Sections

Giorgia Lo TauroAssociate FratiniVergano-European Lawyers, Ph.D. in European Union Law

The Court Again Deals with the Imposition of Lump Sum and Penalty Payments under Art. 260, paragraph 2, TFEU

15 April 2025 Issue: 1/2025

Aramis SebrechtsJuris Doctor, Università degli Studi Roma Tre

C. BURELLI, La discrezionalità della Commissione europea nelle procedure di infrazione

9 April 2025 Issue: 1/2025

Reviews

Enrico TraversaAdjunct Professor of European Labour Law, University of Bologna | Former Director of the "Justice and Home Affairs" team of the Legal Service of the European Commission, Brussels.

The Time Limit for Initiating the Investigation in Proceedings Before the Italian Competition Authority

7 April 2025 Issue: 1/2025

Articles,Infringement proceedings

Alice Setari, Riccardo TremoladaLawyer, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP

“Constitutional Tone”: formally conciliatory, substantially worrying. Brief reflections starting from Constitutional Judgment No. 31/2025

7 April 2025 Issue: 1/2025

Annotations,Relations between supreme national courts and European Courts

Chiara AmalfitanoFull Professor of EU Law, University of Milan

A Flexible Application of the Principle of Effectiveness: The Court of Justice’s Ruling in ASG 2

6 April 2025 Issue: 1/2025

Annotations,Judicial ‘life’ of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union

Alessandro CarpiCollaborateur chez Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, Bruxelles

The recovery of unlawful State aid from an undertaking different from the original beneficiary when economic continuity exists: the judgment of the Court of Justice of the EU in C-588/23

1 April 2025 Issue: 1/2025

Annotations,Judicial ‘life’ of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union

Irene AgnolucciPostdoctoral Research Fellow in EU Law at Bocconi University

Direct Effect and the Crux (of What is Left) of the “Dual Preliminarity” Doctrine

31 March 2025 Issue: 1/2025

Articles,Relations between supreme national courts and European Courts

Daniele GalloFull Professor of EU Law, Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali – LUISS

Only the GDP, and not its demographic weight, determines a State’s ability to pay: the new Communication on the criteria to determine financial penalties pursuant to article 260 TFEU

25 March 2025 Issue: 1/2025

Paolo Giuseppe SilvestriPhD Candidte in European Union Law, University of Ferrara

Only the GDP, and not its demographic weight, determines a State’s ability to pay: the new Communication on the criteria to determine financial penalties pursuant to article 260 TFEU

25 March 2025 Issue: 1/2025

Paolo Giuseppe SilvestriPhD Candidte in European Union Law, University of Ferrara

The Existential Crisis of the EU Constitutional Legal Order: the Opinion of AG Spielmann in Case C-448/23, Commission v Poland

19 March 2025 Issue: 1/2025

Comments,Relations between supreme national courts and European Courts

Giacomo Di FedericoFull Professor of EU Law, Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna

Different Role, Same Criteria: the Locus Standi Regime for Professional Judicial Associations

19 March 2025 Issue: 1/2025

Adelina MariniPhD Candidate in the Faculty of Law and Criminology, KU Leuven

Impact of Appointment Procedures on Judicial Independence in the Light of Valančius Case

18 March 2025 Issue: 1/2025

Articles

Francesco BattagliaProfessore associato di Diritto dell'Unione europea, Università di Roma "La Sapienza"

Lego Bricks in the Court of Justice: Designation of Safe Countries of Origin. Grand Chamber Hearing of 25 February 2025, Joined Cases C-758/24 Alace and C-759/24 Canpelli

12 March 2025 Issue: 1/2025

Annotations,Relations between supreme national courts and European Courts

Sara MorlottiPhD Candidate in European Union Law, University of Milan

Dyson and Three Issues of Damages Liability in EU Law

12 March 2025 Issue: 1/2025

Pekka AaltoAdministrator at the Court of Justice of the European Union; Associate Professor of European Law at University of Helsinki

Judicial protection of individuals judged in absentia under EU law in the Stangalov judgment: A (partially) missed opportunity?

