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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.
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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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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 Banking Authority (EBA) has published a statement confirming that its no-action letter issued on 12 August 2024 remains valid following...
The European Medicines Agency has updated its guidance on submitting paediatric applications. Use of the IRIS platform is mandatory for all key...
The European Banking Authority (EBA) has published its final draft implementing technical standards (ITS) on the supervisory benchmarking of credit...
The European Commission's Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety (DG Sante) has published a comprehensive study examining barriers to...
The European Media Freedom Act (EMFA) has entered into application across the European Union on 8 August 2025, introducing new legal protections for...
Latest EU Law Practice Notes
The EU Financial Conglomerate Directive (FICOD)—essentialsBackgroundFinancial conglomerates are large groups with significant activities in more than...
The EU sustainability-related disclosure regulation (EU SFDR)—essentialsThis Practice Note analyses the scope and requirements of the EU regulation on...
The EU sustainability-related disclosure regulation (EU SFDR)—essentialsThis Practice Note analyses the scope and requirements of the EU regulation on...
Montreal Protocol 1987 (substances that deplete the ozone layer)—snapshotTitleMontreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer 1987....
Voluntary environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) reportingTrend towards environmental, social governance or sustainability reportingThe...
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...
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
Founding Treaties
Group of Treaties signed in the 1950’s, specifically the European Coal and Steel Community Treaty, ECSCT (1951), the European Atomic Energy Treaty, EURATOM (1957) and the European Economic Community Treaty, EECT (1957).
Implementing decision
Non-legislative act, addressing one, some or all 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.
REFIT programme
The Regulatory Fitness and Performance (REFIT) programme is part of the European Commission’s better regulation agenda. As part of the REFIT programme, the European Commission regularly reviews EU legislation to identify excessive regulatory burdens, overlaps, gaps, inconsistencies and/or obsolete measures which may have appeared over time. The programme ensures that EU legislation is ‘fit for purpose’ and aims to make EU legislation simpler, more targeted and easier to comply with, especially for SMEs, which are particularly affected by burdens and complexity of the rules. For more information about the REFIT programme, see the European Commission website.
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