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La situation exceptionnelle d’arrivée massive de migrants par les Balkans fin 2015 est sans influence sur l’application du règlement Dublin III.

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Tribunal de grande instance de Lyon, chambre 1, Cab. 01 A, 19 juillet 2017

Tribunal de grande instance de Villeurbanne, 20 juillet 2017

Cour d'appel d'Aix-en-Provence, 1re chambre C, 20 juillet 2017

Pourvoi c./ Cour d'appel de Cayenne, chambre sociale, 28 novembre 2016

Non lieu à renvoi

On 24 November 2017 Prof. Dr. Andreas Schwartze from the University of Innsbruck will host the final conference of the EU-project “unalex – multilingual information for the uniform interpretation of the instruments of judicial cooperation in civil matters“.

The conference will discuss best practices of Member State courts, who base their case law on the consideration of judgments given by courts of other Member States, but also “undiscovered disputes” between courts of Member States, where relevant case law from other Member States was ignored.

The conference will provide the occasion for the first meeting of the European Legal Authors Network. The Network has started to form during the unalex project with the objective of developing systematic overviews on the application of the instruments of European private international law, where the case law of the courts of the Member States is comprehensively analysed and conflicting opinions discovered.

Further information will follow within the next weeks. We’ll keep you posted!

The year 2017 marks the 30th anniversary of China’s joining of the Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH). During these 30 years, huge progress has been made in the area of private international law both in China and around the world, and it has greatly facilitated cross-border movement of goods and capital, as well as interactions among peoples of different nations. At the same time, there are a number of challenges emerging. Different nations should work together, jointly meet those challenges and chart the right course for solutions.
With this in mind, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China and China Society of Private International Law (CSPIL), with the support of the HCCH, intend to jointly host the Global Forum on Private International Law at Wuhan University in Wuhan, China from 22 to 23 September 2017. The Forum will be organized by the Institute of International Law of the University, with the working language of English.
The theme of the Forum will be: Cooperation for Common Progress- the Evolving Role of Private International Law. The Forum will focus on the following topics:
(1) Common progress through private international law over 30 years: China, HCCH and the world;
(2) The Belt and Road Initiative and international legal cooperation;
(3) A global look at recent developments of private international law;
(4) The Hague Judgments Project.

Registration is open until 5 August, 2017. Further details may be found on the website of CSPIL here.

The text of the announcement above is largely drawn from the website of CSPIL.

Coty Germany
Concurrence
Selon l’avocat général Wahl, un fournisseur de produits de luxe peut interdire à ses détaillants agréés de vendre ses produits sur des plateformes tierces telles qu’Amazon ou eBay

Slovaquie / Conseil
Espace de liberté, sécurité et justice
L’avocat général Bot propose à la Cour de rejeter les recours de la Slovaquie et de la Hongrie contre le mécanisme provisoire de relocalisation obligatoire de demandeurs d’asile

Mengesteab
Espace de liberté, sécurité et justice
Un demandeur d’asile peut se prévaloir en justice du fait que l’État membre est devenu responsable de l’examen de sa demande en raison de l’expiration du délai de trois mois dont dispose cet État membre pour demander à un autre État membre de le prendre en charge

A.S.
Espace de liberté, sécurité et justice
La Croatie est responsable de l’examen des demandes de protection internationale des personnes qui ont franchi sa frontière en masse lors de la crise migratoire de 2015-2016

Conseil / LTTE
Relations extérieures
La Cour déclare que le Tribunal n’aurait pas dû annuler le maintien du Hamas sur la liste européenne des organisations terroristes et lui renvoie l’affaire

La Cour déclare que l’accord sur le transfert des données des dossiers passagers, prévu entre l’Union européenne et le Canada, ne peut pas être conclu sous sa forme actuelle

Thank you Francesca Petronio, Fabio Cozzi & Francesco Falco for flagging the Italian Supreme Court’s judgment no. 16601/2017 of 5 July last. I have tried to locate the judgment in relevant databases but failed – however Francesca et al’s posting gives great overview.

In what is suggested to be a Copernican revolution, the Supreme Court has dropped the Italian legal order’s fundamental objection to punitive damages, which made it near-impossible to obtain recognition and enforcement of in particular US judgments containing such damages. The judgment not surprisingly contains a number of conditions in particular on the excessive nature of such damages.

The judges seem to have been swayed by developments both in Italy (statutory law in places allowing for more than simple compensation of material loss) and US law (truly excessive punitive damages having been reigned in).

Punitive damages are the one example always identified as one of the core applications of ordre public in European recognition and enforcement law. After the Italian example surely this may now be less obvious in many jurisdictions.

Geert.

(Handbook of) EU private international law, 2nd ed. 2016, Chapter 2, Heading 2.2.16.

 

 

Les restrictions de communication avec son avocat, imposées à un justiciable en raison du secret d’État, violent les dispositions de la Convention européenne des droits de l’homme.

