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Airbnb cannot be treated as a real estate agency – European Court of Justice
December 27th, 2019
The European Court of Justice, Europe’s top court,delivered Airbnb a major victory as the company readies for its public debut next year. Airbnb cannot be treated as a real estate agency by European regulators, the European Court of Justice ...
What the European Court of Justice ruled for advertising practices
February 13th, 2017
Comparative advertising must not mislead, rules EU Court The European Court of Justice on Wednesday ruled against inaccurate and misleading advertising practices which compare prices between shops while using different formats and sizes. Such advertising, the Court said, is ...
The European Court of Justice decides to say “no” to Cypriot claims of bail in
September 20th, 2016
The European Court of Justice has issued a press release to make public its decision that confirms the dismissal of the actions for annulment and dismisses on the merits the actions for compensation concerning the restructuring of the Cypriot banking sector. ...
European Court of Justice: Bitcoin is a currency and exchanges are VAT-exempt
October 22nd, 2015
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that bitcoin exchange transactions should be exempt from VAT. The ECJ ruling stated that bitcoin transactions “are exempt from VAT under the provision concerning transactions relating to currency, bank notes and ...
European Court of Justice Official Proposes Bitcoin VAT Exemption
July 17th, 2015
Bitcoin operations should be exempt from Value Added Tax (VAT), the Advocate General of the European Court of Justice said in an opinion document published today. Citing existing exemptions for currency and money transactions in Europe’s VAT Directive, Attorney ...
European Court of Justice – Outright Monetary Transactions (OMTs) case
January 14th, 2015
Comments by Yves Mersch, Member of the Executive Board, on the legal opinion of the Advocate General of the European Court of Justice in the OMT case OMT case “We take note of the European Court of Justice Advocate ...
The Court of Justice of the European Union delivers landmark copyright ruling
August 10th, 2018
The posting on a website of a photograph that was freely accessible on another website with the consent of the author requires a new authorisation by that author Mr Dirk Renckhoff, a photographer, authorised the operators of a travel ...
European Commission adopts new tools for safe exchanges of personal data
June 16th, 2021
On the 4th of June, the European Commission adopted two sets of standard contractual clauses, one for use between controllers and processors and one for the transfer of personal data to third countries. They reflect new requirements under the ...
Paris wins legal battle against Airbnb hosts in European high court
September 23rd, 2020
The European Court of Justice has upheld a French law that gives cities and towns the right to block short-term property rentals, a decision that may open the way for European cities to take action against Airbnb and similar ...
Irish High court freezes probe into Facebook’s EU-U.S. data flows
September 15th, 2020
Ireland’s High Court on Monday (14 September) temporarily froze a probe by Facebook’s lead European Union regulator that threatened to halt the U.S. social media giant’s transatlantic data flows, a court spokesman said. Facebook had sought a judicial review ...