Although Union Law is a large sphere of law, dealing with a prima facie bewildering array of technical issues, it is nevertheless a coherent form of law if subject to an appropriate and rigorous legal analysis. Pappas & Associates excel in many of them. So far the firm has dealt –besides Competition, Internal Market and Health and Consumer issues- with a number of cases covering the following specific fields.
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ICC, CEPANI and other international arbitration systems and tribunals
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Dismissals
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Pension rights
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Promotions
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Recruitment (EU, private sector)
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Rights, obligations and working conditions of EU officials
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Disciplinary law (IDOC and OLAF)
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Electricity and gas markets
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Chemicals
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Liberalisation of energy markets
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Services of general economic interest
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New and renewable energy sources
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Hydro-technology
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Industrial policy
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Access to markets and SMSs
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ICT and tourism-professional skills
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Technical specifications and prevention to trade
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Internal market for products
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Entertainment and Chance game
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Internet gambling
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Air pollution
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Animal Welfare
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Chemicals (REACH)
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Environmental programmes (Natura)
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Noise pollution
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Waste
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Water pollution
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Audiovisual policy (TVWF reform and AVMSD – TV broadcasting rights – sporting events)
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Digital Rights Management
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Sustainable and secure society
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Information Communication Technologies (Regulatory Framework Reform, broadband evolution)
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Information Society Technologies (e-accessibility, e-inclusion)
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Technical specifications
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Fundamental rights
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EU citizenship and free movement of European citizens
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Consumer and marketing law
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Contract law
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Data protection
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Gender equality and discrimination
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Relations with third countries
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Structural funds
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Project management
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Financial crisis
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Anti-doping
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Broadcasting
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Distribution of sports goods
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Free movement of athletes
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Professional sports associations
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Regulation of sport
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Semi-professional athletes
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Internet safety-Search engines
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Classification in the Customs Code
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Excise duties
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EU and WTO
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Excise duties
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Intellectual property rights
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Rules of Origin and Free Trade Agreements
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TRIPS
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EU and WTO
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Aviation
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Maritime Law
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Road transports
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Safety
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Classification societies
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Latest Posts
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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.
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Tribunal de première instance francophone de Bruxelles, Tribunal de la Famille Jugement sur requête : la condition de la durée du séjour légal pour l’obtention de la nationalité belge par les fonctionnaires européens et les membres de leur famille
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T-104/15: Division of competencies between Commission and Agencies; the review of legality exercised by the Commission applies only to acts of the executive agencies which injure a third party and not to the acts of the executive agencies in their relations with their contractual partners.