An Overview of Recent Energy Case Law from the CJEU

As the energy transition unfolds and the Green Deal initiatives take off, the role of the Court of Justice of the European Union is likely to become increasingly significant – whether by way of their involvement in direct appeals in institutional matters, as well as against Commission competition and state aid decisions – or by way of the ECJ’s rulings on requests for preliminary rulings from national courts.

The FSR European Union Law Area provides a regular platform to single out and examine major trends in the case law with a six-month update on new case law from both the General Court and the Court of Justice as well as to shine a spotlight on important pending cases.
For this event we are joined by Adrien de Hauteclocque from the FSR and the General Court, and Matthew Levitt, partner at Baker Botts LLP, Brussels. The FSR EU Law Area Director, Leigh Hancher will chair and contribute as a speaker to the event.

The cases we will address are:

T-300/19, Achema et Lifosa/Commission

T-9/19, Client Earth/BEI

T-735/18, Aquind/ACER

C-165/19P Slovak Telekom

C-152/19P Deutsche Telekom

Programme

14.00 – 14.05   Introduction

Leigh Hancher, Part-time Professor of Energy Law FSR

14.05 – 14.25   The GC’s rulings in T-300/19, Achema et Lifosa/Commission and in T-9/19, Client Earth/BEI

Leigh Hancher

14.25 – 14.40   The GC’s ruling in T-885/19, Aquind/ACER

Adrien de Hauteclocque, Head of Cabinet of the President of the General Court

14.40 – 15.00   C-165/19P Slovak Telekom and C-152/19P Deutsche Telekom

Matthew Levitt, Partner, Baker Botts LLP, Brussels

15.00 – 15.05   A snapshot of pending cases

Adrien de Hauteclocque

15.00 – 15.30  Questions and Discussion

More on ECJ Case Law

If you want to catch up on earlier CJEU developments in the year, you can watch the recordings of our sessions from November 2020 here and April 2020 here.

Energy Union Law & Policy

FSR Energy Union Law area provides a forum for critical discussion and independent analysis of the developments in EU energy law and policy. Our activities are aimed at professionals from national energy regulatory authorities, European and international institutions, energy-focused law firms, consultancies and energy utility companies.