(Case C-433/10

Fecha: 29-Jun-2010

Appeal – Project supported by the European Union in Bosnia and Herzegovina – Contracts concluded between the Commission and a consortium and between the consortium and experts – Commission’s administrative order amending its contract with the consortium – Action for annulment of that administrative order brought by one of the experts – Admissibilit...

(Case C-491/08

Fecha: 10-Jun-2010

Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Directive 92/43/EEC – Conservation of natural habitats – Wild fauna and flora – Site of Community importance – System of protection – Tourism complex ‘Is Arenas’ 1.Environment – Conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora – Directive 92/43 (Council Directive 92/43, Arts 3(1), and 4(...

(Case C-498/09

Fecha: 10-Jun-2010

Appeal – Customs Code – Remission of import duties – Waiver of post-clearance recovery – Anti-dumping duties – No obvious negligence – Complexity of the legislation – Professional experience – Operator’s diligence – Colour televisions made in Thailand – Challengeable acts 1.Appeal – Grounds – Mere repetition of the pleas and arguments put forward b...

Case C‑108/09

Fecha: 15-Jun-2010

(Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Baranya Megyei Bíróság (Hungary)) (Free movement of goods – Measures having equivalent effect – Selling arrangements – Internet sale of contact lenses – National legislation under which contact lenses may be sold solely in shops specialising in medical devices) I–Introduction 1.In this case, the Court is...

(Case C‑117/09

Fecha: 24-Jun-2010

Appeal – State aid – Application for aid intended to amend aid previously granted to the recipient undertaking and notified to the Commission after the investment project had been carried out in full – Criteria of incentive effect and of necessity 1.Appeal – Grounds – Mere repetition of the pleas and arguments put forward before the Court of First ...

Case C‑118/09

Fecha: 02-Jun-2010

(Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Oberste Berufungs- und Disziplinarkommission (Austria)) (Concept of national court within the meaning of Article 234 EC – Oberste Berufungs- und Disziplinarkommission – Directive 89/48/EEC – Freedom of movement for persons – Recognition of professional education and training – Article1(a) – Definition of...

Case C‑132/09

Fecha: 15-Jun-2010

(Article 226 EC – Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Jurisdiction of the Court – Admissibility – Statute of the European Schools – 1957 and 1994 Conventions – Arbitration clause – 1962 Establishment Agreement – Financing of expenditure on furniture and teaching equipment – Infringement of the Establishment Agreement and of Article 10...

Case C‑145/09

Fecha: 08-Jun-2010

(Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgerichtshof Baden-Württemberg (Germany)) (Directive 2004/38/EC – Freedom of movement for persons – Union citizen – Criminal convictions – Expulsion decision – Imperative grounds of public security) 1.By this reference for a preliminary ruling, the Verwaltungsgerichtshof (Higher Administrative ...

Case C‑168/09

Fecha: 24-Jun-2010

Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale di Milano (Italy) (Directive 98/71/EC – Industrial and commercial property – Legal protection of designs – Application of copyright to designs within the public domain – Directive 93/98/EEC – Acquired rights – Transitional period) 1.The legal framework of the present case is Directive 98/71/EC,(...

Case C‑173/09

Fecha: 10-Jun-2010

(Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Administrativen sad Sofia-grad (Bulgaria)) (Obligation of a lower court to comply with directions on interpretation given by a higher court – Procedural autonomy – Force of res judicata – Reconsideration of the Rheinmühlen I case-law – Freedom to provide services – Article 56 TFEU – Social security – Art...

Case C‑20/09

Fecha: 17-Jun-2010

(Failure by a Member State to fulfil its obligations – Admissibility – Continuance of the effects of the failure to fulfil obligations – Free movement of capital – Articles 56 CE and 40 of the EEA Agreement – Public debt securities – Preferential tax treatment) I–Introduction 1.In the present case, the European Commission has brought before the Cou...

Case C‑203/09

Fecha: 03-Jun-2010

(Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof (Germany)) (Directive 86/653/EEC – Self-employed commercial agents – Termination of the agency contract by the principal – Default by commercial agent on his obligations – Commercial agent’s entitlement to a goodwill indemnity) 1.One of the principal contributions of Council Directive 8...

Case C‑211/10

Fecha: 16-Jun-2010

2.The situation is governed, in European Union law, by Council Regulation (EC) No2201/2003,(2) read in conjunction with the Hague Convention of 1980.(3) The Convention 3.In the preamble to the Convention, the signatory States declare that they are ‘[f]irmly convinced that the interests of children are of paramount importance in matters relating to ...

Case C‑213/09

Fecha: 24-Jun-2010

(Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Finanzgericht Hamburg (Germany)) (Regulation (EC) No1719/2005 – Common Customs Tariff – Specific duty – Preserved mushrooms of the genus Agaricus – Proportionality – Criterion for review where a broad discretion exists – Agriculture-policy objectives – Trade-policy objectives – Necessity – WTO – Agreemen...

Case C‑222/08

Fecha: 22-Jun-2010

(Action for failure to fulfil obligations – Electronic communications – Directive 2002/22/EC – Financing of universal service obligations – Social tariffs – Meaning of ‘unfair burden’ – Calculation of net cost) I–Introduction 1.The Court of Justice has given rulings in the past on the financing of universal service obligations in the telecommunicat...

Case C‑226/09

Fecha: 29-Jun-2010

(Public works contracts – Annex IIB of Directive 2004/18/EC – Weighting of the award criteria determined after the closing date for the submission of bids and modified after an initial review of those same bids) 1.In the context of this action for failure to fulfil an obligation, the Court is asked to clarify the extent to which European Union law ...

Case C‑229/09

Fecha: 17-Jun-2010

(Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Bundespatentgericht (Germany)) (Regulation EC No 1610/96 – Article 3 – Conditions for the grant of a supplementary protection certificate for plant protection products – Directive 91/414/EEC – Article 4 – Article 8 – Marketing authorisation – Temporal limitation on the effects of the judgment on the refe...

Case C‑242/09

Fecha: 03-Jun-2010

(Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Gerechtshof te Amsterdam (Netherlands)) (Social policy – Transfer of an undertaking – Group of companies in which the employees are in the employ of an employer company and work on a permanent basis for an operating company – Transfer of an undertaking from an operating company – Application of Directive...

Case C‑285/09

Fecha: 29-Jun-2010

(Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof (Germany)) (Sixth VAT Directive – Article28c(A)(a) – Intra-Community supply – Refusal of exemption – Fraudulent conduct) I–Introduction 1.In this case, the Bundesgerichtshof (Federal Court of Justice) has referred to the Court of Justice a question on the interpretation of the Sixth VAT...

(Case C‑298/09

Fecha: 16-Jun-2010

First subparagraph of Article 104(3) of the Rules of Procedure – Accession to the European Union – Freedom to provide services – Directive 96/71/EC – Posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services – Temporary employment undertaking – Requirement to have a head office in the territory of the Member State in which the services are s...