Rashko Stoyanov* The global financial crisis of 2007 – 2008 clearly demonstrated the necessity of a regulatory framework for crisis management in the financial sector. For this reason, Directive 2014/59/EU and Regulation No 806/2014 were adopted in the European Union. Both legislative acts provide for swift decision-making procedures for the adoption of resolution measures […]
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Deyan Draguiev[1] The EU law inherently assumes that there is a significant imbalance in the relationship between commercial parties and consumers – due to lack of financial resources, information, opportunity to defend, etc. Therefore, various rules and regulations of EU aim at interfering with this imbalance and providing more options for consumers to […]
Svetlana Chobanova[1] The agreements of the World Trade Organization (WTO) form the basic rules in international trade relations among nations, with the WTO dispute settlement system allowing its Members to resolve disputes about the conformity of national measures with these rules. Today, this functional and well-developed over the years system is in […]
Christine Andreeva[1] The EU was not well-prepared to deal with jihadist terrorism in 2015, despite the indications of intensifying threat from 2011 on, nevertheless in 2019 it is much better aware of and equipped to face future threats stemming from jihadist terrorism. Whereas the term “effectiveness” is taboo in counter-terrorism circles, there is a […]
Мария Фъртунова-Мишел[1] Европейският съюз играе важна роля на международната сцена като основен международен партньор. Миграционната криза през 2015 г. обаче подрони способността на Съюза да защитава обща позиция в тази област. Така установеното отслабване на европейската интеграция се характеризира с възобновяване на националния интерес в прилагането на миграционната политика. То е отражение на амбивалентността […]
Judgment of 12 December 2019, Otis Gesellschaft and Others, C‑435/18, EU:C:2019:1069 Oleg Temnikov[1] This article provides an overview and the author’s comments on the Judgment of the ECJ in the Otis case (Judgment of 12 December 2019, Case C‑435/18, ECLI:EU:C:2019:1069). The Otis Judgment is a further significant contribution of the CJEU in the field […]
Eleonora Mateina[1] The purpose of the article is to outline the key aspects of the limitations of parallel trade with pharmaceuticals and to review the most significant decisions of the CJEU dedicated to this topic, i.e. decisions under the joined cases C-2/01 P и C-3/01 (Bayer/Adalat); case C-277/87 (Sandoz); joined cases C 501/06 P, […]
Deyan Draguiev[1] Directive 93/13 of the European Union is the blueprint for the protection of consumer rights within the EU. There is abundant case of the Court of Justice of the EU whereby the Court has reviewed and analysed the status of domestic consumer law, the means of protection of consumer rights under domestic […]
Бен Холес де Пейер[1] Авторът припомня във въведението към анализа си, че нивото и стандарта на закрила, предвидени в Европейската конвенция за правата на човека, по-конкретно в чл. 8 от ЕКПЧ (Право на зачитане на личния и семейния живот), и юриспруденцията на Европейския съд за правата на човека са обвързващи за Европейската комисия […]
Мария Фъртунова-Мишел[1] Авторът разглежда практиката на Съда на ЕС по въпроси, свързани с изпълнението на европейската заповед за арест и спазването на правото на ефективни правни средства за защита и на справедлив съдебен процес, заложен в Хартата на основните права на Европейския съюз. Тезата, която излага е, че използвайки потенциала на Хартата, Съдът стига […]
Elka Koleva[1] Erasmus + is the Union’s programme to support action in the field of education and training, youth and sport. The current Erasmus + programme covers the period 2014-2020. A new regulatory framework is due to be adopted for the new programming period 2021-2027. To this end, the European Commission presented on 30 […]
Решение от 17 януари 2019 г., Дзивев и др., C‑310/16, EU:C:2019:30 Мария Фъртунова-Мишел[1] Принципът за законосъобразност е неразделна част от Европейския правов ред и правовата държава и е основна ценност, на която се основава Европейският съюз съгласно чл. 2 от Договора за Европейския съюз. Съдът на Европейския съюз признава в практиката си, че основното приложение […]
