Posts tagged #European Law
All PostsCJEU: Jurisdiction in Cases Concerning Lost Air-Passenger Luggage
European LawThe Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has addressed the question of which court is competent to determine claims in damages where an airline ticket has been purchased online. The reference for a preliminary ruling arose in the context of ...
Austria Continues to Face Billion-Euro Liabilities Related to the EFSF
European LawSpain, Cyprus, and Greece, the former programme countries, continue to meet their public debt obligations, according to the Finance Minister’s latest report on the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) for the second quarter of 2026. Spain will no longe...
Roads Toll Act: Request for Preliminary Ruling to the ECJ
European LawThe Austrian Supreme Court (Oberster Gerichtshof, hereinafter OGH) has referred a question to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) for a preliminary ruling concerning the potential abuse of a dominant market position. Tolls for specific ...
ECJ: Flight Delays Attributed to Passenger Boarding Procedures
European LawThe European Court of Justice (ECJ) examined whether an airline may invoke extraordinary circumstances pertaining to a previous flight as the cause of a delay, notwithstanding its independent decision to wait for passengers from that earlier flight. ...
ECJ Clarifies Bird Protection in Road Construction
European LawThe European Court of Justice (ECJ) has specified the requirements that a road project must satisfy to guarantee comprehensive protection of avian species. Multiple environmental organisations formally contested the authorisation of a two-lane road p...
GER: Setback for Digitalisation –BGH Overturns Austrian Online Certification
European LawThe constraints associated with the digitalisation of notarial procedures across Europe remain evident. In its recent decision, the German Federal Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtshof, hereinafter BGH) has recently decided that foreign online certific...
EU Can Freeze Assets Controlled by Sanctioned Individuals
European LawIn a recent ruling, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) held that the assets of a company not included on the sanctions list may be frozen if that company is controlled by a listed individual. At the end of 2020, a Belarusian national w...
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