Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-610/15
Stichting Brein
Freedom of establishment
Making available and managing an online platform for sharing copyright-protected works, such as ‘The Pirate Bay’, may constitute an infringement of copyright
Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-422/16
TofuTown.com
Agriculture and fisheries
Purely plant-based products cannot, in principle, be marketed with designations such as ‘milk’, ‘cream’, ‘butter’, ‘cheese’ or ‘yoghurt’, which are reserved by EU law for animal products
Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-75/16
Menini and Rampanelli
Approximation of laws
EU law does not preclude national legislation which provides that, in disputes involving consumers, mandatory mediation should take place before any court proceedings
Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-591/15
The Gibraltar Betting and Gaming Association Limited and The Queen
Freedom to provide services
The principle of freedom to provide services guaranteed by EU law does not apply between Gibraltar and the UK
Opinion of the Advocate General in the case C-214/16
King
Freedom of movement for persons
Advocate General Tanchev considers that it is incompatible with EU law to require a worker to take leave first before being able to establish whether he is entitled to be paid for it
Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-296/16 P
Dextro Energy v Commission
Environment and consumers
The Court confirms that a number of health claims relating to glucose cannot be authorised
Opinion of the Advocate General in cases C-490/16,C-646/19
A.S.
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
In the exceptional circumstances of the refugee crisis, Advocate General Sharpston considers that the Member States in which applications for international protection were first lodged are responsible for examining those applications
Opinion of the Advocate General in the case C-165/16
Lounes
Citizenship of the Union
According to Advocate General Bot, a non-EU national may benefit from a right of residence in the Member State in which his EU citizen family member resided before acquiring the nationality of that Member State and developing a family life there
Judgment of the General Court in case T-410/16
Makhlouf v Council
External relations
The General Court confirms that the fund-freezing measures imposed on Rami Makhlouf, cousin of Bashar al-Assad, must be maintained for the period 2016-2017
