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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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EU Law analysis: In one of the rare design cases before the Court of Justice, Advocate General (AG), Emiliou, recently had the opportunity to clarify...
Law360, London: Businesses in Britain must immediately take stock of their trade mark portfolios to ensure they do not lose EU-wide protection by the...
The European Commission and the United States have announced a joint framework agreement that establishes new trade and investment parameters designed...
On 26 June 2025, the European Parliament’s Committee on Employment and Social Affairs published a draft report recommending that the European...
This week's edition of EU Law weekly highlights includes analyses of the Unified Patent Court’s decision over Dyson’s hair-curler product in Spain , a...
Latest EU Law Practice Notes
Drones—the EU legal frameworkThis Practice Note considers the key EU legal issues arising in relation to the use of unmanned aircraft or drones in a...
EU Invasive Alien Species Regulation (EU) 1143/2014—snapshotKey informationIAS RegulationTitleRegulation (EU) 1143/2014 on the prevention and...
EU Recast Second Wire Transfer Regulation (Recast WTR2)—transfers of fundsThis Practice Note examines the EU’s Recast Second Wire Transfer Regulation...
European Venture Capital Funds (EuVECA) RegulationThis Practice Note provides an overview of the European Venture Capital Funds Regulation (EU)...
EU CRD IV package—essentialsThis Practice Note introduces key concepts in the EU’s package of prudential measures, the Capital Requirements Directive...
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 four—processor to controller—where...
EU GDPR—2021 standard contractual clauses (SCCs) for the transfer of personal data to third countries—module one—controller to controllerSTANDARD...
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...
EU GDPR—clause to incorporate module three of the 2021 EU SCCs1In this [clause], 2021 EU SCCs means module three (processor to processor) of 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
Eurojust
Eurojust is the EU’s Judicial Cooperation Unit, established by Council Decision of 28 February 2002, to stimulate and improve the coordination of investigations and prosecutions and the cooperation between the authorities'>competent authorities of the Member States in relation to serious cross-border crime such as fraud, drug trafficking and money laundering, terrorism, cybercrime and trafficking in human beings. Eurojust is based in The Hague (Netherlands). Eurojust can cooperate formally with third countries with which it has signed cooperation agreements. Eurojust deals with judicial cooperation among prosecutors and magistrates, whereas Europol deals with police cooperation. For more information about police cooperation, see also ‘Europol’.
European Securities and Markets Authority
ESMA is a regulatory agency composed of representatives of the competent national regulatory authorities of the Member States.
Impact assessment
If an EU law or policy is likely to have a significant economic, social or environmental impact, the Commission conducts an impact assessment before making a legislative proposal. The objective of this assessment is to analyse in more detail the issue to be addressed, whether action should be taken at EU level and the potential effects of the different solutions outlined. The findings of the impact assessment process are summarised in an impact assessment report which must include a description of the environmental, social and economic impacts; who will be affected by the initiative and how, and the consultation strategy and the results obtained from it. When the impact of the new policy is not expected to be significant, the Commission conducts a Roadmap. See also ‘Roadmap’.
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