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12.11.2024
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Keserű Művek v European Union
Case T‑519/23 Keserű Művek Fegyvergyár Kft.v European Union Judgment of the General Court (Eighth Chamber) of 23 October 2024( Non-contractual liability – Control of the acquisition and possession of weapons – Implementing Directive (EU) 2019/69 – Causal link – Concept of ‘firearm’ – Concept ‘alarm and signal weapons’ )1. Approximation of laws – Acquisition and possession of weapons – Directive 2021/555 – Firearms – Concept – Portable barrelled weapon that expels rubber bullets by the ac...
Case T‑519/23 Keserű Művek Fegyvergyár Kft.v European Union Judgment of the General Court (Eighth Chamber) of 23 October 2024( Non-contractual liability – Control of the acquisition and possession of weapons – Implementing Directive (EU) 2019/69 – Causal link – Concept of ‘firearm’ – Concept ‘alarm and signal weapons’ )1. Approximation of laws – Acquisition and possession of weapons – Directive 2021/555 – Firearms – Concept – Portable barrelled weapon that expels rubber bullets by the action of a combustible propellant – Inclusion(European Parliament and Council Directive 2021/555, Art. 1(1)(1))(see paragraphs 23, 27)2. Approximation of laws – Acquisition and possession of weapons – Directive 2021/55 – Alarm and signal weapons – Criteria – Use only for that specific use – Devices that cannot be converted to expel a projectile by the action of a combustible propellant – Inclusion(European Parliament and Council Directive 2021/555, Art. 1(1)(4))(see paragraphs 24, 25, 34)RésuméHearing an action for non-contractual liability based on Article 268 TFEU and the second paragraph of Article 340 TFEU, which it dismisses, since it does not satisfy the condition relating to the existence of a causal link, the General Court rules on the novel question whether weapons using a combustible propellant to expel rubber bullets belong to the category of firearms, within the meaning of EU law, and whether their holders must therefore be subject to an authorisation or declaration...
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