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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.
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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.
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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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Latest EU Law News
A round-up of EU financial services developments....
The European Parliament has approved a directive introducing harmonised insolvency rules for EU companies, endorsing a provisional agreement reached...
The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA)’s Committee for Socio-Economic Analysis (SEAC) has agreed its draft opinion on a proposed universal restriction...
The European Parliament approved a revised Framework Agreement governing its relations with the European Commission. The vote recorded 446 in favour,...
The European Commission has adopted Commission Recommendation (EU) 2026/537 to guide Member States and market actors in unlocking private investment...
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...
This tracks and summarises ongoing EU enforcement actions relating to the EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA).For information and background regarding the...
This Practice Note is a summary of the key legal developments that are expected to impact EU competition law during 2026ssing and beyond.To track...
Intellectual property (IP) protection is available for plant-related inventions through the patent system and through plant variety protection. Plant...
The conventions/regulationsThe insolvency exception appears in various conventions/regulations, including:•Lugano convention—the convention on...
Latest EU Law Precedents
DORA SCHEDULE1Definitions and interpretation1.1The following capitalised terms used in this Schedule have the following meanings:[Appointed...
1In this [clause], 2021 EU SCCs means module four (processor to controller) of the standard contractual clauses set out in Commission Implementing...
1In this [clause], 2021 EU SCCs means module three (processor to processor) of the standard contractual clauses set out in Commission Implementing...
1In this [clause], 2021 EU SCCs means module two (controller to processor) of the standard contractual clauses set out in Commission Implementing...
1In this [clause], 2021 EU SCCs means module one (controller to controller) of the standard contractual clauses set out in Commission Implementing...
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
Common Foreign and Security Policy
The CFSP, formerly the second pillar, is the policy area covering mainly the issues of foreign policy and matters regarding the Union's security and defence policy.
EU Directive
Directives are legal instruments of the Union addressed to the Member States to attain the Union's objectives set out in the Treaties.
EU Opinion
Type of act, non-binding in nature, that the EU institutions can adopt to exercise the competences conferred upon them by the Treaties which is part of sub-set of acts usually known as EU soft law.
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