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Commission sends formal notices to Member States over untransposed EU directives

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Published on: 27 March 2025

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LNB News 27/03/2025

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Issue Date: 27 March 2025

Published Date: 27 March 2025

Jurisdiction(s): European Union

Article summary

The European Commission has issued letters of formal notice to multiple EU Member States for failing to transpose five directives into national law. The directives cover electricity market design (26 Member States), building energy performance (9 Member States), digital operational resilience (13 Member States), road transport social legislation (16 Member States), and food extraction solvents (5 Member States). The Member States have two months to respond and complete transposition of the directives, which had deadlines between January and February 2025. Only Denmark has fully transposed the electricity market directive by the required deadline.

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