Божана Витанова[1] Целта на настоящата статия е бъдат анализирани и предложени конкретни решения за регулацията на гео-блокирането (тази регулация следва да не бъде нито твърде “строга”, тъй като така би могла да възпре напредъка и иновациите, нито твърде “либерална”, тъй като не би отчела потребностите на потребителите и по-малките предприятия). Както при всяко ново […]
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Judgment of 06 March 2018, Achmea, C‑284/16, ECLI:EU:C:2018:158 Oleg Temnikov[1] This article provides an overview and the author’s comments on the Judgment of the ECJ in the Achmea case. According to the author, the Achmea Judgment is of paramount importance for international investment law and arbitration and their relationship with EU law. After a […]
Maria Georgieva[1] This article gives a general overview of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (‘the EPPO’). Because of the will of the Member States to preserve their sovereignty in the sensitive field of criminal law as much as possible, it comes as no surprise that the issue took years of political and academic debate. […]
Ivo Hinov[1] The judgment of 5 June 2018 of the Court in Kolev and Others (C‑612/15, EU:C:2018:392) gives to Bulgarian judiciary, according to the author, an opportunity to review its understanding and application of the concept of the “substantial breach of procedural rules” as well as to reconsider and modify its actual approach as to […]
Stanislav Kostov[1] Conformément à l‘article 280, alinéa 1, point 2 du Code de la procédure civile bulgare après son amendement en octobre 2017, une décision du juge d‘appel peut être soumise au contrôle de la Cour de cassation si cette décision, inter alia, contredit aux décisions de la Cour de Justice de l‘Union européenne. […]
Решение от 25 юли 2018 г., Minister for Justice and Equality (Недостатъци на съдебна система), C‑216/18 PPU, EU:C:2018:586 Paolo Giusta [1] Авторът проследява в статията си възникването на принципа за върховенството на закона в рамките на правната рамка на Европейския съюз до конкретното му приложение понастоящем. Той отбелязва, че още от декларацията на Шуман от 1950 […]
Judgment of 6 September 2017, Intel v Commission, C‑413/14 P Aleksandar Dorich[1] On 6 September 2017, the Court of Justice of the European Union delivered the long-awaited Intel judgment. This case was strongly debated as it concerns major legal issues related to the granting of exclusivity rebates by a dominant undertaking. In its judgment, the Court […]
Oleg Temnikov[1] The author presents in this article the Judgment of the CJEU of of 14 September 2017 in the case Autortiesību un komunicēšanās konsultāciju aģentūra/Latvijas Autoru apvienība, C 177/16. He makes an overview of the conclusions adopted by the Court in its judgement and elaborates on the possible consequence for the application in the […]
Deyan Draguiev[1] The article analyses the amendments of Bulgarian law and more specifically of the Bulgarian Protection of Competition Act adopted in the beginning of 2018 in order to implement EU Directive Directive 2014/104/ЕС, also known as the Competition Damages Directive. Under the changes promulgated by Bulgarian State Gazette No. 2/2018, a new Section […]
Prof. Ganeta Minkova[1] Nowadays vast amounts of money are kept offshore and go untaxed to the extent that taxpayers fail to comply with tax obligations in their home jurisdiction. This problem can be solved by bilateral or multiple intergovernmental agreements or by European Union Law. The article explores the new Euroepan Union […]
Alexander Kornzezov[1] Radostina Stefanova-Kamisheva[2] La question de savoir si le droit de l’Union trouve à s’appliquer dans des situations purement internes figure parmi les plus difficiles en droit de l’Union et secoue l’esprit de la doctrine et de nombre d’avocats généraux depuis des décennies. La jurisprudence à cet égard paraît assez casuistique, voire […]
Eleonora Mateina[1] The purpose behind the article is to summaries and briefly analyse the key decisions of the Court of Justice of the European Union and the European Commission (Decision dated 17 September 2007 in case T-201/04 R, Microsoft/Commission; Decision dated 12 December 1991 in case Т-30/89, Hilti/ Commission and Decision dated 24 July […]
