European Court of Justice (News)

Google (Déréférencement d’un contenu prétendument inexact)
Right to erasure (‘right to be forgotten’): the operator of a search engine must dereference information found in the referenced content where the person requesting dereferencing proves that such information is manifestly inaccurate

WhatsApp Ireland v European Data Protection Board
Law governing the institutions
The General Court dismisses as inadmissible the action brought by WhatsApp against a decision of the European Data Protection Board

1952-2022: Special Meeting of Judges on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the Court of Justice of the European Union
1952-2022: Special Meeting of Judges on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the Court of Justice of the European Union

1952-2022: Special Meeting of Judges on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the Court of Justice of the European Union

Funke
Advocate General Ćapeta: economic operators have the right to request the completion of a RAPEX notification on the basis of the Treaty provisions concerning the free movement of goods
Advocate General Ćapeta: economic operators have the right to request the completion of a RAPEX notification on the basis of the Treaty provisions concerning the free movement of goods

E. D. L. (Motif de refus fondé sur la maladie)
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
According to Advocate General Campos Sánchez-Bordona, a serious risk to the person whose surrender is requested may justify the postponement of a European arrest warrant, but not the refusal, with no further justification, to execute it

Austria v Commission
State aid
Construction of new nuclear reactors: the General Court dismisses the action brought by Austria to contest Hungarian investment aid approved by the Commission

WertInvest Hotelbetrieb
Environment and consumers
Advocate General Collins: an environmental impact assessment may be required where an envisaged urban development project is located in a UNESCO World Heritage Site

CWS Powder Coatings v Commission
Approximation of laws
The General Court annuls the Commission Delegated Regulation of 2019 in so far as it concerns the harmonised classification and labelling of titanium dioxide as a carcinogenic substance by inhalation in certain powder forms

Staatssecretaris van Justitie en Veiligheid (Éloignement - Cannabis thérapeutique)
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
A third country national who is suffering from a serious illness may not be removed if, in the absence of appropriate medical treatment in the receiving country, that national risks being exposed to a real risk of a rapid, significant and permanent increase in the pain linked to that illness

Luxembourg Business Registers
Approximation of laws
Anti-money-laundering directive: the provision whereby the information on the beneficial ownership of companies incorporated within the territory of the Member States is accessible in all cases to any member of the general public is invalid

Changmao Biochemical Engineering v Commission
External relations
According to Advocate General Ćapeta, the Court may refrain from reviewing the compatibility of the Basic Anti-dumping Regulation in the light of the Protocol on the Accession of China to the WTO.

ANTEA POLSKA and Others
Freedom of establishment
The protection of confidentiality in the field of public procurement must be weighed against the requirements of transparency and effective judicial protection

Volotea v Commission
State aid
The Court of Justice sets aside the two judgments of the General Court which dismissed the actions of Volotea and easyJet against the decision of the Commission concerning State aid granted by Italy to Sardinian airports

Netherlands v Commission
State aid
Le Tribunal annule la décision de la Commission européenne validant la compensation pour la fermeture de centrales électriques au charbon opérant aux Pays-Bas

Senatsverwaltung für Inneres und Sport
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
Automatic recognition of extrajudicial divorces: a divorce decree drawn up by the civil registrar of a Member State, containing a divorce agreement concluded by the spouses and confirmed by them before that registrar in accordance with the conditions laid down by the legislation of that Member State, constitutes a ‘judgment’ within the meaning of the Brussels IIa Regulation

PACCAR and Others
Competition
The disclosure of ‘relevant evidence’, within the meaning of EU law, includes documents that a party may be required to create by compiling or classifying information, knowledge or data in its possession

Commission v Valencia Club de Fútbol
State aid
Decision on State aid granted by Spain to Valencia CF annulled by the General Court: the Court of Justice dismisses the Commission’s appeal

Ferriera Valsabbia and Valsabbia Investimenti v Commission
Competition
Le Tribunal confirme les sanctions allant de 2,2 à 5,1 millions d’euros infligées par la Commission à quatre entreprises pour leur participation à une entente sur le marché italien des ronds à béton

Minority SafePack - one million signatures for diversity in Europe v Commission
Law governing the institutions
The General Court confirms the Commission communication refusing to take the action requested in the European citizens’ initiative ‘Minority SafePack - one million signatures for diversity in Europe’