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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 Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published guidance which seeks to clarify details for some of the documents that future...
On 22 November 2024, the last scheduled day of the 29th Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29)...
The European Payments Council (EPC) has issued a call for interest, inviting organisations to express their interest in providing services as routing...
IP analysis: Andrew Moir, partner and David Webb, England and Wales-qualified registered foreign lawyer in Hong Kong, of Herbert Smith Freehills LLP,...
EU Law analysis: Alex Kerr, partner at Baker Botts LLP, examines the European Commission’s Q&A document on the importer requirements of the EU Methane...
Latest EU Law Practice Notes
EU and supranational regulation of financial innovations and FintechThis Practice Note on financial technology (Fintech) examines strategies...
Patents tracker—EUThis Practice Note tracks the progress of key judgments, legislative proposals and current consultations, guidance and reports...
European patents—application procedureThis Practice Note provides an overview of the European patent application requirements and procedures at...
EU electricity system—flexibility measuresStructure of the EU electricity systemRules governing the EU electricity system cover the regulation of...
EU electricity system—grid operation and connectionsStructure of the EU electricity systemRules governing the EU electricity system cover the...
Latest EU Law Precedents
Letter of request (Form A)—Taking of Evidence Regulation (recast)The application shall be made between the courts of EU Member States in civil or...
Data protection under the EU GDPR—training materialsThe training materials are customisable.Click the links below to download the training...
Training materials—the Vertical Agreements Block Exemption and Distribution Agreements (EU)This Precedent presentation has been designed as a training...
Insider list—section relating to deal specific insidersArticle 18(1) of the UK Market Abuse Regulation (Assimilated Regulation (EU) 596/2014 (UK...
Insider list—to be submitted by issuer of financial instruments admitted to trading on SME growth marketArticle 18(1) of the UK Market Abuse...
Latest EU Law Q&As
Featured EU Law content
Advocate General opines on extent of ‘use’ of trade marks by online intermediaries (Louboutin v Amazon)
IP analysis: The Advocate General (AG) has given an opinion in relation to requests for a preliminary ruling in the context of a dispute between the...
The Court of Justice of the EU holds the UK unlawfully prescribed Comprehensive Sickness Insurance for over a decade (VI v Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs)
EU analysis: In a recent judgement of the Court of Justice, the court held: (i) Where an EU national and their family members had access to NHS, they...
EU Law weekly highlights—16 June 2022
This week's edition of EU Law weekly highlights includes the EU taking legal action against the UK after the publication of the Northern Ireland...
EU Law weekly highlights—14 July 2022
This week's edition of EU Law weekly highlights includes, the Internal Market Committee of the European Parliament adopting its position on European...
Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 Recast—snapshot
Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 Recast—snapshotTitleRegulation (EU) 2019/1021 of the European Parliament and of the...
EU Law weekly highlights—12 May 2022
This week's edition of EU Law weekly highlights includes the European Parliament adopting a resolution that welcomes the detailed proposals from the...
The EU Regime relating to unit-linked insurance policies—essentials
The EU Regime relating to unit-linked insurance policies—essentialsRegulatory statusLinked long-term contracts are classified as Class III under Annex...
EU Law weekly highlights—18 August 2022
This week’s edition of EU Law weekly highlights includes the publication of updated compliance documents on product safety by the Commission, the...
Waste Framework Directive—snapshot
Waste Framework Directive—snapshotTitleDirective 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 on waste and repealing...
Preliminary references and the right of courts of last resort not to refer (Consorzio Italian Management e Catania Multiservizi)
EU Law analysis: This judgment by the Court of Justice, Grand Chamber, is about the preliminary reference procedure (Article 267 TFEU) and the power...
The EU Digital Content Directive
The EU Digital Content DirectiveThis Practice Note provides a summary of Directive (EU) 2019/770 (OJ L 136/1) on certain aspects concerning contracts...
EU Law weekly highlights—21 July 2022
This week's edition of EU Law weekly highlights includes the European Commission’s adoption of the July Infringements package, the publication of a...
EU Law weekly highlights—9 June 2022
This week's edition of EU Law weekly highlights includes MEPs testing waters before commencing motion of censure against the Commission, EU Regulation...
EU Law weekly highlights—7 July 2022
This week's edition of EU Law weekly highlights includes Amazon Prime changing its cancellation practices to comply with EU consumer rules, consumer...
Proposals to improve cyber resilience in the EU and UK
Information Law analysis: Charlie Wedin, partner, Katie Simmonds, associate director, and Nina Lazic, associate director, of Osborne Clarke, consider...
EU Law weekly highlights—26 May 2022
This week's edition of EU Law weekly highlights includes the publication of the Commission’s May infringement package, confirmation of the imminent...
The effects of the Ukraine war on cybersecurity and GDPR
Information Law analysis: What are the likely effects of the war in Ukraine on cybersecurity and related obligations under EU and UK data protection...
The In Vitro Diagnostic Medical Devices Regulation is here—a closer look at what you need to know
Life Sciences analysis: The In Vitro Diagnostic Medical Devices Regulation (IVDR) (Regulation (EU) 2017/746) becomes applicable on 26 May 2022. Lisa...
Associated legal terms
Enhanced cooperation
Procedure allowing at least nine Member States to implement measures, when the objectives cannot be attained by the EU as a whole.
Harmonisation
Harmonisation refers to the process of bringing national policies and standards closer in line with one another.
Lamfalussy Procedure
The Lamfalussy Procedure is a process used by the Union to develop secondary legislation on financial services and strengthen the sector supervision framework.
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