Monthly Archives: May 2023

OJ:JOC_2023_155_R_0030: Case C-657/22: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunalul Prahova (Romania) lodged on 18 October 2022 — SC Bitulpetrolium Serv SRL v Administrația Județeană a Finanțelor Publice Prahova — Direcția Generală Regională a Finanțelor Publice Ploiești

OJ:JOC_2023_155_R_0029: Case C-521/22, Konštrukta — Defence: Order of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 7 February 2023 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Rada Úradu pre verejné obstarávanie — Slovakia) — KONŠTRUKTA — Defence a.s. v Úrad pre verejné obstarávanie (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Article 53(2) of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice — Article 267 TFEU — Definition of ‘court or tribunal’ — Appellate body of a national supervisory authority for public procurement procedures — Independence — Status of a third party in relation to the authority which adopted the contested decision — Manifest inadmissibility of the request for a preliminary ruling)

OJ:JOC_2023_155_R_0028: Case C-520/22, Horezza: Order of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 7 February 2023 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Rada Úradu pre verejné obstarávanie — Slovakia) — HOREZZA a.s. v Úrad pre verejné obstarávanie (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Article 53(2) of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice — Article 267 TFEU — Definition of ‘court or tribunal’ — Appellate body of a national supervisory authority for public procurement procedures — Independence — Status of a third party in relation to the authority which adopted the contested decision — Manifest inadmissibility of the request for a preliminary ruling)

OJ:JOC_2023_155_R_0027: Case C-16/22, Staatsanwaltschaft Graz (Düsseldorf Tax Office for Criminal Tax Matters): Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 2 March 2023 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberlandesgericht Graz — Austria) — Proceedings relating to the recognition and execution of a European Investigation Order concerning MS (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Area of freedom, security and justice — Judicial cooperation in criminal matters — Directive 2014/41/EU — European Investigation Order — Article 1(1) — Concept of ‘judicial authority’ — Article 2(c) — Concept of ‘issuing authority’ — Order issued by a tax authority without being validated by a judge or public prosecutor — Tax authority assuming the rights and the obligations of the public prosecutor’s office in the context of a criminal tax investigation)

OJ:JOC_2023_155_R_0026: Case C-760/21, Kwizda Pharma: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 2 March 2023 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Wien — Austria) — Kwizda Pharma GmbH v Landeshauptmann von Wien (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Food safety — Food — Regulation (EU) No 609/2013 — Article 2(2)(g) — Concept of ‘food for special medical purposes’ — Other particular nutritional requirements — Dietary management — Modification of the diet — Nutrients — Use under medical supervision — Ingredients not absorbed or metabolised in the alimentary canal — Distinction in relation to medicinal products — Distinction in relation to food supplements)

OJ:JOC_2023_155_R_0025: Joined Cases C-715/21 P and C-716/21 P: Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 9 March 2023 — Gerardo Galeote (C-715/21 P), Graham Watson (C-716/21 P) v European Parliament (Appeal — Law governing the institutions — Rules governing the payment of expenses and allowances to Members of the European Parliament — Amendment of the additional voluntary pension scheme — Individual decision fixing additional voluntary pension rights — Plea of illegality — Competence of the Bureau of the Parliament — Rights acquired or in the process of being acquired — Proportionality — Equal treatment — Legal certainty)

OJ:JOC_2023_155_R_0024: Case C-714/21 P: Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 9 March 2023 — Francoise Grossetête v European Parliament (Appeal — Law governing the institutions — Rules governing the payment of expenses and allowances to Members of the European Parliament — Amendment of the additional voluntary pension scheme — Individual decision fixing additional voluntary pension rights — Plea of illegality — Competence of the Bureau of the Parliament — Rights acquired or in the process of being acquired — Proportionality — Equal treatment — Legal certainty)

OJ:JOC_2023_155_R_0023: Case C-695/21, Recreatieprojecten Zeeland and Others: Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 2 March 2023 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Nederlandstalige rechtbank van eerste aanleg Brussel — Belgium) — Recreatieprojecten Zeeland BV, Casino Admiral Zeeland BV, Supergame BV v Belgische Staat (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Freedom to provide services — Article 56 TFEU — Restrictions on the freedom to provide services — Games of chance — Legislation of a Member State laying down a general ban on advertising by gaming establishments — Automatic derogation from that ban for establishments holding an operating licence issued by the authorities of that Member State — No possibility of derogation for establishments located in another Member State)

OJ:JOC_2023_155_R_0022: Case C-684/21, Papierfabriek Doetinchem: Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 2 March 2023 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf — Germany) — Papierfabriek Doetinchem BV v Sprick GmbH Bielefelder Papier- und Wellpappenwerk & Co. (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Intellectual property — Community designs — Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 — Article 8(1) — Features of appearance of a product dictated solely by its technical function — Criteria for assessment — Existence of alternative designs — Proprietor also holding a multitude of alternative protected designs — Multicolour appearance of a product not reflected in the registration of the design concerned)

OJ:JOC_2023_155_R_0021: Case C-666/21, Åklagarmyndigheten: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 2 March 2023 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Hovrätten för Nedre Norrland — Sweden) — AI v Åklagarmyndigheten (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Road transport — Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 — Scope — Article 2(1)(a) — Article 3(h) — Notion of ‘carriage by road of goods’ — Notion of ‘maximum permissible mass’ — Vehicle fitted out as a temporary private living space and for the non-commercial loading of goods — Regulation (EU) No 165/2014 — Tachographs — Article 23(1) — Requirement for regular inspections by approved workshops)