A round-up of EU financial services developments.

A round-up of EU financial services developments.

A round-up of EU financial services developments.

A round-up of EU financial services developments.

A round-up of EU financial services developments.

A round-up of EU financial services developments.

A round-up of EU financial services developments.

A round-up of EU financial services developments.

A round-up of EU financial services developments.

Key information Floods Directive Title Directive 2007/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2007 on the assessment and management of flood risks (the Floods Directive) Entry into force 26 November 2007 (art 18) Transposition deadline 25 November 2009 (art 17) National transposition See Eur-Lex information on national transposition measures, as provided by Member States Amendments None Subject Flooding Purpose of the Floods Directive The purpose of the Floods Directive is to establish a common framework for assessing, managing and reducing the risk that floods, particularly along rivers and in coastal areas, pose to human health, the environment, property and economic activity in the EU. It provides for the assessment of the risk of flooding in river basins, the mapping of flood hazards and risks in all regions where there exists a serious flood risk and the drawing up of flood risk management plans by Member States. The Directive’s prevention and management measures are organised by river basin districts (which may cover

Key information EU Fuel Quality Directive Title Directive 98/70/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 1998 relating to the quality of petrol and diesel fuels (the EU Fuel Quality Directive) Entry into force 28 December 1998 Transposition deadline 1 July 1999. Member States were required to apply transposition measures from 1 January 2000 National transposition measure See Eur-Lex information on national transposition measures, as provided by Member States Subject Fuel quality, air quality, greenhouse gas emissions, transport emissions Purpose and scope EU-wide fuel quality rules are imposed via Directive 98/70/EC (the EU Fuel Quality Directive) in order to: • reduce greenhouse gas and air pollutant emissions in order to protect human health and the environment, and • support a single fuel market and ensure that vehicles can operate everywhere in the EU on the basis of compatible fuels In order to achieve these aims, the EU Fuel Quality Directive sets minimum quality requirements for fuels used with positive ignition and compression-ignition

EU Law analysis: The operator of an online marketplace on which an advertisement was placed was found not to have complied with its obligations under the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation, Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (EU GDPR), despite promptly removing the advert less than an hour after receiving a removal request. The court held that it was a joint controller of the sensitive personal data contained in the advert and should have implemented measures prior to publication to (i) identify advertisements that contain sensitive personal data, (ii) verify that the advertiser is the person whose sensitive personal data appears in the advertisement and, if not, establish that explicit consent has been given by the data subject, and (iii) put in place safeguards to prevent further distribution or dissemination of the unlawful advertisements. The operator’s EU GDPR obligations were not limited by the safe harbour provisions set out in Article 14 of Directive 2000/31/EC (the E-Commerce Directive). Written by Hind Habib, partner and Sarah Reynolds, senior associate at Schillings.