This week's edition of EU Law weekly highlights includes a vote by the European Parliament approving the postponement of application of the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive and Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive, the Commission’s publication of its AI Continent Action Plan, and provisional political agreement on a regulation governing microplastics. This week’s highlights also include analyses on a court decision on compensation for non-material damages resulting from unlawful transfers of personal data, the fine issued to two subsidiaries of Deutsche Bank AG in a key greenwashing case, and the opinion of Advocate General Spielman on when stocking goods can be an infringing use of a trade mark, and the applicability of the EU AI rulebook. Finally this week, the Commission released an updated version of the Model Contractual Clauses for AI Procurement, the Commission published a statement on the implementation of sanctions, and the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA) issued a warning on risks to the industry resulting from US tariffs.

This week's edition of EU Law weekly highlights includes analysis on Advocate General Maciej Szpunar’s opinion on France's shipping fee for book orders under the EU Services Directive and the EU Intellectual Property Office said it is now using AI to help to assess the trademark applications it receives through its simplified e-filing tool. In addition this week, the Council of the EU reached an agreement on its position for the 2026 EU draft budget, the European Parliament approved a Commission proposal to update money-laundering and terrorist financing high-risk third countries, the Parliament approved the gradual introduction of electronic border controls, the Commission adopted a Delegated Act to simplify EU Taxonomy reporting rules, presented the sixth omnibus package on chemicals and industry action plan, proposed amending the EU Climate Law to set a 2040 target of 90% net greenhouse gas emissions reduction compared to 1990 levels, and launched the Hydrogen Mechanism, the first operational component of the EU Energy and Raw Materials Platform.

This week's edition of EU Law weekly highlights includes analysis on Court of Justice ruling on below-threshold referrals and ‘prior price’ reference for price reduction announcements, the European Parliament’s assessment of the European Commission nominees, and provisional dumping duties on EU brandy exports from China. In addition, this week the October 2024 infringement package was published, the rules on transfer of preliminary rulings to the General Court became applicable, the Commission adopted proposals on EU Digital Travel application, the European Data Protection Board published a statement on the proposed amendments to the enforcement of EU General Data Protection Regulation, and the Council of the EU approved the climate conclusions ahead of COP 29.

This week's edition of EU Law weekly highlights includes analyses of whether social media's liability shield still holds after recent Court of Justice rulings and the new AI labelling rules for 'deployers' in the advertising supply chain. In addition this week, the European Commission proposed EU public procurement reforms, adopted guidelines on exclusionary abuses of dominance, issued a communication on a new strategic approach to agri-food research and innovation, and consulted on smart tachograph specifications for passenger services and on the recast of Schengen short-stay visa rules. Finally this week, the European Association of Hospital Pharmacists and the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries & Associations published joint guidance on single unit barcoding for medicines and the European Parliament's Committee on Employment and Social Affairs called for a law on workplace psychosocial risks.

This week's edition of EU Law weekly highlights includes analysis of the impact of AI on General Data Protection Regulation principles, the European Commission adopting new safety measures for manned vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) and drone operations and the sixth meeting of the EU-US Trade and Technology Council (TTC) taking place. This week, Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/873 amending rules on free allocation of emission allowances has also been published in the Official Journal.

This week's edition of EU Law weekly highlights includes analyses on the impact of a Court of Justice ruling on operators of online marketplaces and their EU GDPR obligations, the Advocate General’s opinion on trade mark invalidity when marks are of such a nature as to deceive the public, the Court of Justice judgment on eligibility of utilitarian objects for copyright protection, the Digital Omnibus and key considerations for the life sciences sector, and questions from Member States on the planned delay for EU AI Act. In addition this week, the European Commission adopted a financial services market integration package, published the Environmental Simplification Omnibus, the European Grids Package and Energy Highways initiative, launched a public consultation on revising EU rules addressing unfair trading practices in business-to-business relationships within the agricultural and food supply chain, the Council of the EU and European Parliament reached provisional agreements to significantly narrow the scope of EU sustainability reporting and due diligence rules, as well to amend the EU Deforestation Regulation and the European Climate Law, the European Data Protection Board adopted recommendations clarifying the legal basis for requiring user account creation on e-commerce websites, the EIOPA launched consultations and published guidance as part of the Solvency II review and the Commission unveiled its Quality Jobs Roadmap, a strategic plan to ensure high-quality, future-proof employment across the EU.

