No 146/2017 : 20 December 2017
SOPO
A fixed-term worker elected to a parliamentary role must be able to benefit, for the purposes of holding political office, from the same special leave granted to a permanent civil servant
No 145/2017 : 20 December 2017
Transport
In the road transport sector, drivers may not take the regular weekly rest period to which they are entitled in their vehicle
No 144/2017 : 20 December 2017
Social security for migrant workers
An EU citizen who, after more than one year, has ceased to work in a self-employed capacity in another Member State because of an absence of work owing to reasons beyond his control retains the status of self-employed person and, consequently, a right to reside in that Member State
No 143/2017 : 20 December 2017
Energy
Member States cannot require natural gas suppliers to hold exclusively on national territory sufficient natural gas stocks to fulfil the obligations laid down by the EU regulation on security of gas supply
No 142/2017 : 20 December 2017
State aid
The Court annuls the Commission’s decision ordering the recovery of State aid granted by Spain to operators of the terrestrial television platform
No 141/2017 : 20 December 2017
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
In situations in which it is mandatory to have recourse to arbitration proceedings, a Swiss arbitration authority responsible for dealing with civil actions constitutes a court for the purposes of the Lugano II Convention
No 140/2017 : 20 December 2017
Approximation of laws
The written answers submitted at a professional examination and any comments of the examiner with respect to those answers constitute a candidate’s personal data to which he has, in principle, a right of access
No 139/2017 : 20 December 2017
Agriculture and fisheries
A sorbet may be sold under the name ‘Champagner Sorbet’ if it has, as one of its essential characteristics, a taste attributable primarily to champagne
No 138/2017 : 20 December 2017
Approximation of laws
The Spanish company Schweppes may not oppose the import of bottles of tonic water bearing the trade mark ‘Schweppes’ and originating in the UK if it has itself given the impression that that trade mark is a single global trade mark
No 137/2017 : 20 December 2017
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
The Rome III Regulation does not determine the law applicable to private divorces
No 136/2017 : 20 December 2017
Freedom of establishment
The service provided by Uber connecting individuals with non-professional drivers is covered by services in the field of transport
No 135/2017 : 13 December 2017
Economic policy
The ECB may exercise prudential supervision of the Groupe Crédit mutuel through the Confédération nationale du Crédit mutuel, including in respect of the Crédit mutuel Arkéa
No 134/2017 : 7 December 2017
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
A decision may not be adopted to expel a third-country national who is a long-term resident for the sole reason that he or she has been sentenced to a term of imprisonment of more than one year
No 133/2017 : 7 December 2017
Intellectual and industrial property
Coca-Cola may oppose the registration of the sign ‘Master’ which uses the same font as its own for the marketing of beverages and food products
No 132/2017 : 6 December 2017
Competition
A supplier of luxury goods can prohibit its authorised distributors from selling those goods on a third-party internet platform such as Amazon
No 131/2017 : 5 December 2017
SOPO
Advocate General Bobek considers that a requirement in national law for a person who has changed gender to be unmarried in order to qualify for a state retirement pension is unlawful
No 130/2017 : 5 December 2017
FIN
The obligation to protect the financial interests of the EU must be reconciled with observance of the principle that offences and penalties must be defined by law
No 129/2017 : 5 December 2017
Intellectual and industrial property
Apple succeeds in preventing the registration of ‘MI PAD’ as an EU trade mark in respect of electronic devices and (tele)communication services
