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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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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
MLex: The revision of the EU’s Cybersecurity Act is set to move into a new phase in early June 2026, with Cyprus expected to present a compromise text...
The European Association of Medical Devices Notified Bodies (Team-NB) has published a legal expert opinion concluding that proposed Article 50 of the...
Law360: The European Parliament approved a regulation to strengthen the EU’s protections from global steel overcapacity, cutting the tariff-free...
A round-up of EU financial services developments....
The European Commission has adopted a Global Health Resilience Initiative, setting out a strategic framework for future EU action to enable faster...
Latest EU Law Practice Notes
What are CCPs and what do they do?A central counterparty (CCP) is a type of financial institution (also known as a clearing house) which facilitates...
This Practice Note provides an overview of Directive 2011/83/EU, the EU Consumer Rights Directive (EU CRD), including the amendments introduced by...
This Practice Note tracks and summarises key new and upcoming EU regulatory legislation guidance and other ongoing policy developments (eg...
The EU consumer protection cases tracker is intended to track key cases related to consumer law. It includes relevant cases (opinions and judgements)...
This Practice Note provides a quick guide to Regulation (EU) 2022/2065, the EU Digital Services Act (EU DSA). It provides key information regarding...
Latest EU Law Precedents
Article 18(1) of the UK Market Abuse Regulation (Assimilated Regulation (EU) 596/2014 (UK Market Abuse Regulation)) provides that an issuer or any...
Article 18(1) of the UK Market Abuse Regulation Assimilated Regulation (EU) 596/2014 (UK Market Abuse Regulation) provides that an issuer or any...
Article 18(1) of the UK Market Abuse Regulation (Assimilated Regulation (EU) 596/2014 (UK Market Abuse Regulation)) provides that an issuer or any...
DORA SCHEDULE1Definitions and interpretation1.1The following capitalised terms used in this Schedule have the following meanings:[Appointed...
STANDARD CONTRACTUAL CLAUSESSECTION IClause 1Purpose and scope (a)The purpose of these standard contractual clauses is to ensure compliance with the...
Latest EU Law Q&As
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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
Entry into force
Date on which an EU act takes effect which is the date specified in it or, in the absence of such date, the twentieth day following that of its official publication or notification, as the case may be.
Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs)
GMOs are organisms (apart from human beings) whose genetic material has been altered in a way that does not occur naturally by reproduction and/or natural recombination. EU legislation on GMOs deals with the use, deliberate release into the environment and marketing of GMOs, including genetically modified food and animal feed, based on an assessment of their risks to health and the environment.
Recommendations
Article 288 TFEU on legal acts, allows EU institutions to adopt recommendations. Recommendations are non-binding instruments which do not have any legal force but are merely persuasive. They simply allow the EU institutions to make their views known and to suggest a line of action without imposing any legal obligation on those to whom they are addressed. However, the Court of Justice has been known to invoke Recommendations to interpret EU law.
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