EU Law weekly highlights—12 March 2026
This week's edition of EU Law weekly highlights includes analyses on the Court of Justice’s decision that common law passing off rights based on use of a trade mark in the UK could not continue to be used as a valid basis of opposition to an EU trade mark application and on the second draft of the Code of Practice for AI content marking under the EU AI Act. In addition this week, the European Parliament approved a revised Framework Agreement governing its relations with the European Commission, approved the EU signature of the AI framework convention of the Council of Europe, published an update to its proposal on simplified rules for small ‘mid‑cap’ companies, endorsed the creation of the EU Talent Pool, a digital platform designed to match vacancies in EU-wide shortage occupations with non‑EU jobseekers, the Commission presented a package of measures to increase the EU’s energy independence and affordability, published recommendations on energy efficiency investments, the Council of the EU adopted amendments to the European Climate Law with a binding 2040 target, adopted its position on amendments to the EU Critical Raw Materials Act, and adopted a regulation establishing new rules to combat cross-border unfair trading practices in the agricultural and food supply chain.