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Lexis+® EU Law is an online practical guidance product for contentious and non-contentious lawyers providing advice to and supporting businesses and organisations that operate across the EU.
EU fundamentals
This topic contains information to help lawyers get up to speed with EU law and concepts, so they're confident about the subject, and can appropriately frame their advice.
EU trackers
A broad range of trackers to stay on top of key legislation, consultations and cases across several topics including commercial, environment, energy, financial services and TMT.
Country guides
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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Lexis+® EU Law is an online practical guidance product for contentious and non-contentious lawyers giving advice to (and supporting) businesses and organisations operating across the EU.
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Latest EU Law News
The European Commission has launched a consultation on a draft implementing regulation setting out EU-wide criteria to determine when plastic waste...
The European Commission’s Medical Device Coordination Group (MDCG) has published new guidance (MDCG 2025-10) clarifying post-market surveillance (PMS)...
Team-NB has published a position paper on the European Commission’s draft implementing regulation on Annex VII, welcoming efforts to improve the...
The European Commission has published MDCG 2025–10, a new guidance document on post-market surveillance of medical devices and in vitro diagnostic...
The European Commission has adopted an amendment to its Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) State aid Guidelines to address the increased carbon leakage...
Latest EU Law Practice Notes
EU Energy Labelling Regulation (EU) 2017/1369—snapshotKey informationEU Energy Labelling RegulationTitleRegulation (EU) 2017/1369 of the European...
EU Ecodesign Directive for energy-related products (Directive 2009/125/EC)Key informationEcodesign DirectiveTitleDirective 2009/125/EC of the European...
EU GDPR—data protection case law trackerThis Practice Note tracks noteworthy decisions of the Court of Justice of the European Union related to data...
EU employment and social policy trackerThis document tracks and summarises key new and upcoming EU legislation (regulations and directives), links to...
Key EU employment legislation—summaryThis Practice Note sets out a summary of key EU employment legislation, covering, among others, employment and...
Latest EU Law Precedents
EU Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) Schedule—for use by financial entities when contracting with ICT service providersDORA...
EU GDPR—2021 standard contractual clauses (SCCs) for the transfer of personal data to third countries—module two—controller to processorSTANDARD...
EU GDPR—2021 standard contractual clauses (SCCs) for the transfer of personal data to third countries—module four—processor to controller—where the...
EU GDPR—2021 standard contractual clauses (SCCs) for the transfer of personal data to third countries—module three—processor to processorSTANDARD...
EU GDPR—2021 standard contractual clauses (SCCs) for the transfer of personal data to third countries—module four—processor to controller—where...
Latest EU Law Q&As
Featured EU Law content
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 state aid
Action by a public authority of a member state, using public resources, to favour certain undertakings or the production of certain goods.
Harmonisation
Harmonisation refers to the process of bringing national policies and standards closer in line with one another.
Schengen area
The Schengen area is the territory within Europe in which the free movement of people is ensured.
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