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Une aide d’État est prohibée par le droit de l’Union dès lors que les activités qui en découlent sont exercées à des fins économiques, rappelle la Cour de justice de l’Union européenne (CJUE) dans un arrêt du 27 juin 2017, suivant ainsi les conclusions de l’avocat général Kokott.

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A short post mostly for the sake of completeness. In its second recent judgment on insureds as ‘protected category’ under the Brussels I Regulation, the CJEU held last week in C-340/16 Kabeg. Where an employee is injured and the employer is  statutory assignee of the rights of its employee, the employer is subrograted into the rights of the victim and can directly act against the insurer of the vehicle involved.

The Court’s less cautious approach to subrogation than it generally adopts, is influenced by Directive 2009/103, which obliges Member States to put in place such direct action. Article 18: ‘Member States shall ensure that any party injured as a result of an accident caused by a vehicle covered by insurance as referred to in Article 3 enjoys a direct right of action against the insurance undertaking covering the person responsible against civil liability.’

Geert.

(Handbook of) EU private international law, 2nd ed. 2016, Chapter 2.

Le placement en garde à vue d’un étranger, entré irrégulièrement sur le territoire, à la suite d’un contrôle à la frontière française, amène la Cour de cassation à s’interroger sur l’application du droit français au regard de la directive Retour et du code frontières Schengen. Elle pose ainsi trois questions préjudicielles à la Cour de justice de l’Union européenne (CJUE).

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Investment arbitration forms a part of the international litigation arena. And it is a subject which is legally demanding and politically explosive. The 23rd Würzburg Days of European Law (“23. Würzburger Europarechtstage”) at the Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg in Germany aim at an academically sound, open and maybe controversial debate of this topical issue. They will take place on 10 and 11 November  2017 and are organized by Prof. Dr. Markus Ludwigs and Prof. Dr. Oliver Remien, both from the University of Würzburg. The organizers are delighted to have found distinguished speakers and chairs initiating the discussions.

The conference language will be German, but here is an English translation of the program. The conference flyer with the program in German is available here.

Friday November 10th, 2017

13.00   Welcome Addresses

• Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Alfred Forchel, President of the University of Würzburg
• Prof. Dr. Eckhard Pache, Dean of the Faculty of Law

13.15   Welcome and Introduction into the Subjects

• Prof. Dr. Markus Ludwigs
• Prof. Dr. Oliver Remien

13.30   Sovereignty and Investment Arbitration Prof. Dr. Axel Flessner, Humboldt University Berlin

TTIP, CETA & Co. – The Future of Free Trade Agreements in a Changed Political Environment, MdB Prof. Dr. Heribert Hirte, LL.M., Member of the Bundestag, University of Hamburg

14.30   Statement and Discussion of the Papers, Prof. Dr. Dr. Rainer Hofmann, University of Frankfurt/Main

15.15   Coffee Break

15.45   A Multilateral Investment Court as a Progress for the Rule of Law?, Prof. Dr. Isabel Feichtner, LL.M., University of Würzburg

16.15   Statement and Discussion of the Paper, Prof. Dr. Markus Krajewski, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg

16.45   Coffee Break

17.15   Compensation for Infringements and Takings of Property after the Judgment of the Bundesverfassungsgericht (German Federal Constitutional Court) concerning the Stop to Nuclear Power, Justice Fed. Const. Ct. Prof. Dr. Andreas L. Paulus, University of Göttingen

17.45   Investment Protection Arbitration and EU State Aid Law, Prof. Dr. Marc Bungenberg, LL.M., Saarland University

18.15   Statement and Discussion of the Papers, Prof. Dr. Christian Tietje, LL.M., University of Halle-Wittenberg

19.00   Reception in the Entrance Hall in front of the Neubaukirche

Saturday November 11th, 2017

9.00   “EU-only”? – The Division of Competences between the EU and the Member States for the Conclusion of Free Trade Agreements, Prof. Dr. Michael J. Hahn, LL.M., University of Bern

Are Investment Protection Agreements between EU-Member States a Relict Contrary to EU-Law?, Dr. Thomas Wiedmann, European Commission, Brussels

10.00   Statement and Discussion of the Papers, Prof. Dr. Armin Hatje, University of Hamburg

10.45   Coffee Break

11.15   Enforcement According to ICSID Convention and Setting Aside, Recognition and Enforcement According to the New York Convention, Prof. Dr. Christian Wolf, University of Hannover

Transparency and Third Person Involvement by Way of an Amicus Curiae According to UNCITRAL and ICSID Rules and Arbitration Practice, Dr. Sören Segger, University of Würzburg

12.15   Statement and Discussion of the Papers, Dr. Stephan Wilske, LL.M., GleissLutz Law Firm

13.00   Concluding Remarks by the Organizers

 

Everybody is cordially invited to participate. Participation is free of charge. Please register under http://www.europarechtstage.de.