- The Council of the European Union approved the transfer of jurisdiction to give preliminary rulings from the Court of Justice to the General Court in specific areas
- The areas include indirect tax matters, compensation issues for transport passengers, and greenhouse gas emission allowance trading
- The transfer is due to the increasing number of preliminary ruling cases and the time taken to deal with them
- The areas to be transferred must be clearly defined, have a substantial body of case law, and have a real impact on the workload of the Court of Justice
- The Court of Justice will retain competence over requests for preliminary rulings that raise independent questions of interpretation
- The Regulation and amended Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice and the General Court will enter into force at the same time.
Source: taxscape.deloitte.com
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