5 March 2025 Issue: 1/2025

Annotations,Judicial ‘life’ of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union

Marta RamatPhD student in EU Law at Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca

The illusory nature of the right to an effective remedy under Regulation (EU) 2018/1725: remarks on the Bindl v. Commission judgment

4 March 2025 Issue: 1/2025

Anna FiorentiniPhD Candidate in European Union Law, Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna

Whose Jurisdiction? Penality Payments for Failing to Execute Interim Measures Under Art. 279 TFEU in Poland V Commission

3 March 2025 Issue: 1/2025

Interim measures,Annotations

Niels KirstLL.M., Assistant Professor of EU Law, Dublin City University

Times Change, and so Does the Dialogue: Order No. 21 of 2025 of the Italian Constitutional Court

25 February 2025 Issue: 1/2025

Annotations,Relations between supreme national courts and European Courts

Samuele BarbieriResearch Fellow in European Union Law, University of Ferrara

“Dual Preliminarity” in Criminal Matters: the Judge Remains Free to Disapply Disproportionate Penalties (but the Court Would Rather Not)

25 February 2025 Issue: 1/2025

Annotations,Relations between supreme national courts and European Courts

Pier Francesco BrescianiPost-doc research fellow in Constitutional Law, Alma Mater Studiorum Bologna

Centralized Judicial Review and Double Preliminary Ruling With a Systematic Impact in Constitutional Matters

21 February 2025 Issue: 1/2025

Comments,Relations between supreme national courts and European Courts

Beatrice SboroPhD Student in Constitutional Law, Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna

Trenitalia and Caronte & Tourist: is it really the end of the story?

19 February 2025 Issue: 1/2025

Comments,Litigation in direct actions

Isabella PeregoLawyer

Manifesly Well-Founded Action: Some Recent Orders of the General Court

18 February 2025 Issue: 1/2025

Michele LaterzaAvvocato, dottore di ricerca in Diritto dell’Unione europea

A Brief Pedagogical Judgment on Issues Relating to the Admissibility of Actions for Annulment

11 February 2025 Issue: 1/2025

Maria EfthymiouJudge in the Court of First Instance, Athens

The Judgment Banca Popolare di Bari SpA. c. European Commission: brief considerations on the limitation period in the framework of the action for damages against the Union

9 February 2025 Issue: 1/2025

Federico FerriResearcher in European Union Law, Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna

The Notion of “Jurisdiction” in the light of the European Public Prosecutor’s Regulation: a Legitimacy of the Public Prosecutor to Request a Preliminary Reference?

3 February 2025 Issue: 1/2025

Articles,Litigation within preliminary rulings

Agnese CiprandiOrdinary magistrate on traineeship at the Court of Milan (D.M. 22.10.2024), PhD in European Union law at the University of Milan

Nemo judex in causa sua…or is it possible? The Court rules on the requirement of impartiality of national judges

2 February 2025 Issue: 1/2025

Annotations,Judicial ‘life’ of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union

Alessandra FaviDocente a contratto in Diritto dell'Unione europea, Università degli Studi di Firenze

Some Considerations on the Reform of the Statute of the Court of Justice of the European Union in Light of its Negotiation. Et quo, hinc?

28 January 2025 Issue: 1/2025

Articles,The reform of the Statute of the Court of Justice of the EU

Michela AngeliDeputy legal adviser to the Permanent Representation of Italy to the European Union

Opinion of Advocate General Ćapeta in the Seraing Case

27 January 2025 Issue: 1/2025

Stefano BastianonFull Professor of EU Law, University of Bergamo

The Scope of the Reasoning in Case of Exception to the Obligation to Refer Questions for a Preliminary Ruling: Remarks on the Order for Reference in Case C-767/23, Remlin

27 January 2025 Issue: 1/2025

Martina PreviatelloPost-Doc research fellow in EU Law, University of Trieste

The Obligation to Make a Preliminary Reference in the Procedural Rules Specificities of the Member States: the Ruling of the Court of Justice in KUBERA

21 January 2025 Issue: 1/2025

Giovanna CapudiPhD Student in EU Law, University of Milan

The Protection of Procedural Rights in the Context of the European Arrest Warrant: Challenges and Limits in Judicial Cooperation with the United Kingdom Post-Brexit

20 January 2025 Issue: 1/2025

Annotations,Judicial ‘life’ of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union

