Il monitoraggio della CGUE delle decisioni delle Corti nazionali rilevanti per il diritto UE: overview dei mesi da dicembre 2022 a marzo 2023

Riportiamo di seguito le sentenze delle varie Corti nazionali che interessano il diritto dell'UE, in considerazione delle questioni di diritto affrontate che meritano particolare attenzione.

• Portugal – Constitutional Court

Fundamental rights - Mistreatment of pets: Tribunal Constitucional, judgment of 20/12/2022, No 843/2022 (PT);

• Latvia – Supreme Court

Res judicata - Judgment of the Court of Justice constituting a new circumstance permitting review of a closed case: Latvijas Republikas Senāts, judgment of 10/1/2023, A420526213, SKA-420/2023 (LV);

• Slovenia – Supreme Court

Asylum policy - Systemic failings - Inhuman or degrading treatment: Vrhovno sodišče Republike Slovenije, judgment and order of 11/1/2023, VSRS Sodba in sklep I Up 245/2022 (SI);

• Italy – Council of State

Competition - Cartels - Participation - Proof - Administrative penalties: Consiglio di Stato, judgment of 20/1/2023, No 690 (IT);

• Austria – Administrative Court

Right to education - Correspondence schooling abroad - Concept of "attending a school": Verwaltungsgerichtshof, judgment of 24/1/2023, Ra 2021/10/0123;

• Spain – Supreme Court

Social policy - Collective redundancies: Tribunal Supremo, judgment of 24/1/2023, No 62/2023 (ES);

• Estonia – Supreme Court

Freedom of expression - Press - Penalties for disclosing facts during an investigation in progress: Riigikohus, order of 31/1/2023, No 1-22-1949 (ET);

• Hungary – Supreme Court

Protection of personal data - Private email address: Kúria, judgment of 1/2/2023, Pfv.IV.20.730/2022/7 (HU);

• France – Council of State

State aid - Electricity - Regulated access to historical nuclear electricity (ARENH): Conseil d'État, decision of 3/2/2023, No 462840 (FR);

• Belgium – Court of Cassation

Criminal law - Privacy - Compulsory confiscation of a computer system: Cour de cassation, judgment of 7/2/2023, No P.22.1492.N (NL);

• Netherlands – Council of State

Immigration policy - Family reunification: Raad van State, decisions of 8/2/2023, 202207360/1/V1, 202207400/1/V1 (NL) and 202207496/1/V1 (NL);

• Lithuania – Supreme Administrative Court

Environment - Directive (EU) 2018/2001 - Promotion of energy from renewable sources: Lietuvos vyriausiasis administracinis teismas, judgment of 9/2/2023, I-8-520/2022 (LT);

• Finland – Supreme Administrative Court

Consumer protection - Foodstuffs - Designations used in the promotion and marketing of purely plant-based foods - Plant-based meat: Korkein hallinto-oikeus, decision of 13/2/2023, KHO:2023:16 (FI) (SV);

• Cyprus – Supreme Court

Protection of personal data - General and undifferentiated retention of IP addresses: Ανώτατο Δικαστήριο Κύπρου, judgment of 14/2/2023, Αναφορικά με την αίτηση του Ν.Μ. για την έκδοση εντάλματος certiorari, No 124/2022 (GR);

• Poland – Supreme Administrative Court

Judicial reform - Independence and impartiality of judges - Mechanism for verifying judges' status: Naczelny Sąd Administracyjny, order of 14/2/2023, I FSK 2040/22 (PL);

• Romania – Constitutional Court

Nationality - Acquisition of Romanian nationality: Curtea Constituțională, decision of 15/2/2023, No 17 (RO);

• Estonia – Supreme Court

Freedom of expression - Right to receive information - Internet access by a prisoner: Riigikohus, judgment of 15/2/2023, No 3-18-477 (ET);

• Germany – Federal Constitutional Court

Fundamental rights - Analysis and automatic processing of data: Bundesverfassungsgericht, judgment of 16/2/2023, 1 BvR 1547/19, 1 BvR 2634/20 (DE);

• Latvia – Supreme Court

Social policy - Equal treatment - Distinction between discrimination and harassment: Latvijas Republikas Senāts, judgment of 16/2/2023, C30604219, SKC-28/2023 (LV);

• Latvia – Supreme Court

Right to a fair trial - COVID-19 - Right to attend the trial: Latvijas Republikas Senāts, judgment of 21/2/2023, 16870001618, SKK-6/2023 (LV);

• Lithuania – Supreme Court

Customs Union - Concept of "customs debt": Lietuvos Aukščiausiasis Teismas, judgment of 23/2/2023, 2K-7-37-648/20233 (LT);

• Spain – Supreme Court

Social policy - Single-parent families - Supplementary benefits: Tribunal Supremo, judgment of 2/3/2023, No 169/2023 (ES);

• Romania – Constitutional Court

Legal proceedings - Extraordinary action for annulment: Curtea Constituțională, decision published on 13/3/2023, No 417 (RO);

• Portugal – Constitutional Court

Public health - COVID-19 - Containment measures: Tribunal Constitucional, judgment of 14/3/2023, No 74/2023 (PT);

• Bulgaria – Supreme Court of Cassation

Social policy - Organisation of working time: Върховен касационен съд (Varhoven kasatsionen sad), interpreting judgment of 15/3/2023, No 1/2020 (BG);

• Denmark – Supreme Court

Asylum policy - Loss of Danish nationality: Højesteret, judgment of 22/3/2023, Sag BS-23360/2022-HJR (DK);

• Estonia – Supreme Court

Consumer protection - Termination of a bank account: Riigikohus, judgment of 22/3/2023, No 2-21-3552 (ET);

• Luxembourg – Administrative Court

Plant protection products - Glyphosate (chemical herbicide) – Ban: Cour administrative, judgment of 30/3/2023, No 47873 C (FR);

• Sweden – Supreme Court

Judicial cooperation - European arrest warrant - Refusal to execute: Högsta domstolen, judgment of 4/4/2023, No Ö 8346-22 (SV);

• Portugal – Constitutional Court

Fundamental rights - Rights of the defence - Secrecy of criminal proceedings: Tribunal Constitucional, judgment of 18/10/2022, No 653/2022 (PT);

• Ireland – Supreme Court

Environment - Right to appeal against an authorisation decision - Requirement of a procedure at a non-prohibitive cost: Supreme Court, judgment of 10/11/2022, [2022] IESC 43 (EN).