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7 May 2021
in European Law

BREXIT: REJECTION OF REQUEST FOR CANCELLATION OF THE OPENING OF NEGOTIATIONS FROM BRITISH CITIZENS RESIDING IN EU MEMBER STATES (OUT OF THE UK)

Judgment of the GCEU, 9th Chamber, 26 November 2018 (Case T-458/17), Harry Shindler e.a. v / Council of the European Union The General Court of the European Union (GCEU) ruled that British citizens residing in other Member States than the United Kingdom are not entitled to seek the annulment of the decision of the Council of the European Union to start EU exit negotiations following the Brexit referendum because that decision does not produce […]

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7 May 2021
in European Law

TRADE – EU/ MEXICO AGREEMENT

European Commission, Press Release, ‘EU and Mexico conclude negotiations for new trade agreement’ 28 April 2020 The negotiation phase of the new trade agreement between the European Union and Mexico was concluded by the Trade Commissioner Phil Hogan and the Mexican Minister of Economy Graciela Márquez Colín. Mexico is an important trade partner for the […]

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7 May 2021
in European Law

Medicinal products for human use

Joined cases C‑101/19 and C‑102/19 (Deutsche Homöopathie-Union (DHU) Arzneimittel GmbH & Co. KG v Bundesrepublik Deutschland) Judgement of the Eighth Chamber 23 April 2020 The Court of Justice of the European Union prohibited the inclusion of additional information in the package leaflet of medicinal products other than that listed in Article 69 of Directive 2001/83/EC […]

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7 May 2021
in European Law

Intellectual and industrial property

C‑650/17 (Royalty Pharma Collection Trust v Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt) Judgement of the Fourth Chamber 30 April 2020 The Court of Justice of the European Union ruled that, in order to obtain a supplementary protection certificate, a medicinal product is only required to meet a general functional definition used by one of the claims of […]

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19 April 2021
in Belgian Law

The amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that deplete the Ozone Layer

Draft law of 8 February 2018 approving the amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that deplete the Ozone Layer, adopted in Kigali on 15 October 2016: text adopted was completed and submitted to Royal Assent. The amendment will come out in full effect. This amendment is a legally binding agreement creating rights and obligations […]

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16 April 2015
in European Law

Freedom to provide services

C-463/13 – Stanley International Betting et Stanleybet Malta c Ministero dell’Economia e delle Finanze , 22 January 2015 The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that Italian legislation that provides a new reform for tender offers proposing gambling and betting licences with stringent conditions to avoid the exclusion of some operators and fight against […]

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17 February 2015
in European Law

Freedom of movement for workers- access to employment

C-317/14 – Commission v Kingdom of Belgium, 5 February 2015   The European Court of Justice has ruled that Belgian Law which requires from candidates to local administration jobs who cannot prove that they were educated in the language concerned by the job, to obtain a certificate delivered by a Belgian body, infringes the EU […]

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