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This is a web log about European Union law for students, academics, practitioners and anyone else who may be interested in it

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Last news: May 3, 2009 11:11:30

The Court of Justice has once again taken a fairly strict line on the matter of the standing to sue of individuals. In Case C-362/06 P Markku Sahlstedt and Others v. Commission the Court of Justice dismissed an appeal against... - [Read more]

Regulation 1/2003 is the main regulation laying down the procedure in antitrust cases. It entered into force on on May 1 2004. It brought about a major reform of the procedure by decentralizing the application of the EU antitrust rules... - [Read more]

Just to let all you patient readers know that were taking a break for about ten days. It is vacation time ! Enjoy the break, too. - [Read more]

The principle of State liability for loss and damage caused to individuals as a result of breaches of EU law for which the State can be held responsible is now very well established (Joined Cases C-6/90 and C-9/90 Francovich and... - [Read more]

How could this have happened ? Were kind of embarrassed..... Heres a major case dealing with the free movement of persons in which the Court of Justice overruled itself and handed down a judgment thats very "citizen friendly". And we... - [Read more]

Professor Karen Alter of Northwestern University has published an article entitled "The European Courts Political Power Across Time and Space". Heres what the abstract states:"This article extracts from Alters larger body of work insights on how the political and social... - [Read more]

The Commission has published its annual report for 2008. Like last year, theres a special web page devoted to it which you can access here. The annual report is a rich source of information about what is going on in... - [Read more]

Anyone for tennis ? Just dont carry tennis rackets in Europe. Read on to find out why.... A recent judgment of the Court of Justice – Case C-345/06 Gottfried Heinrich – sets out the principle that part of a regulation... - [Read more]

We are big fans of the reports of the British House of Lords Select Committee on the European Union. The recent report entitled "Healthcare across EU borders: a safe framework", available here or here in pdf format, is well worth... - [Read more]

Judge Virpi Tiili, from Finland and a long standing member of the Court of First Instance has resigned with effect from September 1st 2009. She is to be replaced by Heikki Kanninen who has been appointed for the remainder of... - [Read more]

The Courts have made public some statistics for 2008 and made a press release. As always, there some good news and some bad news. For the Court of Justice, there is a decline in the number of preliminary references made... - [Read more]

Well, it has happened, as feared. The Court of Justice has handed down its judgment in Case C-185/07 West Tankers and the result is as expected. Remember ? It is that case about anti-suit injunctions issued to protect an arbitration... - [Read more]

Heres a judgment thats important not for what it decides but for what it does not decide. It is the judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-110/05 Commission v. Italy and concerns the free movement of goods. The... - [Read more]

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Theres recently been a slight amendment to the procedure for the election of the President of the Court and of the Presidents of Chambers. The change ends the privilege of age. The relevant provision of the Rules of Procedure (Article... - [Read more]