Flux européens

Pappalardo e.a. / Commission
Politique de la pêche
Le Tribunal rejette le recours en indemnité formé par des pêcheurs italiens à la suite de l’interdiction prématurée de la pêche du thon rouge par la Commission en 2008

Pappalardo e.a. / Commission
Politique de la pêche
Le Tribunal rejette le recours en indemnité formé par des pêcheurs italiens à la suite de l’interdiction prématurée de la pêche du thon rouge par la Commission en 2008

Pappalardo e.a. / Commission
Politique de la pêche
Le Tribunal rejette le recours en indemnité formé par des pêcheurs italiens à la suite de l’interdiction prématurée de la pêche du thon rouge par la Commission en 2008

Il 27 maggio 2016, l’Università  di Milano ospita un seminario dal titolo Cross-border litigation in Europe: Private International Law legislative framework, national courts and the Court of Justice of the European Union, nell’ambito del quale saranno presentati i risultati di una ricerca sull’applicazione in Italia dei regolamenti dell’Unione europea in materia di diritto internazionale privato e processuale realizzata nel quadro del progetto EUPILLAR.

Nel corso dei lavori, coordinati da Stefania Bariatti (Univ. Milano), interverranno, tra gli altri, Francesca Villata, Ilaria Viarengo, Jacopo Re, Filippo Marchetti e Sara Bernasconi (tutti Univ. Milano), Francesco Salerno (Univ. Ferrara), Peter Kindler (Univ. Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München), Cristina Campiglio (Univ. Pavia), Maria Caterina Baruffi (Univ. Verona) e Rosario Espinosa Calabuig (Univ. Valencia).

Il programma completo ed ulteriori informazioni sono disponibili qui.

L’Associazione Internazionale di Diritto delle Assicurazioni – Sezione Lombarda organizza per il 6 maggio 2016 a Milano un convegno dal titolo Assicurazioni e risarcimento dei danni da illecito transfrontaliero.

Intervengono, fra gli altri, Marco Frigessi di Rattalma (Univ. Brescia), con una relazione su Legge applicabile e giurisdizione in materia di assicurazione e risarcimento dei danni da illeciti transfrontalieri: problemi e prospettive, e Michele Comenale Pinto (Univ. Sassari), su Il sistema di risarcimento dei danni nel trasporto aereo di persone.

La partecipazione al convegno è gratuita, previa registrazione all’indirizzo email aida.meeting@libero.it.

Per maggiori informazioni, compreso il programma completo, si veda qui.

Perhaps because it so reflected our children’s character [all ‘Duracell‘ kids] there is one part of Dr Seuss’ Cat in the Hat which has always stuck with me:

so all we could do was to

sit!

   sit!

      sit!

         sit!

and we did not like it.

not one little bit.

I was reminded of the line, reading Bot AG’s Opinion in Case C-492/14, ‘Essent 2.0’ (not yet available in English at the time of writing). In order to promote the generation of renewable energy, Flanders law makes transmission of electricity generated from renewable sources, free of charge. However this courtesy is limited to electricity generated in installations directly connected to the grid. Essent imports (a considerable part of) its green electricity from The Netherlands. It does not therefore enjoy free transmission.

Bot’s disapproval of trade restrictions like these is well established and has often been reported on this blog. The CJEU disagrees with its AG on many of the issues. I am in general of the same view as the AG. Mr Bot continues to find the Court’s case-law unconvincing and makes no attempt to hide it. He repeatedly mentions that he is duty-bound to apply Essent /Vindkraft without believing they are good law. It is with obvious regret that he Opines that given the Court’s stand in Essent /Vindkraft, he has no option but to propose that the Court find the Flemish regime acceptable.

The AG does however leave open a future window for change: in particular, if and when the secondary law regime on renewable energy specifically, and energy as a whole, is amended, one may be able to distinguish Essent /Vindkraft.

Bot also reminds us of the unclear position of environmental exceptions under Article 36 TFEU and the Rule of Reason. He calls upon the Court formally to acknowledge that the Cassis de Dijon distinction between the Rule of Reason and Article 36 (the former does not allow ‘distinctly applicable’ national measures (read’ discrimination) while the latter does) no longer exists.

I do not like judgment in Preussen Elektra. Or in Essent. Not one little bit. It discourages the creation of a true European energy market. Perhaps the Court will surprise us all in Essent 2.0 and will correct some of the damage it has done with its standing case-law on the matter.

Geert.

