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Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 5 March 2024.
Défense Active des Amateurs d’Armes ASBL and Others v Conseil des ministres.
Request for a preliminary ruling from the Cour constitutionnelle.
Reference for a preliminary ruling – Approximation of laws – Directive 91/477/EEC – Control of the acquisition and possession of weapons – Firearms prohibited or subject to authorisation – Semi-automatic firearms – Directive 91/477, as amended by Directive (EU) 2017/853 – Article 7(4a) – Power of Member States to confirm, renew or prolong authorisations – Presumed impossibility of using that power in respect of semi-automatic firearms converted to fire blanks or into salute or acoustic weapons – Validity – Article 17(1) and Articles 20 and 21 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Principle of the protection of legitimate expectations.
Case C-234/21.

Court reports – general

ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:C:2024:200

Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 25 January 2024.
Proceedings brought by Sofiyski gradski sad.
Request for a preliminary ruling from the Sofiyski gradski sad.
Reference for a preliminary ruling – Area of freedom, justice and security – Judicial cooperation in criminal matters – Framework Decision 2005/212/JHA – Confiscation of crime-related proceeds, instrumentalities and property – Third indent of Article 1 – Concept of ‘instrumentality’ – Article 2(1) – Obligation for Member States to take measures to enable the confiscation of instrumentalities from criminal offences – Vehicle used to transport excise goods without a tax marking in breach of the law.
Case C-722/22.

Court reports – general – 'Information on unpublished decisions' section

ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:C:2024:80

Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 18 January 2024.
Askos Properties EOOD v Zamestnik izpalnitelen direktor na Darzhaven fond 'Zemedelie'.
Request for a preliminary ruling from the Varhoven administrativen sad.
Reference for a preliminary ruling – Agriculture – Common agricultural policy (CAP) – European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) – Rural development support measures – Regulation (EC) No 1974/2006 – Lease or letting agreement – Lease agreement concluded between a municipal authority and an aid beneficiary – Commitments over five years – Termination of the lease agreement further to a legislative amendment – Obligation to reimburse the aid received in part or in full – Not possible to adapt those commitments to a new situation for the holding – Definition of ‘force majeure’ and ‘exceptional circumstances’ – Definition of ‘expropriation of the holding’.
Case C-656/22.

ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:C:2024:56

Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 21 December 2023.
Criminal proceedings against G. K. and Others.
Request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberlandesgericht Wien.
Reference for a preliminary ruling – Judicial cooperation in criminal matters – European Public Prosecutor’s Office – Regulation (EU) 2017/1939 – Article 31 – Cross-border investigations – Judicial authorisation – Scope of the review – Article 32 – Enforcement of assigned measures.
Case C-281/22.

Court reports – general – 'Information on unpublished decisions' section

ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:C:2023:1018

Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 13 July 2023.
Achilleion Anomymi Xenodocheiaki Etaireia v Elliniko Dimosio.
Request for a preliminary ruling from the Elegktiko Synedrio.
Reference for a preliminary ruling – Structural Funds – European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) – Co-financing – Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 – Articles 30(4) and 39(1) – Durability of investment operations – ‘Substantial modification’ of a co-financed investment operation – Recovery of aid in the event of transfer of the establishment which is the subject of that operation – Effect of the specific circumstances surrounding that transfer.
Case C-313/22.

ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:C:2023:574

Opinion of Advocate General Collins delivered on 13 July 2023.
Seven.One Entertainment Group GmbH v Corint Media GmbH.
Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht Erfurt.
Reference for a preliminary ruling – Harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society – Directive 2001/29/EC – Article 2(e) – Broadcasting organisations – Reproduction right of fixations of broadcasts – Article 5(2)(b) – Private copying exception – Fair compensation – Harm to broadcasting organisations – Equal treatment – National legislation excluding broadcasting organisations from the right to fair compensation.
Case C-260/22.

Court reports – general – 'Information on unpublished decisions' section

ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:C:2023:583

Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 20 April 2023.
Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato v Comune di Ginosa.
Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale Amministrativo Regionale per la Puglia.
Reference for a preliminary ruling – Services in the internal market – Directive 2006/123/EC – Assessment of validity – Legal basis – Articles 47, 55 and 94 EC – Interpretation – Article 12(1) and (2) of that directive – Direct effect – Unconditional and sufficiently precise nature of the obligation for Member States to apply an impartial and transparent selection procedure to potential candidates and of the prohibition on automatic renewal of an authorisation granted for a given activity – National legislation providing for the automatic extension of concessions for the occupation of State-owned maritime property.
Case C-348/22.

Court reports – general – 'Information on unpublished decisions' section

ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:C:2023:301

Order of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 18 April 2023.
Vantage Logistics S.R.L. v Administraţia Judeţeană a Finanţelor Publice Alba and Others.
Request for a preliminary ruling from the Curtea de Apel Alba Iulia.
Reference for a preliminary ruling – Article 53(2) of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice – Judicial cooperation in civil matters – Insolvency proceedings – Restructuring plan – Directive (EU) 2019/1023 – Applicability ratione temporis and ratione materiae – Article 17 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Clear lack of jurisdiction of the Court.
Case C-200/22.

ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:C:2023:337

Order of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 17 April 2023.
Ferriere Nord SpA and Others v Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato (AGCM) and Agenzia delle entrate - Riscossione.
Request for a preliminary ruling from the Commissione tributaria regionale per il Friuli Venezia Giulia.
Reference for a preliminary ruling – Article 53(2) of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice – National competition authorities – Imposition of a contribution to finance those authorities – Lack of connection to EU law – Manifest lack of jurisdiction of the Court – Lack of sufficient information – Manifest inadmissibility.
Case C-560/22.

ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:C:2023:327

Opinion of Advocate General Pikamäe delivered on 16 March 2023.
OQ v Land Hessen.
Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Wiesbaden.
Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Article 22 – Automated individual decision-making – Credit information agencies – Automated establishment of a probability value concerning the ability of a person to meet payment commitments in the future (‘scoring’) – Use of that probability value by third parties.
Case C-634/21.

Court reports – general

ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:C:2023:220