Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash Once again, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) will be asked to provide clarity on the concept of “communication to the public” as laid down in article 3 of the 2001 Copyright in the Information Society Directive (InfoSoc Directive). On 20 September 2024, the Dutch Supreme…
On 21 December 2023 the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) handed down its decision in Case C-124/21 P, International Skating Union v. European Commission. The CJEU agreed with the 16 December 2020 judgment of the General Court of the EU (“GCEU”), and with the European Commission in CASE AT. 40208 International Skating…
Felicitas Benziger, Dipl.-Jur., LLM, MPhil/PhD candidate at Middlesex University The 16th November 2020, Hungary and Poland have released their warning that they would veto the adoption of the EU’s budget for the next seven years. The reason for the veto was their dissatisfaction with the introduction of a new rule of law mechanism, which would…
On October 4, 2024, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) issued its judgment in case KNLTB (C‑621/22). In this judgment, the CJEU was called upon to clarify the concept of “legitimate interests” and, in particular, whether purely commercial interests can be considered as legitimate under the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”)….
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On 17 October 2024, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) delivered its preliminary ruling in NFŠ (C-28/23, EU:C:2024:893). The case was very interesting in three respects. First, in addressing some aspects of the definition of public works contracts that keep coming up in litigation in relation to relatively complex real estate transactions. Second, in addressing…
Can German patients demand a complete copy of their medical file? They certainly can. The German Civil Code contains an entire chapter on medical treatment and patient rights. Section 630g German Civil Code regulates that a patient has the right to demand to personally inspect the original patient file. This includes computer files as well…
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In short, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral, the modern répertoire of meat-substitute products is expanding. According to the ECJ in its recent decision C-438/23 Protéines France, French Decree 2022-947 (‘Decree 2022’) banning the use of ‘meat vocabulary’ in meat substitute products was declared inapplicable. Concurrently, the Italian Government, as well as the Italian agricultural…
The far-right populist movement Pegida has disbanded following a final protest on 20 October. Sabine Volk writes that with the far right performing strongly in the polls, there remain plenty of outlets for disenchanted German voters to express their views. On 20 October, more than a thousand far-right demonstrators, hundreds of left-wing counterdemonstrators and dozens…
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By Ariana, Beatrice and Elsa Due to increasing global mobility and security challenges, Europe has reinforced its border management strategies. The European Border and Coast Guard Agency, commonly known as Frontex, is essential to this policy. Frontex is in charge of assisting the Member States in managing the European Union’s external borders. On this subject,…
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