The House of Lords European Union Committee published a report on 11 April 2011 that found that with the increasing size of the EU's membership, coupled with the expansion of the Court of Justice of the European Union's jurisdiction since the Lisbon Treaty, the institution was struggling to manage its workload.
The European Court of Justice annulled a European Commission directive banning tobacco advertising in sport.
The role of the European Court of Justice is to examine the legality of EU acts and ensure the law is interpreted and applied uniformly.
Jan Roels, a Euro-expert at Arthur Andersen, draws attention to a recent judgment of the European Court of Justice in the case of Jessica Safir.
Fish Legal has been arguing that this position deprives the public of a necessary legal right to data on water pollution and should be referred to the European Court of Justice, since the EIR implement a European Union directive stemming from the Aarhus Convention on public access to environmental information.
By its ruling, the court sets itself up as final arbiter of further EU integration (and even of rulings by the European Court of Justice), argues Christian Calliess of the Free University in Berlin.
"We will not appeal the Court of First Instance's decision to the European Court of Justice and will continue to work closely with the commission and the industry to ensure a flourishing and competitive environment for information technology in Europe and around the world, " Microsoft said in a press release on Monday morning.
But the European Court of Justice banned the sale of branded goods bought through unauthorised channels outside the European Union - on the so-called 'grey market'.
The Court of Justice of the European Union ruled in favor of reselling downloaded games.
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That is followed by a motion to approve proposed reforms to the Court of Justice of the European Union.
If member states are unhappy with the EC's final response they could choose to challenge the legality of the measure at the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg.
One of the senior lawyers at the European Court of Justice reached a conclusion in Sharon Coleman's favour.
In a test-case ruling involving a Belgian soccer player, Jean-Marc Bosman, the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg decided in December 1995 that the European Union's rules on the free movement of labour applied to sportsmen.
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It sets out certain political, social and economic rights of EU citizens, and allows the European Court of Justice to strike down any aspect of EU law that is deemed to contravene the charter.
Chancellor Merkel has spoken of "sinners" being dragged before the European Court of Justice.
But he said the euro had been "beneficial" for his country and he believed eurozone members should have the right to use the resources of institutions such as the European Commission and the European Court of Justice to help them work closer together.
The firms hope to win a ruling from the European Court of Justice that would allow each of them to put all of its employees within the European Union into a single plan.
However, representatives from the Community union are still involved in a legal case against the government on behalf of the ASW workers, which is due to be heard at the European Court of Justice.
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Juliane Kokott, the European Court of Justice's advocate general, has criticised the current rules on evictions, saying they violate European consumer protection rules.
Then, in December, the European Court of Justice agreed to review a complaint from three French animal-rights campaigners, backed by the European Commission on Human Rights, who say that the French law letting shooters on to smallholders' land violates property rights and freedom of association because it forces people to become de facto members of the local field-sports association.
That decline is partly explained by the glut of foreign players that have joined the Premier League in the years since the European Court of Justice passed the so-called Bosman ruling in 1996, which established the right of players to free agency at the end of their contracts and abolished quotas on the number of non-nationals each club could sign or field.
They will also be able to refer the matter to the European Court of Justice.
Last week, the European Court of Justice, facing a similar question in SAS Institute Inc. v.
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The European Court of Justice would determine whether this national legislation was sufficiently binding.
The catalyst was a ruling made by the European Court of Justice in July.
The most important factor was a ruling by the European Court of Justice in November 2002.
The unions Community and Amicus are currently pursuing a compensation case through the European Court of Justice.
If it loses, it could appeal again to the European Court of Justice, pretty much the last potential legal avenue.
The Commission can go as far as imposing fines and taking Hungary to the European Court of Justice.
The European Court of Justice says the Council "exceeded its powers" when it decided on the 1.85% figure.
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