This week's edition of EU Law weekly highlights includes an analysis of the Belgian presidency’s programme for its January to June 2024 term, the publication of amendments to the EU Accounting Directive adjusting company size criteria in the Official Journal, the publication of the EU Data Act in the Official Journal, and the entry into force of European Sustainability Reporting Standards for corporate entities. In addition, the Council of the EU adopted the prolongation of emergency energy regulations, a notable case on the right of competitors to sue each other under the EU GDPR came before EU judges, the Commission published new guidance on reporting environmental performance under the EU taxonomy, and the European Medicines Agency published its five-year artificial intelligence (AI) workplan.

This week's edition of EU Law weekly highlights includes analyses into the priorities of the Hungarian Presidency of the Council of the EU, Meta's EU 'consent or pay' advertising model, and the case of the Court of Justice on communication to the public for TVs in short-term lets (GEMA v GL). In addition, the Commission has requested information from Amazon under the EU Digital Services Act (EU DSA) and has imposed provisional countervailing duties on battery electric vehicles (BEVs) from China, and the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA) has released its Competitiveness Strategy for European Life Sciences. This week, the EU Right to Repair Directive, the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive and the Regulation amending import duties on certain agricultural and industrial products have been published in Official Journal of the EU.

This week's edition of EU Law weekly highlights includes analyses of the European Commission's draft high-risk AI guidelines under the EU AI Act, guidance from the EU government on plans for simplifying digital rules, and the review of AI assistants for possible ‘gatekeeper’ designation. In addition this week, the Commission published a roadmap on digitalisation and AI in the energy sector, the European Parliament and Council of the EU reached provisional agreement on updated rules for small mid-cap enterprises, the Commission called for the full implementation of the EU Pay Transparency Directive, the Council adopted its negotiating position on European business wallets, the Commission adopted interim measures requiring Meta to allow third party AI assistants free access to WhatsApp, Helsinki University’s pharmacy had a €1.1 million GDPR fine overturned on the basis of the public sector rule, and the Commission published the final voluntary Code of Practice on marking and labelling AI-generated content.

This week's edition of EU Law weekly highlights includes news analyses on a decision of the General Court rejecting a challenge against the trans-Atlantic data transfer agreement, a decision of the High Court of Justice of Galicia, Spain ruling in favour of residents and consumer associations in a landmark environmental case, the protection for EU farmers following the Mercosur deal, a decision of the Court of Justice ruling that experts is not needed to weigh design rights in Lego and trade marks law under Directive on empowering consumers for the green transition. In addition this week, the European Commission President delivered the 2025 State of the Union address, the Court of Justice dismissed Austria's challenge on nuclear and gas inclusion in sustainable investment taxonomy, the Council of the EU adopted its position on the Commission’s Omnibus III legislative package related to the simplification of the CAP, the Commission launched a consultation on AI transparency rules, the European Parliament adopted its final position on targeted revisions to the EU Waste Framework Directive, adopted its initial negotiating position on a new Regulation for vehicle design and on end-of-life management and approved amendments to the EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism.

This week's edition of EU Law weekly highlights includes analyses on the Court of Justice ruling on the concepts of average consumer and aggressive or unfair commercial practice, the scope and impact of the upcoming Digital Operational Resilience Act, proposals for new EU telecom rules to be released in 2025, and Meta challenging Irish EU GDPR fine for ‘plaintext’ passwords data breach. In addition, this week the revised EU Product Liability Directive entered into force, the Council of the EU approved conclusions to strengthen the EU cybersecurity agency ENISA, adopted negotiating positions to strengthen EU passenger rights and approved conclusions on farmer-focused post-2027 Common Agricultural Policy, the European Commission established the European Board on Agriculture and Food and finalised ground-breaking EU-Mercosur trade deal, and the European Union Intellectual Property Office revealed EU Member States' readiness for new Geographical Indication protection system.

This week's edition of EU Law weekly highlights includes coverage of the European Commission’s issue of a statement of objections to Meta over WhatsApp AI access restrictions, the Commission’s finding that Apple Ads and Apple Maps should not be designated under the EU Digital Markets Act, and the Commission’s preliminary finding that TikTok breached the EU Digital Services Act due to its addictive design. In addition this week, the Commission launched a call for evidence on Forced Labour Regulation guidelines, opened a call for evidence on proposed revisions to the EU Cybersecurity Act, adopted new measures aimed at preventing the destruction of unsold apparel, launched an Action Plan Against Cyberbullying to strengthen the protection of children and young people online, and launched a public consultation to assess the impact of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive. Finally this week, guidelines have been published to assist Very Large Online Platforms and media service providers in implementing the EU Media Freedom Act and an Action Plan has been published on the development of the EU drone market.