Dansk Rørindustri A/S (C-189/02 P), Isoplus Fernwärmetechnik Vertriebsgesellschaft mbH and Others (C-202/02 P), KE KELIT Kunststoffwerk GmbH (C-205/02 P), LR af 1998 A/S (C-206/02 P), Brugg Rohrsysteme GmbH (C-207/02 P), LR af 1998 (Deutschland) GmbH (C-208/02 P) and ABB Asea Brown Boveri Ltd (C-213/02 P) v Commission of the European Communities.

• Appeal
• Competition
• Fines
• Legitimate expectations.
• Obligation to state reasons.
• Article 85(1) of the EC Treaty (now Article 81(1) EC)
• Guidelines on the method of setting fines
• Non-retroactivity
• Leniency Notice
• District heating pipes (pre-insulated pipes)
• Cartel
• Boycott
• Lawfulness

Commission of the European Communities v Chambre syndicale nationale des entreprises de transport de fonds et valeurs (Sytraval) and Brink's France SARL.

• Appeal
• State aid
• Complaint by a competitor
• Commission's obligations concerning the investigation of a complaint and the provision of reasons for rejecting it.

Aalborg Portland A/S (C-204/00 P), Irish Cement Ltd (C-205/00 P), Ciments français SA (C-211/00 P), Italcementi - Fabbriche Riunite Cemento SpA (C-213/00 P), Buzzi Unicem SpA (C-217/00 P) and Cementir - Cementerie del Tirreno SpA (C-219/00 P) v Commission of the European Communities.

• Appeal
• Competition
• Rights of the defence
• Single and continuous infringement
• Article 85(1) of the EC Treaty (now Article 81(1) EC)
• Access to the file
• Fine
• Determination of the amount
• Cement market
• Jurisdiction of the Court of First Instance
• Liability for an infringement
• Evidence of participation in the general agreement and measures of implementation

Judgment of the Court of 24 July 2003. Altmark Trans GmbH and Regierungspräsidium Magdeburg v Nahverkehrsgesellschaft Altmark GmbH, and Oberbundesanwalt beim Bundesverwaltungsgericht.

French Republic v Commission of the European Communities.

• State aid
• Article 87(1) EC
• State resources
• Imputability to the State
• Aid granted to the French Republic to Stardust Marine
• Decision 2000/513/EC
• Prudent investor operating in a market economy.

Plaumann & Co. v Commission of the European Economic Community.

Judgment of the Court of 15 December 1995. Union royale belge des sociétés de football association ASBL v Jean-Marc Bosman, Royal club liégeois SA v Jean-Marc Bosman and others and Union des associations européennes de football (UEFA) v Jean-Marc Bosman.

European Commission and Others v Yassin Abdullah Kadi.

• Appeal
• Action for annulment
• Rights of the defence
• Obligation to state reasons.
• Principle of proportionality.
• Principle of effective judicial protection
• Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP)
• Restrictive measures taken against persons and entities associated with Usama bin Laden, the Al-Qaeda network and the Taliban
• Regulation (EC) No 881/2002
• Freezing of funds and economic resources of a person included in a list drawn up by a body of the United Nations
• Listing of that person’s name in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 881/2002
• Fundamental rights
• Right to respect for property

Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber), 26 February 2013. Åklagaren v Hans Åkerberg Fransson.

European Commission v World Duty Free Group SA and Others.

• Appeal
• State aid
• Article 107(1) TFEU
• Concept of ‘State aid’
• Condition relating to selectivity
• Deduction
• Tax system
• Corporation tax
• Amortisation of goodwill resulting from acquisitions by undertakings resident for tax purposes in Spain of shareholdings of at least 5% in undertakings resident for tax purposes outside Spain

European Commission v Marco Verile and Anduela Gjergji.

• Appeal
• Legitimate expectations.
• Legal certainty
• Civil service
• Officials
• Equal treatment.
• Cross-appeal
• Article 11(2) of Annex VIII to the Staff Regulations
• Pensions
• Transfer of national pension rights
• Act not having an adverse effect
• Inadmissibility of the action at first instance
• Proposals concerning additional pensionable years

Limburgse Vinyl Maatschappij NV (LVM) (C-238/99 P), DSM NV and DSM Kunststoffen BV (C-244/99 P), Montedison SpA (C-245/99 P), Elf Atochem SA (C-247/99 P), Degussa AG (C-250/99 P), Enichem SpA (C-251/99 P), Wacker-Chemie GmbH and Hoechst AG (C-252/99 P) and Imperial Chemical Industries plc (ICI) (C-254/99 P) v Commission of the European Communities.

• Appeal
• Competition
• Fines
• Polyvinylchloride (PVC)
• Article 85(1) of the EC Treaty (now Article 81(1) EC)
• Annulment of a Commission decision
• New decision
• Documents predating the first decision
• Res judicata
• Principle of non bis in idem
• Limitation
• Reasonable period
• Statement of reasons
• Access to the file
• Fair hearing
• Professional secrecy
• Self-incrimination
• Private life

Judgment of the Court of 13 March 2001. PreussenElektra AG v Schhleswag AG, in the presence of Windpark Reußenköge III GmbH and Land Schleswig-Holstein.

European Commission (C-106/09 P) and Kingdom of Spain (C-107/09 P) v Government of Gibraltar and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

• Appeal
• State aid
• Material selectivity
• Tax regime
• Gibraltar
• Offshore companies.

Kingdom of Spain v Commission of the European Communities.

• Capital contributions
• State aid to public undertakings in the textile and footwear sectors

Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami and Others v European Parliament and Council of the European Union.

• Appeal
• Action for annulment
• Admissibility
• Trade in seal products
• Fourth paragraph of Article 263 TFEU
• Regulation (EC) No 1007/2009
• Restrictions on importing and marketing such products
• Right of natural or legal persons to institute proceedings
• Concept of ‘regulatory act’
• Legislative act
• Fundamental right to effective judicial protection.

Yassin Abdullah Kadi and Al Barakaat International Foundation v Council of the European Union and Commission of the European Communities.

• Actions for annulment
• Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP)
• Restrictive measures taken against persons and entities associated with Usama bin Laden, the Al-Qaeda network and the Taliban
• Fundamental rights
• Freezing of funds and economic resources
• United Nations
• Security Council
• Resolutions adopted under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations
• Implementation in the Community
• Common Position 2002/402/CFSP
• Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 Measures against persons and entities included in a list drawn up by a body of the United Nations
• Committee of the Security Council created by paragraph 6 of Resolution 1267 (1999) of the Security Council (Sanctions Committee)
• Inclusion of those persons and entities in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 881/2002
• Competence of the Community
• Joint legal basis of Articles 60 EC, 301 EC and 308 EC
• Right to respect for property, right to be heard and right to effective judicial review.

Kingdom of Belgium (C-182/03) and Forum 187 ASBL (C-217/03) v Commission of the European Communities.

• State aid
• Admissibility
• Existing aid regime
• Tax regime for coordination centres established in Belgium
• Application by an association
• Commission Decision that the regime does not constitute aid
• Change in the Commission's appraisal
• Article 87(1) EC
• Protection of legitimate expectations
• General principle of equal treatment.

Judgment of the Court of 5 March 1996. Brasserie du Pêcheur SA v Bundesrepublik Deutschland and The Queen v Secretary of State for Transport, ex parte: Factortame Ltd and others.

Compagnie des Hauts Fourneaux de Chasse v High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community.