Europe – Slovakia – By judgment of 24 June 2025 (Case 351/23, GR REAL v. PO, RT), The Grand Chamber of the Court of Justice of the European Union considered that consumer protection and the requirement of effective judicial protection require that a consumer may contest the legality of the transfer of ownership to a third-party purchaser following a procedure for the forced execution of a mortgage on his family home, when this third party, having become the owner, proceeds to evict him, provided that there were consistent indications, at the date of the sale in question, as to the potentially abusive nature of these clauses, and that the consumer had used the legal remedies which could reasonably be expected of an average consumer, with a view to obtaining judicial review of said clauses
HAVET & VANHUFFEL – Association d’avocats The Prešov Regional Court (Slovakia) heard a dispute in which a company, which was awarded a family home following an extrajudicial auction, is seeking to evict the building’s former owners. The persons...
Europe – In two judgments of 11 June 2025 (cases T-681/22, Spain v. Commission and T-781/22 Madre Querida and Others v. Commission), the General Court of Justice of the European Union dismisses the actions brought against the regulation of the European Commission of 15 September 2022 ((EU)2022/1614 – OJEU 19 September 2022) determining the areas hosting or likely to host vulnerable marine ecosystems to be protected in certain deep-sea fishing grounds
HAVET & VANHUFFEL – Association d’avocats Spain and several fishing companies filed appeals in 2022 against Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1614 of 15 September 2022 determining the existing deep-sea fishing zones and establishing a list...
Europe – By judgment of 18 June 2025, the General Court of the EU considered that a Union institution, receiving a request for access to a document, cannot justify its refusal to disclose it on the basis of the exception relating to the protection of commercial interests when the information contained in this document constitutes information which “relates to emissions into the environment”
HAVET & VANHUFFEL – Association d’avocats By judgment of 18 June 2025 (T-222/23 – Arysta Lifescience v. European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), the General Court of the EU held that an EU institution, receiving a request for access to a document,...
Europe – The European Commission unveiled its European Oceans Pact on June 5, 2025
HAVET & VANHUFFEL – Association d’avocats On June 5, 2025, the European Commission unveiled the outlines of its European Oceans Pact. This document contains a comprehensive strategy on maritime issues aimed at « better protecting the oceans, promoting...