The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has ruled that the additional mining fee imposed by the Hungarian government constitutes a restriction on freedom of establishment, in a judgment handed down on Thursday 22 January (Case C-144/24).
The European Commission is challenging a Hungarian decree which, since the Covid-19 pandemic, sets a reference price for five construction materials (sand, gravel, etc.) and requires companies selling these materials above the reference price to...