 

Irlande / Commission
Aide d'État
Le Tribunal confirme la décision de la Commission ordonnant le remboursement des exonérations fiscales accordées par la France, l’Irlande et l'Italie en faveur de la production d’alumine

Irlande / Commission
Aide d'État
Le Tribunal confirme la décision de la Commission ordonnant le remboursement des exonérations fiscales accordées par la France, l’Irlande et l'Italie en faveur de la production d’alumine

Irlande / Commission
Aide d'État
Le Tribunal confirme la décision de la Commission ordonnant le remboursement des exonérations fiscales accordées par la France, l’Irlande et l'Italie en faveur de la production d’alumine

Clayton P. Gillette, Steven D. Walt, The UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods: Theory and Practice, Cambridge University Press, 2016, ISBN 9781316604168, pp. 451, GBP 37,99.

[Dal sito dell’editore] – Updated and expanded for the second edition, this volume provides attorneys, academics and students with a detailed yet accessible overview of the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG). Adopted by more than eighty nations and governing a significant portion of international sales, the CISG regulates contract formation, performance, risk of loss, conformity to contractual requirements and remedies for breach. This volume explains the CISG doctrines and their ambiguities, and appraises the extent to which the doctrines reduce transaction costs for commercial actors. Its topic-based approach will be ideal for those pursuing academic analysis or subject-specific research.

Il sommario dell’opera è consultabile qui. Maggiori informazioni sono disponibili a questo indirizzo.

Ledra Advertising / Commission et BCE
Politique économique
Selon les avocats généraux Wathelet et Wahl, le Tribunal a, à bon droit, rejeté les recours en annulation et en indemnité concernant la restructuration du secteur bancaire chypriote

Ledra Advertising / Commission et BCE
Politique économique
Selon les avocats généraux Wathelet et Wahl, le Tribunal a, à bon droit, rejeté les recours en annulation et en indemnité concernant la restructuration du secteur bancaire chypriote

Ledra Advertising / Commission et BCE
Politique économique
Selon les avocats généraux Wathelet et Wahl, le Tribunal a, à bon droit, rejeté les recours en annulation et en indemnité concernant la restructuration du secteur bancaire chypriote

Radlinger et Radlingerová
Rapprochement des législations
La Cour constate que l’obligation du juge national d’examiner d’office le respect des règles du droit de l’Union en matière de protection des consommateurs s’applique aux procédures d’insolvabilité

Radlinger et Radlingerová
Rapprochement des législations
La Cour constate que l’obligation du juge national d’examiner d’office le respect des règles du droit de l’Union en matière de protection des consommateurs s’applique aux procédures d’insolvabilité

Khachab
Espace de liberté, sécurité et justice
Les États membres peuvent refuser une demande de regroupement familial s’il ressort d’une évaluation prospective que le regroupant ne disposera pas de ressources stables, régulières et suffisantes durant l’année suivant la date de dépôt de la demande

Khachab
Espace de liberté, sécurité et justice
Les États membres peuvent refuser une demande de regroupement familial s’il ressort d’une évaluation prospective que le regroupant ne disposera pas de ressources stables, régulières et suffisantes durant l’année suivant la date de dépôt de la demande

New Valmar
Libre circulation des personnes
Selon l’avocat général Henrik Saugmandsgaard Øe, l’obligation prévue par un décret de la Communauté flamande d’établir des factures transfrontalières exclusivement en néerlandais, sous peine de nullité, enfreint le droit de l’Union

Each year, the Swiss Institute of Comparative Law awards a certain number of scholarships to support academic research in the field of comparative and international law.

As for the year 2017, the Institute especially welcomes applications on the topics of Business and Human Rights and Communication and Internet law.

Preference shall be given to applicants who have never carried out research activities outside their country of origin and wish to pursue an academic career.  Fluency in at least two of the following languages is required: English, French and German.

The deadline for submitting applications is 30 June 2016.

The call for applications can be downloaded here. Further information is available at the following link.

Cross-border Litigation in Europe: the Brussels I Recast Regulation as a Panacea?, a cura di Franco Ferrari e Francesca Ragno, Cedam, 2016, pp. XIII-190, ISBN: 9788813358310, Euro 29.

[Dal sito dell’editore] – The Brussels I Regime […] is widely considered to be the foundation stone of a “European Law of Procedure” and to have enhanced cross-border litigation in Europe through an efficient system of judicial cooperation based on comprehensive jurisdiction rules, coordination of parallel proceedings, and circulation of judgments. In spite of its overall success, the system has been viewed as in need of modernization and has undergone a revision process, which led to the adoption of the EU Regulation No 1215/2012 (the “Brussels I Recast Regulation”), which became applicable on 10 January 2015. In this book, various authors examine in detail the most important changes introduced by this instrument, focus on the issues still open and address the problems arising out of the coexistence of the new Regulation with other instruments in force in Europe. Not unlike the previous book on the Brussels I Recast Proposal published in this series, this volume aims at contributing to what has been an exciting discussion in the past and is likely to be so for years to come.

Il volume racchiude gli atti del convegno tenutosi a Verona il 28 e 29 novembre 2014, già segnalato in questo post.

Maggiori informazioni e l’indice dell’opera sono disponibili a questo indirizzo.