Daily Archives: 14 November, 2022

CELEX:62021CJ0494: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 10 November 2022.#Eircom Limited v Commission for Communications Regulation.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the High Court (Irlande).#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Electronic communications networks and services – Universal service and users’ rights – Directive 2002/22/EC (Universal Service Directive) – Article 12 – Costing and financing of universal service obligations – Single universal service provider and multiple telecommunications services providers operating in the market – Determination as to whether an unfair burden exists.#Case C-494/21.

CELEX:62021CJ0385: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 10 November 2022.#Zenith Media Communications SRL v Consiliul Concurenţei.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Înalta Curte de Casaţie şi Justiţie.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Competition – Agreements, decisions and concerted practices – Article 101 TFEU – Penalty imposed by the national competition authority – Determination of the amount of the fine – Consideration of turnover in the profit and loss account – Request for the national competition authority to take into account a different turnover – Refusal by the Competition Council – Real situation of the undertaking concerned – Principle of proportionality.#Case C-385/21.

CELEX:62021CJ0203: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 10 November 2022.#Criminal proceedings against DELTA STROY 2003.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Okrazhen sad – Burgas.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Judicial cooperation in criminal matters – Framework Decision 2005/212/JHA – Applicability – Imposition of a financial penalty on a legal person for non-payment of tax debts – Concept of ‘confiscation’ – Articles 48, 49 and 52 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Penalties of a criminal nature – Principles of the presumption of innocence and the legality and proportionality of criminal offences and penalties – Rights of the defence – Imposition of a criminal penalty on a legal person for an offence committed by the representative of that legal person – Parallel criminal proceedings against that representative that have not been concluded – Proportionality.#Case C-203/21.

CELEX:62021CJ0203: Sodba Sodišča (četrti senat) z dne 10. novembra 2022.#Kazenski postopek proti DELTA STROY 2003.#Predlog za sprejetje predhodne odločbe, ki ga je vložilo Okrazhen sad – Burgas.#Predhodno odločanje – Pravosodno sodelovanje v kazenskih zadevah – Okvirni sklep 2005/212/PNZ – Uporabnost – Naložitev denarne kazni pravni osebi zaradi neplačila davčnih dolgov – Pojem ‚odvzem‘ – Členi 48, 49 in 52 Listine Evropske unije o temeljnih pravicah – Sankcije kazenske narave – Načela domneve nedolžnosti, zakonitosti in sorazmernosti kaznivih dejanj in kazni – Pravica do obrambe – Naložitev kazenske sankcije pravni osebi za kaznivo dejanje, ki ga je storil zastopnik te pravne osebe – Vzporedni kazenski postopek zoper tega zastopnika – Sorazmernost.#Zadeva C-203/21.

CELEX:62021CJ0163: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 10 November 2022.#AD v PACCAR Inc and Others.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Juzgado Mercantil de Barcelona.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Competition – Compensation for harm caused by a practice prohibited under Article 101(1) TFEU – Collusive arrangements on pricing and gross price increases for trucks in the European Economic Area (EEA) – Directive 2014/104/EU – Rules governing actions for damages under national law for infringements of the competition law provisions of the Member States and of the European Union – Article 22(2) – Applicability ratione temporis – First subparagraph of Article 5(1) – Concept of relevant evidence which lies in the control of the defendant or a third party – Article 5(2) – Disclosure of specified items of evidence or relevant categories of evidence on the basis of reasonably available facts – Article 5(3) – Review of the proportionality of the request to disclose evidence – Balancing the legitimate interests of the parties and third parties – Scope of the obligations resulting from those provisions.#Case C-163/21.

CELEX:62022TO0232: Order of the General Court (Ninth Chamber) of 8 November 2022.#Growth Finance Plus AG v European Union Intellectual Property Office.#Case T-232/22.

CELEX:62022TO0231: Order of the General Court (Ninth Chamber) of 8 November 2022.#Growth Finance Plus AG v European Union Intellectual Property Office.#Case T-231/22.

CELEX:62022TO0055: Order of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) of 17 October 2022.#Patrick Swords v European Commission and European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control.#Case T-55/22.

CELEX:62021CJ0278: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 10 November 2022.#Dansk Akvakultur agissant pour AquaPri A/S v Miljø- og Fødevareklagenævnet.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Østre Landsret.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Environment – Directive 92/43/EEC – Conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora – Article 6(3) – Assessment of a project likely to affect a protected site – Obligation to conduct an assessment – Continuation of the economic activity of an operation already authorised at the planning stage, under unchanged conditions, where authorisation has been granted following an incomplete assessment.#Case C-278/21.

CELEX:62021CJ0414: Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 10 November 2022.#VP CAPITAL NV v Belgische Staat.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Hof van Cassatie.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Freedom of establishment – Article 49 and 54 TFEU – Transfer of a company’s registered office to a Member State other than that in which it was incorporated – Recovery of write-downs recorded prior to the transfer – Exemption – Comparability of situations.#Case C-414/21.