Benedetta MinucciPost-doc research fellow in EU Law, University of Naples

The “Infringement-Saving” Decree Does Not Stop the Non-Application of Extensions: Commentary on RAC Liguria, Judgment of 14 December 2024, No. 869, Concerning State-Owned Maritime Concessions

17 January 2025 Issue: 1/2025

Annotations,Relations between supreme national courts and European Courts

Andrea CircoloResearcher in European Union Law, University of Naples Federico II

Safe Countries, Judicial Review, and Exceptions: Two Rulings from the Court of Cassation Awaiting the Court of Justice

17 January 2025 Issue: 1/2025

Annotations,Relations between supreme national courts and European Courts

Giulia MentastiPost-doc research fellow in Criminal Law, University of Milan

Ten Years of Infringement Procedures: the Court of Auditors’ Report

14 January 2025 Issue: 1/2025

Paolo Giuseppe SilvestriPhD Candidte in European Union Law, University of Ferrara

The Court of Cassation Rules on the Preliminary Ruling on Safe Countries of Origin Pursuant to Art. 363 bis c.p.c.

14 January 2025 Issue: 1/2025

Comments,Relations between supreme national courts and European Courts

Marcella ComettiPost-doc research fellow in EU Law, University of Turin

The non application of the sanction in Italian law after the NE judgement: a new case of double preliminary question?

7 January 2025 Issue: 1/2025

Annotations,Relations between supreme national courts and European Courts

Miriana LanottePostdoctoral Research Fellow in European Union Law at the University of Bologna

The Vivendi “saga”: The Impact of Procedural Law on the Conditions to Grant Interim Measures and on the Delimitation of their Effects

31 December 2024 Issue: 3/2024

Interim measures

Riccardo TorresanMember of the Legal Service, Single Resolution Board

National Law as a «Legal Fact» in the Appeal Proceedings: Advocate General Kokott’s Opinion in Corneli

17 December 2024 Issue: 3/2024

Litigation generated by pourvois

Ilaria AnròProfessoressa associata di Diritto dell’Unione europea presso l’Università degli Studi di Milano

On the Challengeability of the Acts of the European Parliament: the Judgment of the Court of Justice in Puigdemont i Casamajó and Comín i Oliveres v European Parliament

17 December 2024 Issue: 3/2024

Litigation in direct actions

Susanna VillaniAssistant Professor of EU Law, University of Bologna

Sections

Litigation within preliminary rulings

A cura di Filippo Croci, Igor Taccani

Litigation in direct actions

A cura di Fabio Spitaleri, Daniele Domenicucci

Litigation generated by pourvois

A cura di Paolo Biavati, Massimo Condinanzi

Interim measures

A cura di Paolo Piva, Massimo Orzan

Relations between supreme national courts and European Courts

A cura di Gian Michele Roberti, Diletta Tega

Infringement proceedings

A cura di Luca Prete, Massimo Urbani

Litigation before EU Agencies’ Boards of Appeal

A cura di Jacopo Alberti, Marco Lamandini

Judicial ‘life’ of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union

A cura di Ilaria Anrò, Nicole Lazzerini

Procedural issues

A cura di Chiara Amalfitano, Massimo Condinanzi

The reform of the Statute of the Court of Justice of the EU

A cura di Chiara Amalfitano, Massimo Condinanzi

Book Reviews

A cura di Camilla Burelli e Maria Cristina Bottino

News from the Sections

The Intervention of the National Competition Authority in Merger Control Referral Cases: Brief Notes on the Order of the EU General Court in Brasserie Nationale and Munhowen v Commission

15 April 2025 Issue: 1/2025

Giorgia Lo TauroAssociate FratiniVergano-European Lawyers, Ph.D. in European Union Law

The Court Again Deals with the Imposition of Lump Sum and Penalty Payments under Art. 260, paragraph 2, TFEU

15 April 2025 Issue: 1/2025

Aramis SebrechtsJuris Doctor, Università degli Studi Roma Tre

C. BURELLI, La discrezionalità della Commissione europea nelle procedure di infrazione

9 April 2025 Issue: 1/2025

Reviews

Enrico TraversaAdjunct Professor of European Labour Law, University of Bologna | Former Director of the "Justice and Home Affairs" team of the Legal Service of the European Commission, Brussels.

