Case C-449/12, van Luijk – No fingerprints? No Dutch passport.

Are the Dutch rules requiring passport applicants to be fingerprinted and to have their biometric data stored initially in local registers, and then in a central register, compatible with EU law?

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Case C-521/11, Amazon – Austrian private-copy ‘fair compensation’ and EU copyright law

Is the private-copy levy system of Austrian copyright law compatible with the EC’s InfoSoc Directive 2001/29 when national law: (a) puts the levy on all blank recording-media irrespective of whether the media are marketed to intermediaries, to natural or legal persons and for use other than for private purposes; (b) offers refunds in some circumstances but not others; and (c), only pays authors half of the net ‘fair compensation’ monies collected and gives away the other half to Austrian cultural organisations?

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Case C-370/12, Pringle – is the ESM Treaty compatible with the EU Treaties?

Is Council Decision 2011/199/EU, amending Article 136 of the TFEU with regard to a stability mechanism for Member States whose currency is the euro, valid? And is a Member State entitled to enter an international agreement such as the European Stability Mechanism Treaty (ESM Treaty) or would that mean undertaking obligations which are incompatible with the TEU and TFEU?

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