Posts tagged #European Law
All PostsRoads 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...
ECJ Strengthens Airline Rights
European LawIn preliminary ruling proceedings, the European Court of Justice provided an interpretative response to the inquiry submitted by the Supreme Court. The issue under consideration was whether EU air traffic control regulations are designed solely to pr...
Airline Required to Refund Commission after Cancelling Flight
European LawThe European Court of Justice (ECJ) has issued a decision regarding whether travel agencies should be reimbursed for commissions on flights that are cancelled. In the case at hand, multiple travellers had acquired return flight tickets from Austria t...
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