European Court of Justice (News)

Blaise and Others
Agriculture and fisheries
There are no grounds to question the validity of the regulation on the placing of plant protection products on the market

Planet49
PDON
Storing cookies requires internet users’ active consent

Mr Savvas Papasavvas is elected Vice-President of the General Court of the European Union

Mr Marc van der Woude is elected President of the General Court of the European Union

Partial renewal of the membership and entry into office of 14 new Members of the General Court of the European Union

CELEBRATION OF THE 30th ANNIVERSARY OF THE GENERAL COURT

Piaggio & C. v EUIPO - Zhejiang Zhongneng Industry Group (Mobylettes)
Intellectual and industrial property
Piaggio’s intellectual property rights in the Vespa LX scooter have not been infringed

Netherlands v Commission
State aid
The General Court annuls the Commission’s decision on the aid measure implemented by the Netherlands in favour of Starbucks

Romania v Commission
Citizenship of the Union
The General Court confirms the Commission’s decision to register the proposed European citizens’ initiative ‘Minority SafePack - one million signatures for diversity in Europe’

HSBC Holdings and Others v Commission
Competition
Fine imposed on HSBC group for anticompetitive practices in the interest rate derivatives sector is annulled

Uniwersytet Wrocławski v REA
Research, information, education, statistics
Advocate General Bobek: the General Court erred in law when it held that the existence of a teaching contract between an applicant and its legal representative meant that the requirement of independent legal representation was not satisfied

Miasto Łowicz
Law governing the institutions
Advocate General Tanchev: the Court should declare that the requests for a preliminary ruling relating to the national measures establishing a regime for disciplinary proceedings against judges in Poland are inadmissible

G.C. and Others
PDON
The prohibition on processing certain categories of sensitive personal data applies also to operators of search engines

Luxembourg v Commission
State aid
The General Court confirms the Commission’s decision on the aid measure granted by Luxembourg to Fiat Chrysler Finance Europe

Google
PDON
The operator of a search engine is not required to carry out a de-referencing on all versions of its search engine

INAUGURATION OF THE FIFTH EXTENSION OF THE BUILDING COMPLEX OF THE COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION

The General Court of the European Union prepares to welcome additional Judges

Cofemel
Freedom of establishment
Copyright protection may not be granted to designs on the sole ground that, over and above their practical purpose, they produce a specific aesthetic effect

Cofemel
Freedom of establishment
Copyright protection may not be granted to designs on the sole ground that, over and above their practical purpose, they produce a specific aesthetic effect

VG Media
Approximation of laws
A German provision prohibiting internet search engines from using newspaper or magazine snippets without the publisher’s authorisation must be disregarded in the absence of its prior notification to the Commission