>> Court finds that Greek pharmaceuticals company abused its dominant position by refusing to meet ordinary orders by wholesalers in order to prevent parallel exportsGlaxoSmithKline AEVE was the Greek subsidiary of GlaxoSmithKline, which held the mark…
>> Court finds Dutch rules concerning the assessment of inheritance duties and transfer duties incompatible with Articles 56 and 58 ECThis case is largely similar to Case C-11/07, Eckelkamp (delivered the same day), on which I wrote this post.The refe…
>> Court finds Belgian rules concerning the assessment of inheritance duties and transfer duties incompatible with Articles 56 and 58 ECThis case is largely similar to C-43/07, Arens-Sikken (delivered the same day), on which I wrote this post.The refe…
>> National rules requiring link with Community law in order to fall within scope of Article 13 ECIn this case, the referring court asked whether the application of the prohibition under Community law of discrimination on the ground of age was mandator…
>> O’Higgins succeeding Cooke Last July, Mr Kevin O’Higgins was appointed Judge of the Court of First Instance of the European Communities until August 31, 2013. He succeeds Mr John D. Cooke. At September 15, a formal sitting was held at the Court on…
>> CFI reiterates exceptions to right of access to Commission documents must be interpreted and applied strictlyThe applicant, a United Kingdom travel company, had announced its intention to acquire the whole of the issued share capital of one of its …
>> Court articulates three criteria according to which, in the context of state aid, a decision taken by a regional or local authority could be regarded as having been adopted in the exercise of sufficiently autonomous powers, reiterating much of its j…
>> Court of First Instance erred in law in holding that decision not to take futher action on complaint concerning alleged State aid had no legal effect and could not therefore be the subject of an action under Art. 230 ECOn October 2001, the Greek aut…
>> Obligations imposed by an international agreement cannot have the effect of prejudicing constitutional principles of the EC TreatyMr Kadi, a resident of Saudi Arabia, and Al Barakaat, a foundation established in Sweden, were designated by the United…
>> Second PPU case, Court again asked to interpret Framework Decision European Arrest Warrant Again a case on the European Arrest Warrant Framework. And the second case in which the urgent in which the urgent preliminary rulings procedure as provided f…