Surrenders under the Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the EU and UK - Competences of the executing authority of an EU Member State - Risk of breach of a fundamental rights - Test of examination of EU ordre public - transfer of Aranyosi case law - Legality principle pursuant to Art. 49(1) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU - Changes of the release on licence to the detriment of the convicted person

Appeal against the order of the General Court (T-136/22) – action for damages – evidence regarding pushback allegations against Frontex – legal errors in the General Court’s assessment of proof and of actual damage

In this judgment, the Court was called to clarify the scope of EU law requirements flowing from Directive 2013/48 on the right of access to a lawyer and more particularly, the interpretation of the rules concerning the waiver of that right by illiterate persons.

Right of access to a lawyer under Directive 2013/48/EU - Art. 47(1) CFR - Bulgarian legislation and case-law depriving courts from assessing evidence collected in breach of the Directive - exclusion of evidence -fairness of the criminal proceedings - derogation from the right of access to a lawyer - waiver of the right by illiterate suspects - rights of information in cases of waiver

Fourth Anti-Money Laundering Directive (Directive (EU) 2015/849) – Personal Scope – Art. 2(1)(3)(a) – Obliged entity – Concept of "external accountants" – Accounting services provided, on an ancillary basis, to companies related to the entity providing them

Common foreign and security policy – Restrictive measures adopted in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine – Freezing of funds – List of persons, entities and bodies subject to the freezing of funds and economic resources – Inclusion of the applicant’s name on the list - restrictive measures against serious human rights violations and abuses

Action for annulment brought by Bytedance Ltd (TikTok) against the European Commission’s decision to designate it as a gatekeeper under the Digital Markets Act (DMA).

An appeal has been subsequently brought by Bytedance Ltd in Case C-627/24 P

Request for a preliminary ruling - Article 50 of the Charter - ne bis in idem

Non-contractual liability – Frontex’s obligations relating to the protection of fundamental rights – Joint return operation carried out by Frontex and the Hellenic Republic - No abuse of process – Admissibility – Causal link

Appeal following the General's Court judgment in Case T-600/21

Second reference for preliminary ruling in the context of the EncroChat law enforcement operation - Compliance with Directive 2014/41 relating to the European Investigation Order in criminal matters - Similar question as in Case C-670/22 but under different factual circumstances - legitimacy of the EncroChat infiltration - consequences for the use of evidence in case of breach of EU law. Questions referred in detail:

1.   On Art. 6(1)(b) of Directive 2014/41

Does Article 6(1)(b) of Directive 2014/41 preclude a European Investigation Order (‘EIO’) for the transfer of telecommunications data already available in the executing State (France) if, under the law of the issuing State (Germany), a comparable domestic surveillance measure would be inadmissible and the data obtained from it may not, for that reason, be used for criminal prosecution in other proceedings?

2.   On Art. 6(1)(a) of Directive 2014/41

a) …

Interpretation of Art. 59 4th AML Directive - treatment of multiple infringements - seriousness of infringements - fines on financial institutions

Judicial cooperation in criminal matters – European Investigation Order – Concepts of ‘issuing authority’ and ‘other competent authority acting in its capacity as an investigating authority in criminal proceedings’ – Competence to order the gathering of evidence in accordance with national law – Search measures requiring the authorisation of an investigating judge – Conditions for issuing a European Investigation Order

Article 4(6) of Council Framework Decision 2002/584/JHA of 13 June 2002; (2) - Articles 22(1) and 25 of Council Framework Decision 2008/909/JHA of 27 November 2008; (3) - Articles 24, 25, 26 and 55(1) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1862 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 November 2018; (4) - recital 46 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1862 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 November 2018 - potential obligation of the issuing State to delete the alert entered in the SIS and to discharge the European arrest warrant - power of the executing State to request the SIRENE Bureau of the issuing State to delete the alert from the SIS - obligation of the SIRENE Bureau to comply with that request

Material scope of Directive regarding the European Investigation Order in criminal matters – Concept of "investigative measure" – Service of an indictment accompanied by an order that the person be remanded in custody pending trial and make a bail payment – Additionally, order for a hearing of the accused person - Refusal of an EIO in part

Data protection and fundamental rights - inquiries in income tax evasion - request for disclosure of personal data under banking secrecy - granting procedure before court - court as "controller" within the meaning of the GDPR - supervision of data access - court as "supervisory authority - effective protection against a further breach of the security of personal data - judicial control

Directive 2010/13 on audiovisual media services, as amended by Directive 2018/1808 - nullum crimen, nulla poena sine lege certa - Article 49(1) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union - principle of certainty - human value and dignity - broadcasting of inappropriate content

The case was joined with Case C-555/23 (Makeleio)

Directive 2010/13 – Provision of audiovisual media services (AVMS) – Internet news portal also broadcasting AVMS – Broadcasts that violate human dignity - fines – Prohibition of broadcasting programmes of poor quality – Principle of conforming interpretation – Limits – Principles of legality and foreseeability

The case was joined with Case C-556/23