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Feb '17
Pappas & Associates is a law firm located in Brussels and specialised in
European Law. This law firm recently enjoyed the recognitions received
from the Best European Law Firm – Belgium and the Excellence Award
for Internal Market Law. We were lucky to speak with the firm’s founder
Spyros A. Pappas, who reveals more the firm’s role as a privileged
defender and adviser.
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- 12Jul
T-358/20, Net Technologies Finland Oy v. REA: Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007-2013) – The FP7 Guide is not a source of the applicable law but merely a policy instrument, which, in accordance with the principle of performing contracts in good faith, has to be taken into account – Relationship between the participants in a Consortium – Probative value of emails – Eligibility of the costs for the consultants of the subcontractor; criteria of working in the beneficiary’s premises and of remuneration based on working hours; derogation by FP7 from the conditions laid down in the general conditions of the FP
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- 26Oct
T-298/20: Civil service- Legal value of Reporting Officer’s Practical dossier – Health problems and duty of care
- 26Oct
T-298/20: Civil service – Appraisal report – Pre-litigation procedure – An internal appeal is not a necessary precondition for bringing legal proceedings before the General Court – GIPs rendering the admissibility of a legal action subject to an obligation of that kind would have the effect of restricting the right to challenge an appraisal report before the Court without first exhausting internal procedures – In addition, it would render the applicant’s fundamental right to an effective remedy and access to an independent tribunal subject to a condition which is not apparent from the applicable legislation or from foreseeable and accessible case-law. infringing thus Article 47 and Article 52(1) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union
- 19Oct
T-347/20: Aides d’État-avantage sélectif pour le bénéficiaire-principe de l’opérateur privé-avantages accordés uniquement à certaines entreprises qui sont déterminées en fonction de leur lieu d’établissement-cadre de référence applicable-cadre national-marché en crise-mesures visant à remédier à une calamité ; intérêts se rapportant aux mesures litigieuses ; dérogation de l’art. 107(2b) TFEU-interprétation stricte-conditions; délai de prescription-demande de renseignements-interruption ; violation du principe de bonne administration – délai déraisonnable- aide accordée sans être notifiée; violation du droit d’être entendu ; motivation ; protection de la confiance légitime et de sécurité juridique; violation du principe de proportionnalité
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- 09Dec
C-374/20 P: Approval or renewal of approval of an active substance; confirmatory information according to Regulation 1107/2009; broad discretion of the administration; the admissibility of a dossier by the RMS does not constitute a decision on the quality; supplementary summary dossier; procedure for the approval or the renewal of an active substance; possibility of the RMS to review its assessment; main objectives pursued; applicability of the principle of subsidiarity to active substances.
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- Agriculture,
- Health and Consumer protection
- 30Jun
T-554/16: Autonomie fonctionnelle de la BCE dans le cadre de laquelle a été établi un régime distinct par rapport à celui prévu par le statut des fonctionnaires de l’Union européenne; pertinence de la jurisprudence de la CJUE relative aux dispositions statutaires pour le personnel de la BCE; règles adoptées par la BCE en matière de reconnaissance de l’origine professionnelle d’une maladie: la conclusion de l’enquête administrative et l’établissement d’un rapport d’enquête par l’administration constituent des préalables à la convocation du membre du personnel concerné à une visite par l’expert médical; incidence du comportement du membre du personnel sur le fait que la BCE n’a pas établi de rapport d’enquête.
- 02Sep
T-131/20 (p. 63, 64, 72, 83, 98, 108): Secondments; determination of the initial period; extensions; circumstances to be taken into account and timing of the renewals; unlimited renewals of extensions; rights to be heard.
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- Staff Regulations
- 16May
T-903/16: The right of access to personal data is a continuous and permanent right of access to those data. The non-applicability of the case-law on purely confirmatory measures in relation to personal data.
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- Justice and Home Affairs
- 14Feb
Relationship between Regulation No 1049/2001 and Regulation No 45/2001
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- General principles of community law
- 21Nov
T-545/11 RENV: assessment of the Member State’s decision to object access to documents; article 6(1) of Regulation No 1367/2006 must not be interpreted restrictively; the concept of ‘information [which] relates to emissions into the environment’; approval of a substance at the EU level differs from the product authorisation at the Member States level; it is only at the stage of the national authorisation procedure to place a specific plant protection product on the market that the Member State assesses any emissions into the environment; concept of commercial interests; it is within the jurisdiction of the EU judicature to complete review decisions on access; article 4(4) of the Aarhus Convention is not capable of producing direct effects; in the case at hand, the need to protect intellectual property rights outweighed the public interest in disclosure.
- 23Jul
Data Protection in the Field of Pesticides
Views: 8453 - 20Sep
Plea of illegality and rule of correspondence – Obligation to consult the Staff Committee
Views: 4430 - 06Oct
Data protection policy of the European Union and the recent milestone decision of the Court of Justice
Views: 4268 - 14May
AMD Fusion APU Era Begins
Views: 4176 - 21Nov
The Reform of the data protection legal framework
Views: 3950 - 21Nov
T-545/11 RENV: assessment of the Member State’s decision to object access to documents; article 6(1) of Regulation No 1367/2006 must not be interpreted restrictively; the concept of ‘information [which] relates to emissions into the environment’; approval of a substance at the EU level differs from the product authorisation at the Member States level; it is only at the stage of the national authorisation procedure to place a specific plant protection product on the market that the Member State assesses any emissions into the environment; concept of commercial interests; it is within the jurisdiction of the EU judicature to complete review decisions on access; article 4(4) of the Aarhus Convention is not capable of producing direct effects; in the case at hand, the need to protect intellectual property rights outweighed the public interest in disclosure.
Views: 3777 - 21Nov
Second Assessment of the Implementation of the Safer Networking Principles
Views: 3768 - 18Sep
Annual dialogue and fixation of objectives substantial formalities of annual evaluations
Views: 3684 - 02Nov
The Google Commitments – how undue diversion of Internet traffic can be abusive?
Views: 3554 - 21Nov
The Netherlands Dances the Two-Step With Its New Telecom Law : Net-Neutrality and Online Advertisers Learn the Steps
Views: 3531
T-358/20, Net Technologies Finland Oy v. REA: Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007-2013) – The FP7 Guide is not a source of the applicable law but merely a policy instrument, which, in accordance with the principle of performing contracts in good faith, has to be taken into account – Relationship between the participants in a Consortium – Probative value of emails – Eligibility of the costs for the consultants of the subcontractor; criteria of working in the beneficiary’s premises and of remuneration based on working hours; derogation by FP7 from the conditions laid down in the general conditions of the FP
Staff Regulations: the rule of correspondence between the complaint and the application
AMD Fusion APU Era Begins
The Reform of the data protection legal framework
The Netherlands Dances the Two-Step With Its New Telecom Law : Net-Neutrality and Online Advertisers Learn the Steps
Second Assessment of the Implementation of the Safer Networking Principles
Education and Employment Under the Europe 2020 Strategy
Google and the credibility of EU data protection laws
Is Microsoft ruling an example of European protectionism ?
A law with unintended consequences