EU Law weekly highlights—12 June 2025
This week's edition of EU Law weekly highlights includes analyses on the Court of Justice’s ruling addressing the meaning of ‘promotional offer’ under EU E-Commerce Directive, the mandatory removal of the underused EU Online Dispute Resolution platform from business websites, the first Unified Patent Court’s infringement decision for second medical use claims, the transparency and disclosure obligations for AI Chatbots in consumer interactions and the Commission is considering postponing the entry into application of the EU AI Act following controversy around a code of practice for AI models. In addition this week, the Commission launched a consultation on high-risk AI classification and obligations, introduced the EU Sanctions Helpdesk, a free service providing sanctions compliance support to European small and medium-sized enterprise, adopted the European Ocean Pact, a comprehensive strategy designed to protect marine ecosystems, the International Swaps and Derivatives Association published a position paper in response to the Commission's sustainability omnibus package, the European Data Protection Board adopted final guidelines regarding data transfers to third country authorities, the Council of the EU adopted a new cyber crisis management blueprint to guide the EU’s collective response to large-scale cybersecurity incidents or crises and adopted its position on the revision of the EU regulations on air passenger rights and airline liability.