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Case Law of the European Union Courts

Leading Judgments 1 October–31 December 2013

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  1. Verordnung (EG) Nr. 44/2001 des Rates vom 22. Dezember 2000 über die gerichtliche Zuständigkeit und die Anerkennung und Vollstreckung von Entscheidungen in Zivil- und Handelssachen (ABl. L 12 vom 16.1.2001, S. 1, im Folgenden: „Brüssel I-VO“).

  2. Richtlinie 2001/29/EG des Europäischen Parlaments und des Rates vom 22. Mai 2001 zur Harmonisierung bestimmter Aspekte des Urheberrechts und der verwandten Schutzrechte in der Informationsgesellschaft (ABl. L 167 vom 22.6.2001, S. 10).

  3. Sujecki, EuZW 2013, 866, 867.

  4. Council Directive 2004/83/EC of 29 April 2004 on minimum standards for the qualification and status of third country nationals or stateless persons as refugees or as persons who otherwise need international protection and the content of the protection granted (OJ L 304, 30.9.2004, p. 12).

  5. OJ C 364, 18.12.2000, p. 1.

  6. European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental (as amended), 1950.

  7. Judgement of 19 December 2012 in Case C-364/11 Abed EL Karem El Kott and Others (not yet reported).

  8. Paragraph 55.

  9. Judgement of 5 September 2012 in Case C-71/11 and C-99/11 Federal Republic of Germany v Y and Z (not yet reported).

  10. Paragraph 70.

  11. Paragraph 72.

  12. BGH 17.9.2008, NJW 2009, 298; OLG Karlsruhe 24.8.2007, IPRax 2008, 348.

  13. Leible/Müller, NJW 2011, 495, 496.

  14. Verordnung (EG) Nr. 593/2008 des Europäischen Parlaments und des Rates über das auf vertragliche Schuldverhältnisse anzuwendende Recht vom 17.6.2008 (ABl. L 177 vom 4.7.2008, S. 6, im Folgenden: „Rom I-VO“).

  15. Dazu: Staudinger/Steinrötter, NJW 2013, 3504, 3506.

  16. Verordnung (EG) Nr. 805/2004 des Europäischen Parlaments und des Rates vom 21. April 2004 zur Einführung eines europäischen Vollstreckungstitels für unbestrittene Forderungen (ABl. L 143 vom 30.4.2004, S. 15, im Folgenden: „Verordnung Nr. 805/2004“).

  17. Article 345 provides that “the Treaties shall in no way prejudice the rules in Member States governing the system of property ownership.”

  18. Opinion of Advocate General Niil Jääskinen delivered on 16 April 2013, not yet available in English at the time of writing.

  19. See mainly the judgement of 8 July 2010 in Case C-171/08 European Commission v Portuguese Republic on the restriction on the acquisition of holdings and on the management of a privatised company.

  20. Council Directive 2000/78/EC of 27 November 2000 establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation (OJ L 303, 2.12.2000, p. 16; hereinafter “Directive 2000/78/EC” or “the Directive”).

  21. It should be noted that at the time of the facts of the case the French legislation restricted marriage to persons of different sexes.

  22. Recital 22 in the preamble to the Directive.

  23. See Case C-447/09 Prigge and Others, paragraph 48 [2011] ECR I-08003 and judgement of 7 June 2012 in Case C-132/11 Tyrolen Airways Tiroler Luftfahrt, paragraph 22 (not yet reported).

  24. At the time of the facts in the main proceedings.

  25. Compare Case C-267/06 Maruko, paragraph 73 [2008] ECR I-01757 and Case C-147/08 Römer, paragraph 52 [2011] ECR I-03591.

  26. Règlement (CE) n° 40/94 du Conseil du 20 décembre 1993 sur la marque communautaire (JO L 11 du 14.1.1994, p. 1).

  27. Règlement (CE) n° 207/2009 du Conseil du 26 février 2009 sur la marque communautaire (JO L 78 du 24.3.2009, p. 1).

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Rokicka, K., Fričová, V., Fuchs, A. et al. Case Law of the European Union Courts. ERA Forum 15, 145–157 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12027-014-0336-1

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