The Time Limit for Initiating the Investigation in Proceedings Before the Italian Competition Authority

7 April 2025 Issue: 1/2025

Articles,Infringement proceedings

Alice Setari, Riccardo TremoladaLawyer, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP

“Constitutional Tone”: formally conciliatory, substantially worrying. Brief reflections starting from Constitutional Judgment No. 31/2025

7 April 2025 Issue: 1/2025

Annotations,Relations between supreme national courts and European Courts

Chiara AmalfitanoFull Professor of EU Law, University of Milan

A Flexible Application of the Principle of Effectiveness: The Court of Justice’s Ruling in ASG 2

6 April 2025 Issue: 1/2025

Annotations,Judicial ‘life’ of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union

Alessandro CarpiCollaborateur chez Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, Bruxelles

The recovery of unlawful State aid from an undertaking different from the original beneficiary when economic continuity exists: the judgment of the Court of Justice of the EU in C-588/23

1 April 2025 Issue: 1/2025

Annotations,Judicial ‘life’ of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union

Irene AgnolucciPostdoctoral Research Fellow in EU Law at Bocconi University

Direct Effect and the Crux (of What is Left) of the “Dual Preliminarity” Doctrine

31 March 2025 Issue: 1/2025

Articles,Relations between supreme national courts and European Courts

Daniele GalloFull Professor of EU Law, Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali – LUISS

Only the GDP, and not its demographic weight, determines a State’s ability to pay: the new Communication on the criteria to determine financial penalties pursuant to article 260 TFEU

25 March 2025 Issue: 1/2025

Paolo Giuseppe SilvestriPhD Candidte in European Union Law, University of Ferrara

Only the GDP, and not its demographic weight, determines a State’s ability to pay: the new Communication on the criteria to determine financial penalties pursuant to article 260 TFEU

25 March 2025 Issue: 1/2025

Paolo Giuseppe SilvestriPhD Candidte in European Union Law, University of Ferrara

The Existential Crisis of the EU Constitutional Legal Order: the Opinion of AG Spielmann in Case C-448/23, Commission v Poland

19 March 2025 Issue: 1/2025

Comments,Relations between supreme national courts and European Courts

Giacomo Di FedericoFull Professor of EU Law, Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna

Different Role, Same Criteria: the Locus Standi Regime for Professional Judicial Associations

19 March 2025 Issue: 1/2025

Adelina MariniPhD Candidate in the Faculty of Law and Criminology, KU Leuven

Impact of Appointment Procedures on Judicial Independence in the Light of Valančius Case

18 March 2025 Issue: 1/2025

Articles

Francesco BattagliaProfessore associato di Diritto dell'Unione europea, Università di Roma "La Sapienza"

Lego Bricks in the Court of Justice: Designation of Safe Countries of Origin. Grand Chamber Hearing of 25 February 2025, Joined Cases C-758/24 Alace and C-759/24 Canpelli

12 March 2025 Issue: 1/2025

Annotations,Relations between supreme national courts and European Courts

Sara MorlottiPhD Candidate in European Union Law, University of Milan

Dyson and Three Issues of Damages Liability in EU Law

12 March 2025 Issue: 1/2025

Pekka AaltoAdministrator at the Court of Justice of the European Union; Associate Professor of European Law at University of Helsinki

Judicial protection of individuals judged in absentia under EU law in the Stangalov judgment: A (partially) missed opportunity?

5 March 2025 Issue: 1/2025

Annotations,Judicial ‘life’ of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union

Marta RamatPhD student in EU Law at Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca

The illusory nature of the right to an effective remedy under Regulation (EU) 2018/1725: remarks on the Bindl v. Commission judgment

4 March 2025 Issue: 1/2025

Anna FiorentiniPhD Candidate in European Union Law, Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna

Whose Jurisdiction? Penality Payments for Failing to Execute Interim Measures Under Art. 279 TFEU in Poland V Commission

3 March 2025 Issue: 1/2025

Interim measures,Annotations

Niels KirstLL.M., Assistant Professor of EU Law, Dublin City University

Times Change, and so Does the Dialogue: Order No. 21 of 2025 of the Italian Constitutional Court

25 February 2025 Issue: 1/2025

Annotations,Relations between supreme national courts and European Courts

Samuele BarbieriResearch Fellow in European Union Law, University of Ferrara

“Dual Preliminarity” in Criminal Matters: the Judge Remains Free to Disapply Disproportionate Penalties (but the Court Would Rather Not)

