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6 Oct, 7 tweets, 3 min read
CJEU, data protection

Judgment in @privacyint and French and Belgian cases: mass data retention is illegal in principle, but can be justified on national security grounds if temporary and subject to safeguards
CJEU, rule of law

Hungary's expulsion of Central European University was in breach of EU free movement law, WTO law, EU Charter right to academic freedom
CJEU, foreign policy sanctions

EU courts have jurisdiction to rule on damages if EU foreign policy sanctions were illegal; but a breach of the obligation to provide adequate reasons does not give rise to damages liability
Initial take on today's CJEU privacy judgments
Full text of today's CJEU @privacyint judgment on data protection law in UK - curia.europa.eu/juris/document…
Another initial take on today's CJEU judgments on privacy and data protection
Comments from @privacyint on today's CJEU judgment on their challenge to UK bulk data retention

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1 Oct
CJEU, weird foods I

New judgment: insects do not fall within the scope of the EU's 'novel foods' regulation: curia.europa.eu/juris/document…
CJEU, weird foods II

New judgment: oral aphrodisiacs probably not covered by reduced VAT rate for foodstuffs: curia.europa.eu/juris/document…
This is the kind of case law on food you get on a continent that doesn't have ice cubes...
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1 Oct
Commission: letter of formal notice sent to UK re the internal market bill and the withdrawal agreement. Invites the UK to reply within a month.

An explanation of the legal process - thread
The Commission is using the infringement procedure, which applies if Member States allegedly breach EU law. It applies to UK too for now, due to Art 131 of the withdrawal agreement, which gives CJEU its usual jurisdiction during the transition period, including over the agreement
Starting the infringement process doesn't establish by itself that UK has broken the law. It contains several pre-litigation phases. After the one month expires, the next phase is a reasoned opinion to the UK. Usually two months to reply to that, but the Commission can shorten.
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28 Sep
Just uploaded - my working paper on the legal issues of the withdrawal agreement

1/ on ResearchGate - researchgate.net/publication/34…

2/ on academia.edu - academia.edu/44179762/Worki…

Some snippets (thread)
The three overlapping tensions in the withdrawal agreement: between the approaches of EU and international law; the agreement as end point of membership, or future relationship; and the ambiguous position of Northern Ireland
The legal position of treaties in domestic law: unfortunately necessary to restate the basics, following the Attorney General's misleading statement
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23 Sep
New EU migration and asylum pact

Press release - ec.europa.eu/commission/pre…

Legal texts (main communication, five legislative proposals, soft law, roadmap, staff working document) - https://t.co/4Ai5rcWD6n
Main points in today's EU migration and asylum package.

Not everything is new - the Commission is reverting back to its prior proposals on qualification of refugees, reception of asylum seekers, resettlement of refugees, the EU asylum agency, and return of irregular migrants Image
Key new/amended proposals - on fast tracked screening of asylum seekers at the border. Not automatic rejection but limited procedural rights etc. Likely to raise human rights concerns. Image
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17 Sep
CJEU, immigration law

Member States can detain irregular migrants who don't comply with an expulsion decision, in certain circumstances: curia.europa.eu/juris/document…
CJEU, alleged hate speech

New judgment - upholds European Parliament decision to remove immunity from French National Front MEP, to face French criminal proceedings due to a tweet about Muslim women wearing a veil: curia.europa.eu/juris/document…
CJEU, extradition law

New AG opinion in case referred from Irish court - European Arrest Warrant still applies if the Member State issuing an EAW is recognising a conviction handed down by a non-EU State - human rights safeguard applies: curia.europa.eu/juris/document…
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10 Sep
The Attorney General avoids saying expressly that the bill would breach the UK's international obligations. But nor does she (or could she) deny it.
This is correct - the Attorney General has subtly misrepresented the law. Treaties are still binding at the international level even if domestic law breaches them - see Art 27 of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties
And also the Attorney General has misstated what a judgment of the Supreme Court has said
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