Judgments of the Court of Justice of the EU, 26 February 2019, in Joined Cases C‑115/16, C‑118/16, C‑119/16 and C‑299/16, ECLI:EU:C:2019:134 and C‑116/16 and C‑117/16, ECLI:EU:C:2019:135 Todor Todorov[1] The possible conflict between European Union Law and the Law of individual Member States is a question which has been repeatedly raised in both legal theory […]
Rashko Stoyanov* The global financial crisis of 2007 – 2008 has caught the national competent authorities of the Member States unprepared to meet its challenges in a highly integrated internal market for financial services in the EU. In response, the Union’s legislator adopted Directive 2014/59/EU which introduced a legal framework for the resolution of […]
Джулия Рицо и Мария Серафимова[1] На 11 декември 2018 г. Европейският съюз прие новата Директива 1/2019 (Директива ECN+), предоставяща правила за минималнa хармонизация относно правомощията на националните органи по конкуренцията на държавите членки на ЕС (НОК) с цел по-голямата им ефективност при разследването и прилагането на правото на конкуренция на ЕС. Директивата беше […]
Assoc. Prof. Alexander Kornezov[1] Ten years after the entry into force of the Charter, the article critically examines and systemises the entire case law of Bulgarian courts which contain references to the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and which is publicly accessible. From a quantitative perspective, it is […]
Dimitar Manolchev[1] In the past year, the French pharmaceutical company Servier has been involved in heavy litigation before the EU courts. A number of pharmaceutical companies (Niche/Unichem, Matrix, Teva, Krka and Lupin), producing the generic variation of the drug perindopril, produced originally by Servier, had decided to enter the market, challenging the validity of […]
Judgment of 14 November 2018, C 296/17, Wiemer&Trachte – has the CJEU done it right? [1] Angel Ganev*, Simeon Simeonov* and Valentin Bojilov* In the article ‘Judgment of 14 November 2018, C-296/17, Wiemer&Trachte – has the CJEU done it right?’ the authors analyze one of the most recent judgements of the Court of […]
Deyan Alexandrov Draguiev[1] The article provides analysis of the status of investment dispute resolution after the seminal judgment of the Court of Justice of EU under the Achmea case, C-284/16, whereby the Court ruled that EU law precludes investor-State arbitration. The article studies the background of investment arbitration along the conflict between EU Member […]
Alexander Kornezov[1] The article draws up a catalogue of the reviewable acts and failures to act in European antitrust law. Naturally, the action for annulment laid down in Article 263 TFEU is the most frequently used remedy in EU anti-trust law. The Commission adopts a wide range of measures both in the course of […]
(L’évolution de la jurisprudence) Jasmine Popova[1] Le présent article vise à présenter – à travers l’analyse d’un arrêt d’une grande importance qu’a rendu la Cour de Justice de l’Union Européenne, statuant en grande chambre, le 28 mars 2017, dans l’affaire Rosneft (C‑72/15, EU:C:2017:236) – l’évolution de la jurisprudence de la Cour relative à […]
Judgment of 6 December 2017, Coty Germany, C‑230/16, EU:C:2017:941 Eleonora Mateina[1] The purpose of the article is to outline the key aspects of the selective distribution systems and to review the most significant decisions of the ECJ dedicated to this topic, i.e. decisions under cases С-230/16 (Coty); case С-439/09 (Pierre Fabre); cade С-26/76 (Metro) […]
Коментар на решенията на Съда на ЕС по дела C‑104/16 P Council v Front Polisario и C-266/16 Western Sahara Campaign UK Момчил Миланов[1] Западна Сахара е бивша испанска колония под контрола на Мароко от 1975 г., която все още фигурира в списъка с несамоуправляващи се територии според чл.73 от Устава на ООН. Фронт […]
Athanase POPOV[1] Even though the Lisbon Treaty remodelled the pillar structure of EU law by incorporating the European Community into European Union, and even though the European Coal and Steal Community treaty expired, the Euratom Community is still extant and as lively as when it was first set up. Although the integration process of […]
Radostina Stefanova-Kamisheva[1] La volonté des auteurs du traité de Lisbonne de favoriser la démocratie participative en permettant à un million de citoyens émanant de sept Etats membres de demander à la Commission de présenter une proposition n’a pas connu un grand succès. A ce jour, dix-sept initiatives ont été refusées, quinze retirées, vingt-six n’ont […]