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The EU Law module also includes Lexology Getting The Deal Through. Proprietary jurisdictional guides are available for the EEA Member States, giving lawyers an overview of applicable laws at national level.
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The European Ombudsman has closed an inquiry into energy consumption reporting for general-purpose artificial intelligence (AI) models and encouraged...
The European Commission has adopted uniform conditions for operating rules (UCOL) for poultry and pig farms under Directive 2010/75/EU (the Industrial...
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has published a concept paper on revising its guideline on good pharmacogenomic practice, adopted by its Committee...
A round-up of EU financial services developments....
This week’s edition of EU Law weekly highlights includes analyses of proposed online marketplace compliance obligations under the draft European...
Latest EU Law Practice Notes
BackgroundOn 12 January 2023, the Foreign Subsidies Regulation 2022 (FSR) entered into force. The FSR is aimed at combating distortions of competition...
The below table tracks all completed Commission preliminary investigations under the Foreign Subsidies Regulation (EU) (Regulation 2022/2560) (the...
Recent policy initiatives in EU competition law have included sustainability among relevant considerations in EU competition policy. In July 2025, the...
The EU public procurement case tracker records and summarises the most recent European case law developments relating to public procurement.This...
Trend towards environmental, social governance or sustainability reportingThe terms sustainable business, corporate responsibility (CR) or corporate...
Latest EU Law Precedents
STANDARD CONTRACTUAL CLAUSESSECTION IClause 1Purpose and scope (a)The purpose of these standard contractual clauses is to ensure compliance with the...
STANDARD CONTRACTUAL CLAUSESSECTION IClause 1Purpose and scope (a)The purpose of these standard contractual clauses is to ensure compliance with the...
STANDARD CONTRACTUAL CLAUSESSECTION IClause 1Purpose and scope (a)The purpose of these standard contractual clauses is to ensure compliance with the...
This is a set of Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) for compliance with Article 28(3) of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation, Regulation (EU)...
STANDARD CONTRACTUAL CLAUSESSECTION IClause 1Purpose and scope (a)The purpose of these standard contractual clauses is to ensure compliance with the...
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Harmonisation
HarmonisationDefinition of harmonisationHarmonisation, also known as standardisation or approximation, refers to the determination of EU-wide legally...
Indirect effect of EU law
Indirect effect of EU lawWhat is indirect effect of EU law?The doctrine of indirect effect, or consistent interpretation, is a duty that national...
The EU Commercial Agents Directive
The EU Commercial Agents DirectiveThis Practice Note considers Council Directive 86/653/EEC (OJ L 382/17), the EU Commercial Agents Directive. It...
Infringement proceedings against EU Member States
Infringement proceedings against EU Member StatesUnder Article 17(1) of the Treaty on European Union (TEU), one of the European Commission’s core...
The supremacy of EU law
The supremacy of EU lawScope of supremacyAs originally drafted, the EU Treaties did not include any provision by which the supremacy, or as it is...
Commission requests further information on Meta's compliance with EU DSA
The European Commission has requested information from Meta regarding its compliance with obligations to give researchers access to publicly...
Brussels I (recast)—special jurisdiction (art 7)
Brussels I (recast)—special jurisdiction (art 7)This Practice Note looks at the special jurisdiction provisions in Article 7 of Regulation (EU)...
Free movement of EU workers and citizens
Free movement of EU workers and citizensEU workers and EU citizens enjoy the right of freedom of movement. This right is granted to EU workers in...
EU Renewable Energy Directive (EU) 2018/2001 (RED II)—snapshot
EU Renewable Energy Directive (EU) 2018/2001 (RED II)—snapshotThis Practice Note provides an outline of the Renewable Energy Directive (EU) 2018/2001...
Equivalence and effectiveness
Equivalence and effectivenessDevelopment of the principles of equivalence and effectivenessUnder the principle of procedural autonomy, in the absence...
Commission updates AI procurement model clauses following EU AI Act adoption
The European Commission has released updated model contractual clauses for artificial intelligence (AI) procurement on 5 March 2025,...
DORA—essentials
DORA—essentialsThis Practice Note outlines the key requirements of Regulation (EU) 2022/2554 (the Digital Operational Resilience Act or DORA) and...
Challenging EU Directives
Challenging EU DirectivesIn briefAccording to settled case law, the Court of Justice of the European Union has the exclusive competence to declare an...
Air passenger rights in the EU
Air passenger rights in the EUThis Practice Note provides an overview of air passenger rights in the EU. It provides guidance on the key definitions,...
The EU Regime relating to unit-linked insurance policies—essentials
The EU Regime relating to unit-linked insurance policies—essentialsThe benefits payable under long term or life assurance policies may be linked to...
Direct effect of EU law
Direct effect of EU lawWhat is direct effect of EU law?The doctrine of direct effect is a fundamental principle of EU law developed by the Court of...
MiFID II & MiFIR—pre- and post-trade transparency
MiFID II & MiFIR—pre- and post-trade transparencyThis Practice Note provides an overview of the pre- and post-trade transparency regime for...
The EU Cyber Resilience Act
The EU Cyber Resilience ActRegulation (EU) 2024/2847, the EU Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) is a first of its kind EU legislation that imposes mandatory...
Associated legal terms
EU Merger
Legal combination of two or more undertakings, generally by way of acquisition.
EU protocol
An agreement reached by all contracting parties, in this case the Member States, as regards a particular topic which supplements a previous agreement – or Treaty - and is annexed to the Treaty itself. It has the same legal force of the Treaty of which it forms part.
Invasive alien species, Article 3(2)
An alien species is invasive if its introduction or spread has been found to threaten or adversely impact upon biodiversity and related ecosystem services.
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