August 12, 2008

Judgments of Court of Justice of the European Communities nº C-296/08 PPU, of August 12, 2008

Police and judicial cooperation in criminal matters - Framework Decision 2002/584/JHA - Articles 31 and 32 - European arrest warrant and the surrender procedures between Member States - Possibility for the State executing an extradition request to apply a convention adopted before 1 January 2004 but applicable in that State from a later date

July 25, 2008

Judgments of Court of Justice of the European Communities nº C-237/07, of July 25, 2008

Directive 96/62/EC - Ambient air quality assessment and management - Fixing of limit values - Entitlement of a third party, whose health has been impaired, to have an action plan drawn up

Judgments of Court of Justice of the European Communities nº C-127/08, of July 25, 2008

Directive 2004/38/EC - Right of Union citizens and their family members to move and reside freely in the territory of a Member State - Family members who are nationals of non-member countries - Nationals of non-member countries who entered the host Member State before becoming spouses of Union citizens

Judgments of Court of Justice of the European Communities nº C-204/07 P, of July 25, 2008

Appeals - EEC-Turkey Association Agreement - Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 - Community Customs Code - Repayment and remission of import duty - Fruit juice concentrate from Turkey - Movement certificates - Falsification - Special situation

Judgments of Court of Justice of the European Communities nº C-142/07, of July 25, 2008

Directives 85/337/EEC and 97/11/EC - Assessment of the effects of projects on the environment - Refurbishment and improvement works on urban roads - Whether subject to assessment

July 17, 2008

Judgments of Court of Justice of the European Communities nº C-153/07, of July 17, 2008

Telecommunications - Networks and services - Tariff rebalancing - Article 4c of Directive 90/388/EEC - Article 7(2) of Directive 97/33/EC - Article 12(7) of Directive 98/61/EC - Regulatory authority - Direct effect of directives - Triangular situation

Judgments of Court of Justice of the European Communities nº C-132/06, of July 17, 2008

Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Article 10 EC - Sixth VAT Directive - Obligations under domestic rules - Control of taxable transactions - Amnesty

Judgments of Court of Justice of the European Communities nº C-152/07, of July 17, 2008

Telecommunications - Networks and services - Tariff rebalancing - Article 4c of Directive 90/388/EEC - Article 7(2) of Directive 97/33/EC - Article 12(7) of Directive 98/61/EC - Regulatory authority - Direct effect of directives - Triangular situation

Judgments of Court of Justice of the European Communities nº C-154/07, of July 17, 2008

Telecommunications - Networks and services - Tariff rebalancing - Article 4c of Directive 90/388/EEC - Article 7(2) of Directive 97/33/EC - Article 12(7) of Directive 98/61/EC - Regulatory authority - Direct effect of directives - Triangular situation

Judgments of Court of Justice of the European Communities nº C-206/06, of July 17, 2008

Internal market in electricity ­- National legislation permitting the levy of a surcharge on the price for electricity transmission in favour of a statutorily-designated company which is required to pay stranded costs - Charges having equivalent effect to customs duties - Discriminatory internal taxation - Aid granted by the Member States

Judgments of Court of Justice of the European Communities nº C-207/06, of July 17, 2008

Regulation (EC) No 615/98 - Export refunds - Welfare of live bovine animals during transport - Directive 91/628/EEC - Applicability of the rules relating to the protection of animals during transport - Rules relating to journey times and rest periods and to the transportation of bovine animals by sea to a destination outside of the Community - Feeding and watering of the animals during the journey

Judgments of Court of Justice of the European Communities nº C-347/06, of July 17, 2008

Articles 43 EC, 49 EC and 86 EC - Concession for a public gas-distribution service - Directive 2003/55 - Early cessation at the end of a transitional period - Principles of the protection of legitimate expectations and legal certainty

Judgments of Court of Justice of the European Communities nº C-303/06, of July 17, 2008

Social policy - Directive 2000/78/EC - Equal treatment in employment and occupation - Articles 1, 2(1), (2)(a) and (3) and 3(1)(c) - Direct discrimination on grounds of disability - Harassment related to disability - Dismissal of an employee who is not himself disabled but whose child is disabled - Included - Burden of proof

Judgments of Court of Justice of the European Communities nº C-226/07, of July 17, 2008

Directive 2003/96/EC - Community framework for the taxation of energy products and electricity - Article 14(1)(a) - Exemption for energy products used to produce electricity - Option to impose taxation for reasons of environmental policy - Direct effect of the exemption

Judgments of Court of Justice of the European Communities nº C-389/05, of July 17, 2008

Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Articles 43 EC and 49 EC - Freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services - Animal health - Artificial insemination centre for bovine animals - National rules conferring on authorised centres the exclusive right to provide the service of artificially inseminating bovine animals in a defined geographical area and making the issue of an inseminator-s licence subject to the conclusion of an agreement with one of those centres

Judgments of Court of Justice of the European Communities nº C-488/06 P, of July 17, 2008

Appeal - Community trade mark - Regulation (EC) No 40/94 - Articles 8(1)(b) and 73 - Figurative mark -Aire Limpio- - Community, national and international figurative marks representing a fir tree with various names - Opposition by the proprietor - Partial refusal to register - Inference of the particularly distinctive character of the earlier mark from evidence relating to another mark

Judgments of Court of Justice of the European Communities nº C-448/06, of July 17, 2008

Reference for a preliminary ruling - Validity of Regulation (EC) No 1873/2003 - Veterinary medicinal products - Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90 - Maximum residue limits of veterinary medicinal products in foodstuffs of animal origin - Progesterone - Restrictions on use - Directive 96/22/EC

Judgments of Court of Justice of the European Communities nº C-500/06, of July 17, 2008

Articles 3(1)(g) EC, 4 EC, 10 EC, 43 EC, 49 EC, 81 EC, 86 EC and 98 EC -National legislation prohibiting advertisements for medical or surgical treatments of a cosmetic nature

Judgments of Court of Justice of the European Communities nº C-426/07, of July 17, 2008

Internal taxation - Taxes on motor vehicles - Excise duty - Second-hand vehicles - Importation

Judgments of Court of Justice of the European Communities nº C-521/06 P, of July 17, 2008

Appeal - State aid - Aid granted by the Hellenic Republic to the Hyatt Regency consortium - Complaint - Decision to take no further action on the complaint - Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 - Articles 4, 13 and 20 - Concept of -act open to challenge- for the purposes of Article 230 EC