European Court of Justice

Latest items of recent news relevant to European Court of Justice as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’. 

European Court of Justice :: Danish cabotage law

A challenge concerning the legality of a 2013 Danish cabotage law has been squashed by the ECJ because the EU regulation was poorly drafted …

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European Court of Justice: Religious faith

The ECJ has ruled that the catholic church in Germany would infringe the Equality Framework Directive (2000/78/EC) banning discrimination on religious grounds, if it continued to require employees to hold a religious faith …

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European Court of Justice :: Stand-by time can be ‘working time’

The ECJ has been called to interpret whether a “stand-by” workplace arrangement fell within working time rules under Article 2 of EU Directive 2003/88 …

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European Court of Justice :: Fraudsters can no longer hide behind A1 certificates

When posting workers to another EU country employers should beware of failures on the part of the social security authority in the posting country, as this will allow the host country authorities to declare that E101 social security certificates are fraudulent and disregard them …

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European Court of Justice :: Judgment of King v The Sash window workshop ltd

The full implications of the Court’s decision in the case of King v The Sash Window Workshop Ltd C–214/16 have now become clear …

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European Court of Justice :: Compensation for undue delays

The European Court of Justice has recently been ordered by its own General Court to pay compensation of 47,064 …

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