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Case C-181/23: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 29 April 2025 – Commission v Malta (Citizenship by investment) (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Article 20 TFEU – Citizenship of the Union – Article 4(3) TEU – Principle of sincere cooperation – Principle of mutual trust between the Member States – Grant of the nationality of a Member State – Special relationship of solidarity and good faith – Operation of an investor citizenship scheme – Naturalisation in exchange for predetermined payments or investments – Transactional nature of the naturalisation scheme, which amounts to the commercialisation of Union citizenship)
Date: 2025-04-29
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: European citizenship, direct investment, infringement of EU law, naturalisation, payment, service








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Official Journal of the European Union


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C/2025/3238


24.6.2025






Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 29 April 2025 – Commission v Malta (Citizenship by investment)


(Case C-181/23)
                (1)

(Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Article 20 TFEU - Citizenship of the Union - Article 4(3) TEU - Principle of sincere cooperation - Principle of mutual trust between the Member States - Grant of the nationality of a Member State - Special relationship of solidarity and good faith - Operation of an investor citizenship scheme - Naturalisation in exchange for predetermined payments or investments - Transactional nature of the naturalisation scheme, which amounts to the ‘commercialisation’ of Union citizenship)
(C/2025/3238)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: European Commission (represented by: C. Ladenburger, E. Montaguti and J. Tomkin, acting as Agents)

Defendant: Republic of Malta (represented by: A. Buhagiar, acting as Agent, and by D. Sarmiento Ramírez-Escudero, abogado)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Declares that, by establishing and operating an institutionalised citizenship investment scheme, such as the Maltese Citizenship by Naturalisation for Exceptional Services by Direct Investment scheme, based on Article 10(9) of the Maltese Citizenship Act (Chapter 188 of the Laws of Malta), as amended by the Maltese Citizenship (Amendment No. 2) Act (Act XXXVIII of 2020) and the Granting of citizenship for Exceptional Services Regulations, 2020 (Subsidiary Legislation 188.06 of the Laws of Malta), which establishes a transactional naturalisation procedure in exchange for predetermined payments or investments and thus amounts to the commercialisation of the grant of the nationality of a Member State and, by extension, that of Union citizenship, the Republic of Malta has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 20 TFEU and Article 4(3) TEU.










2.


Orders the Republic of Malta to pay the costs.






(1)  
            OJ C 173, 15.5.2023.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/3238/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee – Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2019/631 to include an additional flexibility as regards the calculation of manufacturers’ compliance with CO2 emission performance standards for new passenger cars and new light commercial vehicles for the calendar years 2025 to 2027 (COM(2025) 136 final – 2025/0070 (COD))
Date: 2025-04-29
Institutions: European Economic and Social Committee
Subjects: air quality, commercial vehicle, energy consumption, environmental standard, greenhouse gas, motor car, motor vehicle, motor vehicle pollution, pollution control measures, reduction of gas emissions








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C/2025/3198


2.7.2025






Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee
Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2019/631 to include an additional flexibility as regards the calculation of manufacturers’ compliance with CO2 emission performance standards for new passenger cars and new light commercial vehicles for the calendar years 2025 to 2027


(COM(2025) 136 final – 2025/0070 (COD))


(C/2025/3198)







Referral


Council of the EU, 4.4.2025
European Parliament, 5.5.2025




Legal basis


Article 192 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union




Section responsible


Single Market, Production and Consumption




Adopted at plenary session


29.4.2025




Plenary session No


596




Outcome of vote
(for/against/abstentions)


162/2/1




Since the Committee endorses the content of the proposal and feels that it requires no comment on its part, it decided to issue an opinion endorsing the proposed text.


Brussels, 29 April 2025.


