Open Skies Cases of the European Union. An Annotation

Essay from the year 2020 in the subject Law - European and International Law, Intellectual Properties, grade: 18/20, Sciences Po., Paris (Paris Institute of Political Studies), course: Law of external relations of the EU, language: English, abstract: This annotation firstly looks at the legal issues at stake, then at the decision of the Court regarding the infringement of the external competence of the Community as well as the infringement of the right of establishment. Lastly, the Court's decisions is assessed. In cases C-466/98, C-467/98, C-468/98, C-469/98, C-471/98, C-472/98, C-475/98 and C-476/9,8 delivered on November 5, 2002, also referred to as the “Open Skies” cases, the Commission took Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Luxembourg and Sweden to the European Court of Justice due to their concluded “Open Skies” agreements with the US, as well as the UK due to its Bermuda II agreement with the US.