25 February 2025 Issue: 1/2025

Annotations,Relations between supreme national courts and European Courts

Pier Francesco BrescianiPost-doc research fellow in Constitutional Law, Alma Mater Studiorum Bologna

Centralized Judicial Review and Double Preliminary Ruling With a Systematic Impact in Constitutional Matters

21 February 2025 Issue: 1/2025

Comments,Relations between supreme national courts and European Courts

Beatrice SboroPhD Student in Constitutional Law, Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna

Trenitalia and Caronte & Tourist: is it really the end of the story?

19 February 2025 Issue: 1/2025

Comments,Litigation in direct actions

Isabella PeregoLawyer

Manifesly Well-Founded Action: Some Recent Orders of the General Court

18 February 2025 Issue: 1/2025

Michele LaterzaAvvocato, dottore di ricerca in Diritto dell’Unione europea

A Brief Pedagogical Judgment on Issues Relating to the Admissibility of Actions for Annulment

11 February 2025 Issue: 1/2025

Maria EfthymiouJudge in the Court of First Instance, Athens

The Judgment Banca Popolare di Bari SpA. c. European Commission: brief considerations on the limitation period in the framework of the action for damages against the Union

9 February 2025 Issue: 1/2025

Federico FerriResearcher in European Union Law, Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna

The Notion of “Jurisdiction” in the light of the European Public Prosecutor’s Regulation: a Legitimacy of the Public Prosecutor to Request a Preliminary Reference?

3 February 2025 Issue: 1/2025

Articles,Litigation within preliminary rulings

Agnese CiprandiOrdinary magistrate on traineeship at the Court of Milan (D.M. 22.10.2024), PhD in European Union law at the University of Milan

Nemo judex in causa sua…or is it possible? The Court rules on the requirement of impartiality of national judges

2 February 2025 Issue: 1/2025

Annotations,Judicial ‘life’ of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union

Alessandra FaviDocente a contratto in Diritto dell'Unione europea, Università degli Studi di Firenze

Some Considerations on the Reform of the Statute of the Court of Justice of the European Union in Light of its Negotiation. Et quo, hinc?

28 January 2025 Issue: 1/2025

Articles,The reform of the Statute of the Court of Justice of the EU

Michela AngeliDeputy legal adviser to the Permanent Representation of Italy to the European Union

Opinion of Advocate General Ćapeta in the Seraing Case

27 January 2025 Issue: 1/2025

Stefano BastianonFull Professor of EU Law, University of Bergamo

The Scope of the Reasoning in Case of Exception to the Obligation to Refer Questions for a Preliminary Ruling: Remarks on the Order for Reference in Case C-767/23, Remlin

27 January 2025 Issue: 1/2025

Martina PreviatelloPost-Doc research fellow in EU Law, University of Trieste

The Obligation to Make a Preliminary Reference in the Procedural Rules Specificities of the Member States: the Ruling of the Court of Justice in KUBERA

21 January 2025 Issue: 1/2025

Giovanna CapudiPhD Student in EU Law, University of Milan

The Protection of Procedural Rights in the Context of the European Arrest Warrant: Challenges and Limits in Judicial Cooperation with the United Kingdom Post-Brexit

20 January 2025 Issue: 1/2025

Annotations,Judicial ‘life’ of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union

Benedetta MinucciPost-doc research fellow in EU Law, University of Naples

The “Infringement-Saving” Decree Does Not Stop the Non-Application of Extensions: Commentary on RAC Liguria, Judgment of 14 December 2024, No. 869, Concerning State-Owned Maritime Concessions

17 January 2025 Issue: 1/2025

Annotations,Relations between supreme national courts and European Courts

Andrea CircoloResearcher in European Union Law, University of Naples Federico II

Safe Countries, Judicial Review, and Exceptions: Two Rulings from the Court of Cassation Awaiting the Court of Justice

17 January 2025 Issue: 1/2025

Annotations,Relations between supreme national courts and European Courts

Giulia MentastiPost-doc research fellow in Criminal Law, University of Milan

Ten Years of Infringement Procedures: the Court of Auditors’ Report

14 January 2025 Issue: 1/2025