Flux européens

E. Breuninger / Commission
Aide d'État
Le Tribunal rejette les recours des entreprises Breuninger et Falke contre la décision de la Commission approuvant les aides de l’Allemagne aux entreprises ayant subi, dans le contexte de la pandémie de Covid-19, une perte de leur chiffre d’affaires d’au moins 30 %

E. Breuninger / Commission
Aide d'État
Le Tribunal rejette les recours des entreprises Breuninger et Falke contre la décision de la Commission approuvant les aides de l’Allemagne aux entreprises ayant subi, dans le contexte de la pandémie de Covid-19, une perte de leur chiffre d’affaires d’au moins 30 %

Dans le cadre de son 70e anniversaire, la Cour attribue une nouvelle dénomination à certains de ses bâtiments

Dans le cadre de son 70e anniversaire, la Cour attribue une nouvelle dénomination à certains de ses bâtiments

Dans le cadre de son 70e anniversaire, la Cour attribue une nouvelle dénomination à certains de ses bâtiments

Dans le cadre de son 70e anniversaire, la Cour attribue une nouvelle dénomination à certains de ses bâtiments

Dans le cadre de son 70e anniversaire, la Cour attribue une nouvelle dénomination à certains de ses bâtiments

The Court of Appeal in Teva UK Ltd & Anor v Novartis AG [2022] EWCA Civ 1617 has reaffirmed the principle that while it is not as such unkosher to petition the English courts subsequently to use the spin-off value of that judgment in other jurisdictions (related in some way to using English courts for discovery purposes), it is not proper for E&W courts to make a declaration solely for the purpose of influencing a decision by a foreign court on an issue governed by the law of that very foreign court (here: Germany).

In the case at issue, the claim involves an Arrow declaration (a declaration that a product, process or use was lacking in novelty or obvious as at the priority date of a patent application) with respect to a German patent (admittedly subject to European law which is largely harmonised with the UK approach).

Per Arnold LJ [51-52]

It is not the function of the courts of England and Wales to provide advisory opinions to foreign courts seised of issues which fall to be determined in accordance with their own laws. The English courts have no special competence to determine such issues. If anything, it is likely that they have less competence than the local courts. It makes no difference that the English court and the foreign court are applying the same basic law. Furthermore, comity requires restraint on the part of the English courts, not (to adopt Floyd LJ’s graphic phrase) jurisdictional imperialism. Otherwise the English courts would be enabling forum shopping.

In saying this, I am assuming that the parties have full and unimpeded access to the foreign court. I recognise that the position might possibly be different if that were not the position; but it is not necessary to consider this further for the purposes of the present case, since there is no suggestion that either of these parties lacks full and unimpeded access to the courts of Germany or Country A.

Geert.

Comity, forum shopping
Assisting a foreign court to decide an issue under its own law is not a legitimate reason for the grant of declaratory (patent infringement) relief by the courts of E&W

Teva UK Ltd & Anor v Novartis AG [2022] EWCA Civ 1617 https://t.co/3vQldi2ple

— Geert Van Calster (@GAVClaw) December 9, 2022

I do not often use pictures on the blog but this one is just too evocative to let pass:

On 18 December 2023 (i.e. a year from now), Willem Theus (KU Leuven – UCLouvain), Dr Michel Erpelding (University of Luxembourg), Prof Dr Francesco Tamburini (University of Pisa), Prof Dr Fouzi Rherrousse (University of Oujda), and myself are organising a conference to celebrate the centenary of the Statute of Tangier, signed at Paris. Credit for kicking off the process goes to Willem.

This treaty, signed between France, Spain and the United Kingdom, and later joined by Sweden, Belgium, the Netherlands, Portugal and Italy, provided for the creation of a new legal entity: the International Zone of Tangier. Established by 1925, the Tangier Zone was formally an integral part of Morocco, but subject to a special regime that left most of its institutions under the joint administration of several Western powers. This special regime would last until Morocco’s independence in 1956, with some international elements remaining in place under a Royal Charter until 1960.

Thinking about the Zone triggers an extravaganza of thoughts on international commercial courts, conflict of laws, history of law and so much more. The call asks for papers on

The Politics of Individual Powers Towards/Within the Zone
Moroccan Attitudes and Policies Towards/Within the Zone and Its Institutions
The Interzonal and Foreign Relations of the International Zone17
Politics in the International Legislative Assembly
The Veto-Role of the Committee of Control
The Zone’s Legal System/Codes
The Operation, Case Law and Reforms of the Mixed Court
The Bar of the International Zone

Careers of Individual Lawyers/Officials/Businessmen/Intermediaries
The Tangier Banking System
The Ecclesiastical, Jewish and Sharia Courts
The Working and Case Law of the American Consular Court
The Spanish Civil War and its Impact on the Zone
The Architecture of the International Administrative Buildings of the Zone
Smugglers and the Law; and
The Legal System of the Transition Period (1956–1960)

The call and further details are available in Arabic, English, French, Italian and Spanish.

Happy pondering abstracts!

Geert.

TimePartner Personalmanagement
Une convention collective qui minore la rémunération des intérimaires par rapport aux travailleurs recrutés directement doit prévoir des avantages compensatoires
A collective agreement which reduces the pay of temporary agency workers compared to workers recruited directly must provide for countervailing benefits

TimePartner Personalmanagement
Une convention collective qui minore la rémunération des intérimaires par rapport aux travailleurs recrutés directement doit prévoir des avantages compensatoires
A collective agreement which reduces the pay of temporary agency workers compared to workers recruited directly must provide for countervailing benefits

TimePartner Personalmanagement
Une convention collective qui minore la rémunération des intérimaires par rapport aux travailleurs recrutés directement doit prévoir des avantages compensatoires

International Skating Union / Commission
Concurrence
L’avocat général Rantos propose d’annuler l’arrêt du Tribunal qui avait confirmé le caractère anticoncurrentiel des règles de l’Union internationale de patinage

International Skating Union / Commission
Concurrence
L’avocat général Rantos propose d’annuler l’arrêt du Tribunal qui avait confirmé le caractère anticoncurrentiel des règles de l’Union internationale de patinage

International Skating Union / Commission
Concurrence
L’avocat général Rantos propose d’annuler l’arrêt du Tribunal qui avait confirmé le caractère anticoncurrentiel des règles de l’Union internationale de patinage

International Skating Union / Commission
Concurrence
L’avocat général Rantos propose d’annuler l’arrêt du Tribunal qui avait confirmé le caractère anticoncurrentiel des règles de l’Union internationale de patinage

International Skating Union / Commission
Concurrence
L’avocat général Rantos propose d’annuler l’arrêt du Tribunal qui avait confirmé le caractère anticoncurrentiel des règles de l’Union internationale de patinage

YP e.a. (Levée d’immunité et suspension d’un juge)
Avocat général Collins : seul un tribunal indépendant et impartial, établi préalablement par la loi peut autoriser des poursuites pénales à l’égard d’un juge

YP e.a. (Levée d’immunité et suspension d’un juge)
Avocat général Collins : seul un tribunal indépendant et impartial, établi préalablement par la loi peut autoriser des poursuites pénales à l’égard d’un juge

YP e.a. (Levée d’immunité et suspension d’un juge)
Avocat général Collins : seul un tribunal indépendant et impartial, établi préalablement par la loi peut autoriser des poursuites pénales à l’égard d’un juge