9 November 2022 – Judgments of the General Court in Cases T-655/19, T-656/19, T-657/19, T-667/19
Ferriera Valsabbia and Valsabbia Investimenti v Commission
Competition
Le Tribunal confirme les sanctions allant de 2,2 à 5,1 millions d’euros infligées par la Commission à quatre entreprises pour leur participation à une entente sur le marché italien des ronds à béton
9 November 2022 – Judgment of the General Court in case T-158/21
Minority SafePack – one million signatures for diversity in Europe v Commission
Law governing the institutions
The General Court confirms the Commission communication refusing to take the action requested in the European citizens’ initiative ‘Minority SafePack – one million signatures for diversity in Europe’
8 November 2022 – Judgments of the Court of Justice in Cases C-885/19 P, C-898/19 P
Fiat Chrysler Finance Europe v Commission
State aid
Tax rulings: The Court of Justice holds that the General Court was wrong to confirm the reference framework used by the Commission to apply the arm’s length principle to integrated companies in Luxembourg, in failing to take into account the specific rules implementing that principle in that Member State
8 November 2022 – Judgment of the Court of Justice in Joined Cases C-704/20 PPU, C-39/21 PPU
Staatssecretaris van Justitie en Veiligheid (Examen d’office de la rétention)
Justice and Home Affairs
A national court is required to ascertain of its own motion whether a detention measure taken in respect of an illegally staying foreign national or an asylum seeker is lawful
8 November 2022 – Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-873/19
Deutsche Umwelthilfe (Réception des véhicules à moteur)
Approved environmental associations must be able to bring legal proceedings to challenge an EC type-approval of vehicles equipped with ‘defeat devices’ that may be prohibited
Software in diesel vehicles which reduces the effectiveness of the emission control system at normal temperatures during most of the year constitutes a prohibited defeat device