Framework Decision 2008/675/JHA – Article 3(1) – Principle of assimilation of earlier convictions handed down in another Member State – Obligation to ensure that the effects attached to those convictions are equivalent to those attached to previous national convictions – National rules concerning subsequent formation of a cumulative sentence – Multiple offences – Determination of an aggregate sentence – Maximum of 15 years for non-life custodial sentences – Article 3(5) – Exception – Offence committed before the handing down or execution of sentences in another Member State

requested annulment of Article 74a and Article 74b of Regulation 2016/794 as amended by Regulation 2022/991

Actions for annulment – Regulation (EU) 2021/241 of the European Parliament and of the Council – Council Implementing Decision of 17 June 2022 on the approval of the assessment of the recovery and resilience plan for Poland – Lack of direct concern – Inadmissibility

The case was joined with cases T-530/22, T-531/22, and T-532/22

Actions for annulment – Regulation (EU) 2021/241 of the European Parliament and of the Council – Council Implementing Decision of 17 June 2022 on the approval of the assessment of the recovery and resilience plan for Poland – Lack of direct concern – Inadmissibility

The case was joined with cases T-531/22, T-532/22, and T-533/22.

The case was decided by Order of the General Court on 4 June 2024. The Court dismissed the actions as inadmissible.

EU's own resources - obligations for EU Member States - establishment of Union's right for customs duties - OLAF mission report - effective measures to secure the EU's financial interests

The applicant seeks annulment of Council Decision (CFSP) 2022/883 of 3 June 2022 amending Decision 2014/145/CFSP concerning restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine.

Common foreign and security policy – Freezing of funds – Action for annulment – Obligation to state reason

European arrest warrant - Framework Decision 2002/584/JHA - Art. 6(2) - Determination of competent judicial authorities - Decision to postpone surrender of requested person issued by an institution which is not an executing judicial authority - Art. 23 - Expiry of time limits for surrender - Consequences - Art. 12 and Art. 24, para. 1 - Detention of the requested person for the purpose of prosecution in the executing Member State - Art. 6, 47 and 48 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union - Right of the prosecuted person to appear in person at the trial

Compatibility of Art. 9 of Directive 2016/343 (1) and the principle of effectiveness of a national provision such as Art. 423(3) NPK with the obligation of a person who files an application for a retrial because he or she was not present at the first hearing and none of the cases of Art. 8(2) [of that Directive] applies, to appear in person before the court to have that application considered on the merits of the case.

NOTE: The case was joined with Case C-430/22. For details see there.

Common system of value added tax (VAT) – Directive 2006/112/EC – Article 203 – Obligation to pay – Person who enters VAT on an invoice – Person liable to pay VAT – Fake invoices issued by an employee including the employer’s details without its knowledge or consent – Employer due diligence

Interpretation of Art. 54 CISA and Art. 50 CFR - extradition to third countries (here: USA) - extradition of a non-EU citizen (third country national) against whom a final judgment has been passed by another Member State of the European Union for the same offences to which the extradition request relates - obligations from bilateral extradition treaty between the requested EU Member State and the third country - follow-up to the CJEU judgment of 12 May 2021 in Case C-505/19 (WS v Bundesrepublik Deutschland).

Is it compatible with the second sentence of Article 19(1) TEU and the first and second paragraphs of Article 47 of the Charter for a national law to impose a requirement under which a court other than the one hearing the case and before which all the evidence has been taken is to examine the substance of an agreement entered into between the public prosecutor and an accused person, whereby the reason behind that requirement is the fact that there are other co-accused persons who have not entered into an agreement - Is a national law under which an agreement discontinuing criminal proceedings is to be approved only with the consent of all other co-accused persons and their defence counsel compatible with Article 5 of Framework Decision 2004/757

Questions referred: Must the second sentence of Article 8(4) of Directive 2016/343 (1) be interpreted as obliging a national court which convicts an accused person in absentia, without the conditions of Article 8(2) being met, to make express reference to the accused person’s right to have the proceedings reopened, to which he or she is entitled under Article 9 of that directive, in order that he or she can be informed of that right at a later stage, in particular when he or she is detained for the purpose of executing the sentence? The question arises in the light of the fact that national law provides neither for the person convicted in absentia to be informed of his or her right to have the proceedings reopened when he or she is detained for the purpose of executing the sentence, nor …

Interpretation of Art. 4a of Framework Decision 2002/584 on the European arrest warrant as introduced by Framework Decision 2009/299 - proceedings of subsequent fixing of aggregate sentence - no oral hearing - no examination of guilt - modification of penalty - conformity of the implementation of Art. 4a in Sec. 83(1) No. 3 of the German Law on International Cooperation in Criminal Matters (IRG) - facultative vs mandatory refusal grounds

Balancing access to documents v protection of personal data – Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 – Documents relating to the allowances and expenses paid to a Member of Parliament and the salaries and allowances of his or her parliamentary assistants – MEP's refusal to step back despite criminal conviction to long sentence - Refusal to grant access to individuals by EP – Exception relating to the protection of privacy and the integrity of the individual – Article 4(1)(b) and (6) of Regulation No 1049/2001 – Protection of the data subject’s legitimate interests – Necessity of the transmission of personal data for a specific purpose in the public interest – Article 9(1) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1725

rule of law concerning the procedure for calculating the limitation period - infringement of the fundamental principle of the right to respect for private life - infringement of the right to sound administration