CJEU

Misleading or not? CJEU in NEW Niederrhein Energie und Wasser (Case C‑518/23) – Go Health Pro

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 On 23 January, the CJEU provided further clarity on what amounts to a misleading omission in an invitation to purchase under the UCPD (Case C‑518/23). The case concerns an online electricity tariff calculator operated by the German company NEW Niederrhein Energie und Wasser. Based on customer input, the calculator generates a tariff offer that the … Read more

The CJEU is less claimant-friendly than its AG in use of the anchor defendant mechanism for competition law damages claims. Rules out mini-trials at the jurisdictional stage yet insists on room to contest control. – gavc law – geert van calster – Go Health Pro

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The CJEU is less claimant-friendly than its AG in use of the anchor defendant mechanism for competition law damages claims. Rules out mini-trials at the jurisdictional stage yet insists on room to contest control. – gavc law – geert van calster – Go Health Pro

The CJEU held earlier this morning in C‑393/23 Athenian Brewery SA, Heineken NV v Macedonian Thrace Brewery SA (no language versions available at the time of posting than Dutch and French). My post on Kokott AG’s Opinion is here. The AG all in all supported a ready acceptance of forum connexitatis in competition law cases – in the … Read more

Hands On, Eyes Closed? CJEU Grand Chamber hearing on Frontex’s role in unlawful pushbacks (WS and Others v Frontex, C-679/23 P) – Go Health Pro

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Hands On, Eyes Closed? CJEU Grand Chamber hearing on Frontex’s role in unlawful pushbacks (WS and Others v Frontex, C-679/23 P) – Go Health Pro

  Jan-Hendrik Seelow, Dutch Council for Refugees* *The Dutch Council for Refugees has closely worked with the applicant’s counsel to support the case from the beginning Photo credit: Francesco Placco, via Wikimedia Commons Introduction It is a few minutes after 9 a.m. and the Grand Chamber is still buzzing with morning energy. While Counsels of … Read more

MSC Flaminia’. CJEU follows its AG on ships waste carve-out in the Basel Convention (and EU law). – gavc law – geert van calster – Go Health Pro

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MSC Flaminia’. CJEU follows its AG on ships waste carve-out in the Basel Convention (and EU law). – gavc law – geert van calster – Go Health Pro

A short note (on the day the UKSC appeal in MSC Flaminia is being heard) on the CJEU judgment in C‑188/23 Land Niedersachsen v Conti  11. Container Schiffahrts-GmbH & Co. KG MS ‘MSC Flaminia’. The Court essentially followed the Opinion of Capeta AG which I discussed here. The operative part reads Article 1(3)(b) of Regulation (EC) … Read more

a failure by the CJEU in appropriately balancing privacy, data protection and the interests of law enforcement [1] – Official Blog of UNIO – Go Health Pro

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a failure by the CJEU in appropriately balancing privacy, data protection and the interests of law enforcement [1] – Official Blog of UNIO – Go Health Pro

Tiago Sérgio Cabral [Editor of this blog and Project Expert for the Portuguese team in the “European Network on Digitalization and E-governance” (ENDE)] Background The Court of Justice’s decision in Case C- 548/21 (Bezirkshauptmannschaft Landeck) probably got less attention than it deserved from legal scholars due to being issued at the same time as other … Read more