Case C-567/16, Merck Sharp – SPC Lazarus law [judgment 2017, ECLI:EU:C:2017:948]
By judgment of 7 December 2017 (ECLI:EU:C:2017:948) the Court ruled, in the words of the operative part: “1.
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5 case reports
Case C-426/16, Liga van Moskeeën – ritual killing [judgment 2018, ECLI:EU:C:2018:335]
By judgment of 29 May 2018 (ECLI:EU:C:2018:335) the Court ruled, in the words of the operative part: “Examination of the question has not disclosed any issues capable of affecting the validity of Article 4(4) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1099/2009 of 24…
Case C-663/15, Umweltverband WWF – pander to panda access to environmental justice
Can the Austrian branch of the World Wildlife Fund invoke the Aarhus Convention and the EU’s water framework Directive to make legal objections to a local authority which is deciding whether to grant a water licence to a company wanting to build a hydroelectric power station? And what is to be done…
Case C-72/15, Rosneft – challenging the EU’s sectoral sanctions against Russia [judgment 2017, ECLI:EU:C:2017:236]
By Grand Chamber judgment of 28 March 2017 (ECLI:EU:C:2017:236) the Court confirmed its jurisdiction to review the validity of CFSP restrictive measures by preliminary ruling — a constitutional first — and found nothing affecting the validity of the…
Case C-547/14, Philip Morris Brands – the Second Tobacco Products Directive is invalid [judgment 2016, ECLI:EU:C:2016:325]
On 4 May 2016 the Court upheld the Second Tobacco Products Directive in full (ECLI:EU:C:2016:325): the menthol ban, the labelling and standardisation rules, the leeway for further national packaging measures and the specific e-cigarette regime of Article…