European Court of Justice (News)

Ryanair and Malta Air v Commission
State aid
State aid in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic: the General Court annuls the Commission’s decisions approving the financial aid granted by France to Air France and Air France-KLM

EVH v Commission
Competition
The actions of 11 German municipal authorities against the Commission’s approval of the acquisition of the distribution and retail energy business as well as some generation assets of Innogy by E.ON are dismissed

Banca Popolare di Bari v Commission
The European Union does not have to pay compensation for the damage allegedly suffered by Banca Popolare di Bari as a result of a Commission decision on the Italian aid measure in favour of Banca Tercas

Abramovich v Council
External relations
War in Ukraine: the General Court of the European Union dismisses the action brought by Mr Roman Arkadyevich Abramovich, thereby upholding the restrictive measures taken against him

Islentyeva v Council
External relations
The restrictive measures against Russia do not in principle prohibit a Russian citizen holding a private license from piloting a plane in the European Union

Ilva and Others
Environment and consumers
Advocate General Kokott comments on the Ilva steelworks in southern Italy

Commission v Romania
Environment and consumers
Waste: the Court imposes financial penalties on Romania for having failed to close down unauthorised landfills

Natsionalna agentsia za prihodite
Principles of Community law
Cybercrime: the fear of a possible misuse of personal data is capable, in itself, of constituting non-material damage

Commission v Amazon.com and Others
State aid
The Court of Justice confirms that the Commission has not established that the tax ruling given to Amazon by Luxembourg was a State aid that was incompatible with the internal market

Sparkasse Südpfalz
Freedom of movement for persons
Covid-19 pandemic: EU law does not require that an employee who is placed under quarantine during paid annual leave be able to carry over that leave

Hamoudi v Frontex
Law governing the institutions
The action for damages against Frontex brought by a Syrian national, allegedly sent back out to sea from Greece in the direction of Turkey, is dismissed

AP Assistenzprofis
The hiring of a personal assistant to help a disabled person in everyday life may be limited to persons within the same age range

SCHUFA Holding (Scoring)
Principles of Community law
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) opposes two data processing practices by credit information agencies

NORDIC INFO
Citizenship of the Union
COVID-19: the Court validates certain travel bans and testing and quarantine obligations during the health crisis

Nacionalinis visuomenės sveikatos centras
Only a wrongful infringement of the General Data Protection Regulation may result in an administrative fine being imposed

Luxembourg v Commission
State aid
The European Commission’s review of the tax rulings granted by Luxembourg to the Engie group infringed EU law

Ministero dell’Interno
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
Asylum procedures: the obligation to provide the common information leaflet and to conduct a personal interview concerns all Member States; the risk of indirect refoulement is not, as a rule, examined by the second Member State seised

Commune d'Ans
Wearing of religious symbols in the workplace: a public administration may decide to prohibit all of its employees from wearing such signs

Neves 77 Solutions
External relations
Advocate General Ćapeta: The Court does not have jurisdiction to interpret general provisions of an EU Common Foreign and Security Policy measure merely in order to clarify their meaning

KS and KD v Conseil e. a.
External relations
Advocate General Ćapeta: Individuals may bring an action for damages against the EU before the EU Courts based on alleged breaches of fundamental rights by EU Common Foreign and Security Policy measures