Table of Contents: 1. Introduction. – 2. The legal and historical context of the International Fruit Company saga at the Community and international level. – 3. The International Fruit Company saga. – 3.1. The procedural history of the cases. – 3.2. The broad interpretation of the notion of measures having...
Table of Contents: 1. Introduction: operation and scope of digital labour platforms. – 2. The risks for decent work in the gig economy. – 2.1. Fundamental principles and rights at work. – 2.2. Employment creation. – 2.3. Social protection and social dialogue. – 3. The EU Platform Work Directive. – 3.1. Legal qualification of people working via...
Table of Contents: 1. Introduction. – 2. The challenges posed by disinformation: a threat to EU values. – 3. The EU’s legislative response to disinformation. – 3.1. Enhancing platforms’ responsibility: the Digital Services Act. – 3.2. Regulating political advertising and restricting microtargeting: the Political Advertising Regulation. – 3.3....
Table of Contents: 1. Introduction. – 2. Case facts and questions raised. – 3. The Opinion of Advocate General Ćapeta and the Court’s decision. – 4. Barało and suspect vulnerability: another missed opportunity. – 4.1. Understanding vulnerability: a multifaceted concept deserving adequate legal protection. – 4.2. The ‘Suspect...
Table of contents: 1. Introduction. – 2. The meaning of the principle of energy solidarity and its emergence as a legally binding principle. – 2.1. Definition of the principle of energy solidarity. – 2.2. The Opal Case: The emergence of energy solidarity as a fundamental legal principle. – 3. The principle of energy solidarity in interplay with...
Table of Contents: 1. The EU orthodox and unorthodox social competences: an introduction. – 2. The social dimension of EU internal market powers: temporal, substantive and strategic considerations. – 2.1. Structural transitions and working conditions: insights from Directive 2001/23 and Directive 98/59. – 3....
Table of Contents: 1. Introduction. – 2. Preliminary ruling instead of direct review: interpretation with(out) (limited) facts. – 3. Anonymity before the law: direct or indirect (factual) identifiers removed. – 4. Access to written submissions: default generalised anonymous transparency. – 5. Connecting the dots: towards requests for additional...
Table of Contents: 1. Introduction. – 2. The Guichet Unique Mechanism: Practical functioning and scope of examination. – 3. Key figures and first review after nine months of implementation of the Reform. – 4. Concluding remarks.
Abstract: The present article offers an...
Table of Contents: 1. Introduction. – 2. Setting the stage: two courts ut one procedure. – 3. Rules concerning Advocates General before the General Court. – 3.1. Election of Advocates General at the General Court. – 3.2. The dual role of Advocates General of the General Court and its organisational consequences. – 4. The role of Advocates General at...
Table of Contents: 1. Introduction. – 2. Approaching constitutionalisation. – 3. Elements of the 2024 reform strengthening the Court of Justice’s constitutional role. – 3.1. Aims of the reform. – 3.2. Allocation of cases between the EU courts. – 3.3. Safeguard mechanisms. – 3.4. Specialisation of the General Court. – 4. Problematising...
