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From Asteris to Achmea – Micula hearing scrutinises award in light of State aid law and broader concerns over Intra-EU Investment Arbitration

by Johannes Fahner

Consumer, Health & EnvironmentEmployment & ImmigrationHuman RightsJustice & Litigation

AG Saugmandsgaard Øe’s Opinion on national prohibition on a blind person from working as a court assessor in criminal proceedings

Advocate General (AG) Saugmandsgaard Øe delivered his Opinion yesterday in Komisia za zashtita ot diskriminatsia (C-824/19), further to a request from the Bulgarian Supreme Court for an assessment of … Read more

Data, Tech & IPEmployment & ImmigrationExternal Relations & Trade

Legislative proposals withdrawn by the Commission: published list

The European Commission has withdrawn a number of its proposals in a list published today. The Commission has the power to alter proposals at any time (Article 293(2) TFEU), … Read more

Consumer, Health & EnvironmentData, Tech & IPInternal Market

Commission presents proposal for a Regulation on Machinery Products

The European Commission has presented its proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on Machinery Products, which aims at harmonising health and safety requirements … Read more

Consumer, Health & EnvironmentCovid-19Internal Market

ECDC guidance for adjusting non-pharmaceutical interventions based on vaccination status

The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) has issued a technical report providing interim guidance on the benefits of full vaccination against COVID-19 for transmission and implications … Read more

Consumer, Health & EnvironmentData, Tech & IPInternal MarketJustice & Litigation

Prescription period for plant variety rights claims should be extended for prolonged infringements: AG Saugmandsgaard Øe’s Opinion

Advocate General (AG) Saugmandsgaard Øe delivered his Opinion yesterday in José Canovas Pardo (C-186/18), on preliminary reference proceedings brought by the Spanish Supreme Court concerning the interpretation of Article … Read more

Covid-19Data, Tech & IPInternal Market

Member States agree on technical specifications for Digital Green Certificate

EU Member States have agreed on guidelines for technical specifications for the European Commission’s proposed Digital Green Certificate, which in practice, would amount to a COVID-19 vaccine-visa, aimed at … Read more

Competition & State AidJustice & Litigation

AG Richard de la Tour’s Opinion: Brussels Recast Regulation determines both international and national territorial jurisdiction in cases of claims for damages

Advocate General (AG) Richard de Tour has delivered his Opinion in Volvo and Others (C-30/20), in which he advises the Court to rule that, under Article 7(2) of the … Read more

Justice & Litigation

AG Kokott: intra-EU individual investment arbitration agreements are compatible with EU law subject to the possibility of judicial review of its conformity

Advocate General Kokott has delivered her Opinion in Grand Chamber case PL Holdings (C‑109/20), advising the Court of Justice to rule that, under its Achmea case law, individual intra-EU … Read more

Institutional law

Op-Ed: “The Court of Justice rules on European standards for national judicial appointments” by Niels Kirst

The independence of the judiciary in the Member States has been a primordial occupation for the Court of Justice of the European Union since 2018. Adding to this line … Read more

Consumer, Health & EnvironmentHuman Rights

ECtHR: withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment from a child in a permanent vegetative state does not breach human rights if decided by courts after a careful examination of all relevant circumstances

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has unanimously declared inadmissible the application in Parfitt v. the United Kingdom (application no. 18533/21), a case concerning the decision by UK … Read more

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Acquisition of M. Kaindl by Kronospan/Peter Kaindl: approval decision published

Apr 23, 2021| Competition & State Aid