Part III

The selected case law of the Court of Justice of the European Communities comprises 16 court decisions and one opinion of the Advocate General. The period covered is April–July 2006, and the subjects on which the Court’s decisions were rendered are as follows: social policy (gender equality regarding social security, working conditions and employment, immigration policy in this context, etc.), competition, judicial cooperation in civil matters, protection of personal data in the field of air transport, non-contractual liability of the European Community (EC) and of the Member States, failure by Member States to fulfill their obligations, EC competences, breach of Community obligations by a member of the European Commission (Edith Cresson—a former member of the European Commission led by Jacques Santer), the common foreign and security policy, and freedom of movement and residence. The Advocate General’s Opinion concerns a case in the field of institutional Community law (elections to the European Parliament in an overseas territory associated with the EC—Gibraltar).