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Latest EU Law News
The European Commission has announced that Regulation (EU) 2025/40 (the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR)) begins applying on 12 August...
The European Commission has imposed definitive anti-dumping duties on imports of terephthalic acid from Korea and Mexico, following an investigation...
MLex: Germany is proposing changes to the EU's planned cybersecurity certification framework that would give national governments a greater role in...
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has published guidance on implementing shortage prevention plans (SPPs) for marketing authorisation holders...
MLex: Telecom companies Vodafone, Orange, BT and Telenor are urging the EU to create a clear legal basis allowing internet access providers to block...
Latest EU Law Practice Notes
Key informationMarine Strategy Framework DirectiveTitleDirective 2008/56/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 June 2008 establishing...
Context—what’s next for the European Green Deal?In December 2019, the Commission published its ‘European Green Deal’, described as ‘a roadmap for...
Key informationRecast EU Energy Performance of Buildings DirectiveTitleDirective (EU) 2024/1275 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24...
This Practice Note covers infringement of trade marks under EU law. It focuses on the EU trade mark (EUTM) regime set out in Regulation (EU) 2017/1001...
Sustainable development—global contextThe Brundtland definitionThe most widely recognised definition of ‘sustainable development’ dates back to 1987...
Latest EU Law Precedents
1In this [clause], 2021 EU SCCs means module one (controller to controller) of the standard contractual clauses set out in Commission Implementing...
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...
1In this [clause], 2021 EU SCCs means module two (controller to processor) of the standard contractual clauses set out in Commission Implementing...
STANDARD CONTRACTUAL CLAUSESSECTION IClause 1Purpose and scope (a)The purpose of these standard contractual clauses is to ensure compliance with the...
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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
Horizontal direct effect
Horizontal direct effect is an EU law doctrine that allows a private party to invoke EU law before a national court against another private party.
Implementing directive
Non-legislative act, addressed to the Member States, adopted by the Commission based on implementing powers conferred upon it by a legislative act which carries out an EU level implementation of some of the latter’s provisions.
Opt-out of EU policy area
An opt-out refers to an exemption that allows a member state not to take part in a particular policy area, or not to apply a Union act within its borders.
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