The President


of the European Economic and Social Committee

Oliver RÖPKE
               





ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/3198/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case C-307/25, KFZ Kolak: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberster Gerichtshof (Austria) lodged on 29 April 2025 – KFZ Kolak e.U. v GF
Date: 2025-04-29
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: defective product, purchase, reduced price, termination of a contract, vehicle parts








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C/2025/4267


11.8.2025






Request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberster Gerichtshof (Austria) lodged on 29 April 2025 – KFZ Kolak e.U. v GF


(Case C-307/25, KFZ Kolak)

(C/2025/4267)
Language of the case: German

Referring court

Oberster Gerichtshof

Parties to the main proceedings


Appellant on a point of law: KFZ Kolak e.U.

Respondent on a point of law: GF

Questions referred







1.


Must Article 13(4)(c) of Directive (EU) 2019/771 (1) be interpreted as meaning that a defect which affects the safety of the goods (in the present case, loss of oil from a motor vehicle which entails the risk of engine damage), even in the absence of other conditions, such as particularly egregious conduct on the part of the seller (deceit, for example), is of such a serious nature as to justify an immediate price reduction or cancellation of the sales contract?
If the answer to the first question is in the affirmative:










2.


Does the same apply where the defect could be remedied at relatively low financial cost?






(1)  Directive (EU) 2019/771 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2019 on certain aspects concerning contracts for the sale of goods, amending Regulation (EU) 2017/2394 and Directive 2009/22/EC, and repealing Directive 1999/44/EC (OJ 2019 L 136, p. 28).


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/4267/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-277/25: Action brought on 29 April 2025 – Spacehuntr v EUIPO – Sector Global (Eventflare)
Date: 2025-04-29
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, business management, property leasing, provision of services, registered trade mark, reservation, software, trade event, trade-mark law, travel agency








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Official Journal of the European Union


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C/2025/3422


30.6.2025






Action brought on 29 April 2025 – Spacehuntr v EUIPO – Sector Global (Eventflare)


(Case T-277/25)

(C/2025/3422)
Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties


Applicant: Spacehuntr (Zaventem, Belgium) (represented by: K. Guridi Sedlak, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Sector Global Ltd (Clevedon, United Kingdom)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO


Applicant of the trade mark at issue: Applicant before the General Court

Trade mark at issue: Application for European Union word mark Eventflare – Application for registration No 18 854 446
         

Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 21 February 2025 in Case R 1276/2024-4

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul the contested decision;










—


order that the trade mark at issue be allowed to proceed for all the goods and services refused by the defendant;










—


order EUIPO and the intervener, if any, to pay the costs.





Plea in law







—


Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.






ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/3422/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-579/24: Order of the General Court of 29 April 2025 – Kantor v Council
Date: 2025-04-29
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU restrictive measure, Russo-Ukrainian issue, economic sanctions, entrepreneur, freedom of assembly, freedom of association, international sanctions, natural person, principle of legal certainty, principle of proportionality, right to property








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C/2025/3564


7.7.2025






Order of the General Court of 29 April 2025 – Kantor v Council


(Case T-579/24)
                (1)

(C/2025/3564)
Language of the case: French
The President of the First Chamber has ordered that the case be removed from the register.


(1)  
            OJ C C/2025/398, 27.1.2025.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/3564/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case C-119/25, Marabu Airlines: Order of the President of the Court of 29 April 2025 (request for a preliminary ruling from the l’Amtsgericht Hamburg – Germany) – OF, NY v Marabu Airlines OÜ
Date: 2025-04-29
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: airline, civil aviation, consumer protection, damages, equal treatment, holiday, indemnification, package travel, provision of services, traveller








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C/2025/3886


21.7.2025






Order of the President of the Court of 29 April 2025 (request for a preliminary ruling from the l’Amtsgericht Hamburg – Germany) – OF, NY v Marabu Airlines OÜ


(Case C-119/25,
                (1)
Marabu Airlines)

(C/2025/3886)
Language of the case: German
The President of the Court has ordered that the case be removed from the register.


(1)  OJ C, C/2025/2364.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/3886/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)