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  01.06.2023

  Europe

  Aides d’Etat : sur re­cours de Rya­nair, le Tri­bu­nal de l’UE an­nule les dé­ci­sions de la Com­mis­sion ap­prou­vant les aides en fa­veur de SAS, Deutsche Luf­thansa et de com­pag­nies ita­liennes dans le con­texte de la pan­dé­mie de Co­vid-19

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  Le Tribunal de l’UE a annulé le jeudi 11 mai 2023 deux décisions de la Commission européenne autorisant des aides d’Etat sous la forme d’apports en capital en faveur des compagnies aériennes SAS et Deutsche Lufthansa notamment en raison de l’absence d’un mécanisme de hausse de la rémunération de la participation des Etats suédois et allemand et des modalités de sortie du capital. Le 24 mai 2023, le Tribunal a annulé pour défaut de motivation la décision de la Commission du 22 décembre...

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  01.06.2023

  Europe

  CJEU pro­vides cla­rity on data pro­tec­tion: judg­ments on right to com­pen­sa­tion and right to ob­tain a copy of per­so­nal data

  CJEU judgment on right to compensation for non-material damage under GDPR (Case C-300/21)On 4 May 2023, the CJEU delivered a judgement concerning the right to compensation following an infringement of GDPR (Case C-300/21). It was held that a mere infringement of the GDPR does not confer a right to compensation. Despite this, there is no requirement for the non-material damage suffered due to a breach to reach a certain threshold of seriousness in order to give rise to a right to compensation.Facts of the case:Since 2017, the Austrian postal service (Österreichische Post (OP)) had been collecting...

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  31.05.2023

  Europe

  UPC – the “Long-arm” ju­ris­dic­tion

  UPC Long-arm jurisdictionWith the UPC set to open its doors on 1 June 2023, just how far might its reach extend?Unless a European patent has been opted out of the UPC, the national courts and the UPC will share jurisdiction for patent infringement and revocation actions during the transitional period (Article 83(1) Unified Patent Court Agreement (“UPCA”).  However, as part of the revision of the Brussels Recast Regulation (Regulation (EU) No 1215/2012, as amended by Regulation (EU) No 542/2014) to accommodate the UPC, new provision Article 71b(2) was introduced which, some...

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  30.05.2023

  Roumanie

  Ro­ma­nian Com­pe­ti­tion Coun­cil pu­blishes new Ins­truc­tions on pe­nal­ties for un­fair tra­ding prac­tices in the agri­cul­tu­ral and food sup­ply chain

  Romanian Competition Council recently published, for public consultation, the Instructions on the individualisation of penalties for offences under Law no. 81/2022 on unfair trading practices in business-to-business relationships in the agricultural and food supply chain and on granting favourable treatment to undertakings which admit to committing an unfair trading practice. Comments and proposals on the Draft Instructions may still be submitted to Competition Council, until 5 June 2023.The Draft Instructions regulate the individualisation of penalties for the violations provided for in Article...

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  26.05.2023

  International

  Per­for­ming ser­vices in a de­cen­tra­li­sed man­ner un­der Mi­CAR

  At the end of April 2023, the European parliament decided on a uniform regulation of crypto assets across the EU by voting on the MiCA regulation (i.e. markets in crypto-assets). The intended innovations are "explosive" for activities related to crypto assets, in particular if they were not yet regulated in Germany where the legislator had provisions already in place, which are similar to those under MiCAR.MiCAR regulates a broad range of crypto-asset services and requests providers to obtain a license from the competent authorities (e.g. BaFin in Germany). It is therefore crucial to identify MiCAR's...

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  25.05.2023

  International

  North Sea Strikes and Force Ma­jeure

  The latest in a series of strikes by oil & gas workers in the North Sea continues to test the operation and efficacy of force majeure (“FM”) provisions in oil and gas industry contracts.There is no single “industry standard” FM clause, and so each contractual FM clause must be carefully considered in its contractual context to determine how it operates.With many North Sea oil and gas industry contracts based on industry model forms, such as LOGIC and OEUK (formerly OGUK), we consider below the impact of the recent (and proposed) North Sea strike actions.  A review...

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