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The General Court ruled that raw tobacco scrap processable at home into hookah tobacco falls within EU tobacco excise law, even when preparation involves boiling, glycerine, and flavouring, closing a route traders used to avoid duties The...
Dmitry Konov, former head of Russia's largest petrochemical company, failed to convince the General Court that he left the Alrosa diamond board in April 2022, following a ruling that sets demanding evidentiary standards for anyone building...

CJEU Sets New Standard for UK Prosecutions After Extradition from EU

The Court examined the meaning of 'offence' under the speciality rule in the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement, which limits UK prosecution to offences...

Red Bull Cannot Recover Extraordinary Inspection Costs From Competition Watchdog, Court Rules

The General Court confirms the strict limits on reimbursement of inspection-related expenses, rejecting Red Bull's argument that the Commission must cover IT and legal...

ECJ Staff Harassment Victim Denied Full File Access at the Court Itself

The General Court weighs institutional data protection against a staff member's right to access their own harassment investigation file, in a case where the...

Lufthansa Appeals for €6 Billion COVID Bailout

Deutsche Lufthansa challenges the judgment that annulled the Commission's no-objection decision on Germany's COVID recapitalisation. The appeal raises six grounds including eligibility criteria, remuneration...

Banks Cannot Charge Interest on Loan Amounts Client Never Receives – ECJ

The Court of Justice holds that the consumer credit directive prevents banks from calculating interest on the portion of a loan earmarked for paying...

Italy May Not Notify Victims in Case Appeals Against In Absentia Convicts

In an urgent preliminary ruling, the Court of Justice holds that victim rights directives do not extend to Italy's extraordinary in absentia review mechanism...

General Court Clarifies VAT Bad Debt Relief Rights for Construction Subcontractors Facing Unpaid Invoices

In a preliminary ruling transferred from a Lithuanian court, the Court examines the procedural conditions Member States may impose before granting a VAT base...

Former Senior Belarus Official Fails Sanction Annulement Plea

The Court rejected Andrei Chevtsov's annulment bid, finding the Council correctly assessed his senior state management role as sufficient grounds for listing under the...

EU’s Highest Court Condemns Hungary’s Anti-LGBTQ+ Law Invoking EU Founding Values

In a landmark judgment, the Court of Justice sitting in its most solemn formation finds Hungary violated human dignity, freedom of expression, and Article...

ECJ Rules Tobacco Manufacturers Cannot Escape Emission Standards When Access Is Available

A Dutch anti-smoking foundation loses its bid to use an alternative cigarette measurement method after the Grand Chamber finds that parties with actual access...

Spain’s Temporary Worker Abuse Just Ruled Illegal by ECJ

The Grand Chamber has ruled that converting abusive fixed-term contracts into "non-permanent indefinite" relationships, Spain's go-to judicial remedy, does not actually fix anything, and...

“Pastiche” Defined by ECJ after 20-Year Court Battle

The Grand Chamber has used the decades-long Kraftwerk sampling dispute to draw the boundaries of the pastiche exception, setting out the limits on what...

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