According to EU Advocate General Rantos, a contractual term requiring a young sportsman to transfer part of his income if he becomes a professional athlete may potentially be unfair. A contract concluded between a young sportsman and an undertaking helping to develop his sports career falls, in principle, within the scope of the directive on the protection of consumers against unfair terms.
Following the European Parliament elections, EU leaders will discuss the next institutional cycle. The European Council is central in designating the next high-profile EU-level roles, namely: electing the President of the European Council, nominating the President of the European Commission, and appointing the High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy.
The transaction relates primarily to the issuance and resale of fuel cards, the provision of road toll payment services, and VAT and other taxes refund services.
The transaction relates primarily to the manufacturing and sale of hydrogen powered gensets.
The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a €500 million Maltese scheme to support the production of audiovisual works with cultural content.
The Belgian EU presidency informed ministers about one of its political priorities, the fight against drug trafficking and organised crime, and the state of play of the 10 priority actions that it had identified. See the other issues discussed at the EU Justice Council.
The projection above is based onfinal results from 17 EU member states: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Poland, Slovakia; and provisional results from 10 countries: Estonia, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden.
The Talent Pool will be set up as an EU-wide online platform that will match profiles of jobseekers from outside the EU with job vacancies for shortage occupations of EU employers. Its aim is to facilitate the recruitment of talent from third countries who live outside the EU, to make the EU labour market more competitive and to tackle shortages on the European labour market.
The European Commission has opened an in-depth investigation to assess whether certain support measures to German local public transport company WestVerkehr GmbH (‘WestVerkehr’) are in line with EU State aid rules.
The European Commission has informed Alchem International Pvt. Ltd. and its subsidiary Alchem International (H.K.) Limited (together ‘Alchem’) of its preliminary view that they have breached EU antitrust rules by participating in a long-lasting cartel concerning an important pharmaceutical product.
Hungary is ordered to pay a lump sum of €200 million and a penalty payment of €1 million per day of delay for failure to comply with a judgment of the EU Court of Justice. The failure, which consists in deliberately avoiding the application of a common EU policy as a whole, constitutes an “unprecedented and extremely serious infringement of EU”, according to the EU Court.
The EU Commission requests more detailed information on measures taken to diligently assess and mitigate risks related to the protection of minors online, as well as the to prevent the amplification of illegal content and gender-based violence. Among others the Commission is requiring details on age assurance mechanisms adopted by these pornographic platforms.
Judgment of the EU Court in Case C-563/22: Stateless persons of Palestinian origin registered with UNRWA should, in principle, be granted refugee status if UNRWA’s protection or assistance is considered to have ceased.
A fraudulent pyramid scheme was taken down by authorities from Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Czechia, Lithuania and Liechtenstein, with the support of Eurojust and Europol.
Trade mark law: the action brought by Société du Tour de France against registration of the trade mark Tour de X is dismissed.
That mark may be used, inter alia, for sporting articles and sporting activities.
The EU Commission has decided to appoint Pauline Rouch to the function of Director for Directorate ‘Common Policy Centre’ at Directorate-General for Research and Innovation (DG RTD). This department is responsible for EU policy on research, science and innovation.
In his new role, Mr Andresen Guimaraes, a Portuguese national, will draw on his extensive professional experience, spanning nearly 35 years across various relevant sectors, including over 20 years in management positions in different EU bodies.
The EU Commission has decided to appoint Anna Athanasopoulou to the function of Director ‘Planning, Finance and Digital Solutions’ at its Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), (DG GROW).
On Thursday and Friday, Vice-President Věra Jourová and Commissioners Ylva Johansson and Janez Lenarčič will attend the Justice and Home Affairs Council, in Luxembourg.
The transaction relates primarily to the sector of frozen dough and baked products, such as bread, pastry and cake products, primarily in Spain.
The transaction relates primarily to various banking and financial services in Romania, such as retail and corporate banking, financial market services and other financial services.
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