retroactive effect

2 case reports

21 Feb 2016

Case C-379/15, Association France Nature Environnement – incompatible national law cannot be temporarily maintained [judgment 2016, ECLI:EU:C:2016:603]

By judgment of 28 July 2016 (ECLI:EU:C:2016:603) the Court ruled, in the words of the operative part: “1.

24 Sept 2015

Case C-424/15, Ormaetxea Garai – dismissed so unfairly as to query the independence of regulators [judgment 2016, ECLI:EU:C:2016:780]

By judgment of 19 October 2016 (ECLI:EU:C:2016:780) the Court held that the Framework Directive does not prevent a Member State from merging its telecoms regulator into a multi-sector authority, but dismissing the NRA's president and board before the end…