Analysis of ECJ’s case law and Commission’s administrative practice in cases Lundbeck, Johnson & Johnson and Servier Dimitar Manolchev[1] The present article analyses the compatibility of pay-for-delay agreements with Article 101 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, in light of several recent cases before the European Commission and the […]
Ekaterina Dimitrusheva[1], Ivaylo Dimitrov[2] On 19 September 2017 the Advocate General (AG) to the Court of Justice to the European Union (CJEU) Melchior Wathelet delivered his long-awaited Opinion in Case C-284/16 Slowakische Republik v Achmea BV. The Bundesgerichtshof (“German Federal Court of Justice”) requested a preliminary ruling from the CJEU on the compatibility […]
Elena Zinovieva, Ivan Stefanov[1] The application of the ne bis in idem principle in the context of competition between criminal and administrative-criminal liability has created a contradictory national case law, and therefore the General Assembly of the Criminal College of the Supreme Court of Cassation (GACC of SCC) delivered Interpretative Decision No. 3 on […]
Ass. Prof. Dr. Todor Kolarov [1] The article discusses different manifestations of the duty to cooperate in EU external relations. It starts with some preliminary remarks on the meaning of the notions “duty to cooperate” and “loyal cooperation” and the difference between them. It explains that “loyal cooperation” is demonstration of the “duty […]
Assist. Prof. Hristo Hristev, PhD[1] The expansion of the terrorist phenomenon after 2001 became a reason for the introduction of various new counter-terrorism measures, among which significant importance has the collection and processing of personal data and the use of the possibilities, which the new Information Technologies provide in that respect. Among the […]
Prof. Dr. Koen Lenaerts [1] Статията на Prof. Dr. Koen Lenaerts се основава на лекцията му, изнесена по време на конференция на 29 септември 2017, организирана от Българската асоциация по европейско право по случай 60 годишнината на Римския договор и 10 годишнината от присъединяването на Република България към Европейския съюз. Prof. Dr. Koen Lenaerts...
Решения на Съда от 23 април 2015 по дело C‑424/13, Zuchtvieh-Export и от 28 юли 2016 по дело C‑469/14, Masterrindр Софи Дютоа[1] В настоящата статия е направен обзор на практиката на Съда на Европейския съюз във връзка с тълкуването на Регламент (ЕО) № 1/2005 на Съвета от 22 декември 2004 година, относно защитата […]
Arrêt du 8 septembre 2016, GS Media, C‑160/15 Radostina Stefanova-Kamisheva[1] Dans son arrêt du 8 septembre 2016, la Cour constate que, en vertu de la directive 2001/29/CE du Parlement européen et du Conseil, du 22 mai 2001, sur l’harmonisation de certains aspects du droit d’auteur et des droits voisins dans la société de l’information( JO 2001,L 167, […]
Judgment of 17 October 2013 г., Unamar, C‑184/12 Oleg Temnikov[1] This article provides an overview and the author’s comments on the Judgment of the ECJ in the Unamar case (Judgment of 17 October 2013, Unamar, C‑184/12, EU:C:2013:663). The Unamar case is of paramount importance in respect of the notion of overriding mandatory rules […]
Ivo Hinov[1] The Interpretative ruling 3/16 of the Bulgarian Supreme Court gives an answer to the discrepancy between the conclusions stemming from the Preliminary ruling from November 8th 2016 of the Court of Justice in the case C-544/14, Ognyanov, and the previous Interpretative ruling 3/13 of the Supreme Court, by partially reviewing the […]
Analysis of Regulation (EU) No 655/2014 Deyan Dragiev[1] The article purports to analyse Regulation (EU) No 655/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 establishing a European Account Preservation Order procedure to facilitate cross-border debt recovery in civil and commercial matters („Regulation 655/2014“) laying down the European account preservation […]
Ass. Prof. Dr. Todor Kolarov[1] The article focuses on the origin and development of mixed agreements in the EU law. This topic is intrinsically related to the competences of EU and Member States. Therefore, the piece elaborates on the external competence of the EU and Member States, with a special emphasis on implied […]
Alexander Kornezov[1] If numbers could speak, they would probably tell a remarkable success story. After a short period of relative shyness, Bulgarian courts have become the champions of the preliminary reference mechanism in all of Central and Eastern Europe, deferring the biggest number of references from the twelve new Member States in the […]