articles 49 and 56 TFEU — Purely internal situation — Services in the internal market — Directive 2006/123/EC — Scope — Article 2(2)(j) — Public procurement — Directive 2014/24/EU — Concept of a ‘public contract’ — Articles 74 to 77 — Provision of social services in the form of personal assistance — Contractual action agreements with private, social initiative entities — Exclusion of profit-making operators — Location of the entity as a selection criterion)

CELEX:62020CA0159: Case C-159/20: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 14 July 2022 — European Commission v Kingdom of Denmark (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 — Quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs — Article 13 — Use of the protected designation of origin (PDO) ‘Feta’ to designate cheese produced in Denmark and intended for export to third countries — Article 4(3) TEU — Principle of sincere cooperation)

CELEX:62020CA0145: Case C-145/20: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 14 July 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberster Gerichtshof — Austria) — DS v Porsche Inter Auto GmbH & Co. KG, Volkswagen AG (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Approximation of laws — Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 — Approval of motor vehicles — Article 5(2) — Defeat device — Motor vehicles — Diesel engines — Emission control system — Software installed in the electronic engine controller — Exhaust gas recirculation valve (‘EGR valve’) — Reduction in nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions limited by a ‘temperature window’ — Prohibition on the use of defeat devices that reduce the effectiveness of emission control systems — Article 5(2)(a) — Exception to that prohibition — Consumer protection — Directive 1999/44/EC — Sale of consumer goods and associated guarantees — Article 2(2)(d) — Concept of ‘goods which show the quality and performance which are normal in goods of the same type and which the consumer can reasonably expect, given the nature of the goods’ — Vehicle covered by an EC type-approval — Article 3(6) — Concept of a ‘minor lack of conformity’)

CELEX:62020CA0134: Case C-134/20: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 14 July 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Landesgericht Eisenstadt — Austria) — IR v Volkswagen AG (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Approximation of laws — Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 — Approval of motor vehicles — Article 3(10) — Article 5(1) and (2) — Defeat device — Motor vehicles — Diesel engines — Pollutant emissions — Emission control system — Software installed in the electronic engine controller — Exhaust gas recirculation valve (‘EGR valve’) — Reduction in nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions limited by a ‘temperature window’ — Prohibition on the use of defeat devices that reduce the effectiveness of emission control systems — Article 5(2)(a) — Exception to that prohibition — Directive 1999/44/EC — Sale of consumer goods and associated guarantees — Article 3(2) — Device installed during the repair of a vehicle)

CELEX:62020CA0128: Case C-128/20: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 14 July 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Landesgericht Klagenfurt — Austria) — GSMB Invest GmbH & Co. KG v Auto Krainer GesmbH (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Approximation of laws — Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 — Approval of motor vehicles — Article 3(10) — Article 5(1) and (2) — Defeat device — Motor vehicles — Diesel engines — Pollutant emissions — Emission control system — Software installed in the electronic engine controller — Exhaust gas recirculation valve (‘EGR valve’) — Reduction in nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions limited by a ‘temperature window’ — Prohibition on the use of defeat devices that reduce the effectiveness of emission control systems — Article 5(2)(a) — Exception to that prohibition)

CELEX:62019CA0817: Case C-817/19: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 21 June 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Cour constitutionnelle — Belgium) — Ligue des droits humains v Conseil des ministres (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Processing of personal data — Passenger Name Records (PNR) — Regulation (EU) 2016/679 — Article 2(2)(d) — Scope — Directive (EU) 2016/681 — Use of PNR data of air passengers of flights operated between the European Union and third countries — Power to include data of air passengers of flights operated within the European Union — Automated processing of that data — Retention period — Fight against terrorist offences and serious crime — Validity — Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Articles 7, 8 and 21 as well as Article 52(1) — National legislation extending the application of the PNR system to other transport operations within the European Union — Freedom of movement within the European Union — Charter of Fundamental Rights — Article 45)