This week's edition of EU Law weekly highlights includes analysis on the Court of Justice’s decision to uphold the European Commission’s findings of abuse of dominance by Google Shopping, the issues with compliance with the EU Deforestation Regulation, and on Deutsche Telekom and Meta’s dispute regarding data transport in Germany. In addition, this week, the September 2024 infringement package was published, the Commission proposed to postpone the implementation of the EU Deforestation regulation by 12 months, the Council of EU adopted its position on the Single European Sky reform, the European Securities and Markets Authority and the European Banking Authority published their 2025 work programmes, and the European Medicines Agency adopted a reflection paper on using Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning in drug development.

This week's edition of EU Law weekly highlights includes analyses of the potential for Meta’s US concessions offering the EU leverage in EU Digital Services Act proceedings, Poland seeking a €250 million fine against Meta over online scams, and TikTok facing claims of over €1.1 billion in Portuguese collective actions. In addition this week, the Commission published a list of key EU legislation entering into force between 1 September and 15 October 2026, opened a call for evidence on the possible revision of the Brussals Ia Regulation, and opened a call for evidence on their proposed Quality Jobs Act. Finally this week, the Energy Traders Europe consortium called for the postponement of import obligations under the EU Methane Regulation and EFRAG published their 2026 draft list of datapoints pursuant to the European Sustainability Reporting Standards.

This week's edition of EU Law weekly highlights includes the adoption of the April infringement package, the adoption of the 2027 EU budget, the publication of a roadmap setting out EU legislative priorities for 2026 to 2027, and the adoption of a temporary Middle East Crisis Temporary State Aid Framework. In addition this week, the European Parliament and the Council of the EU reached a provisional agreement on the co-ordination of national social security systems for mobile workers, the Parliament approved new EU rules establishing a single methodology for calculating greenhouse gas emissions from transport services, the Commission adopted a recommendation urging Member States to accelerate the rollout of the EU age verification app, and the Commission found Meta’s Instagram and Facebook in breach of the EU Digital Services Act for failing to mitigate the risks of minors accessing their platforms. These highlights also include an analysis of the Commission’s plans to replace the EU Unfair Commercial Practices Directive with a Regulation, to make consumer laws directly applicable across the EU in a harmonised form.

This week's edition of EU Law weekly highlights includes analysis on data protection concerns of the Chinese generative AI model DeepSeek and the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority and European Central Bank’s proposals to close insurance protection gap. In addition, this week the European Commission introduced the competitiveness compass, opened consultations on four draft implementing acts for the Net Zero Industry Act and published the Platform on Sustainable Finance report, the Dutch Supervisory Authority imposed a €4.75m fine on Netflix for EU General Data Protection Regulation breaches and the European Medicines Agency published guidelines on the use of Specific Adverse Reaction Follow-up Questionnaires.

This week's edition of EU Law weekly highlights includes analyses of the publication in the Official Journal of the EU of the Digital Omnibus on AI, the Regulation extending the temporary derogation for CSAM detection and EU circularity requirements for vehicle design and end-of-life vehicle management. In addition this week, the European Commission fined Google €890 million for breaches of the EU Digital Markets Act, published non-binding guidance on the implementation of the Cyber Resilience Act and opened calls for evidence on the evaluation of the Employers Sanctions Directive and the EEA and Eionet. Finally this week, an EU-wide patent injunction was granted against Disney in relation to streaming technology.

This week's edition of EU Law weekly highlights includes analyses of the Court of Justice’s communication to the public ruling in Citadines v MPLC Deutschland GmbH on broadcasting through television sets in hotel room and EU General Court’s judgment in Kneipp GmbH v EUIPO which confirms the significance of a mark’s historical reputation, the publication of the May 2024 infringements package, the Council of the EU's adoption of the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD), the Ecodesign Regulation, the Net-Zero Industry Act, the Regulation to track and reduce methane emissions, the Regulation on Substances of Human Origin (SoHo) and the new Schengen Borders Code. In addition, the Directives on strengthening equality bodies in the fields of equal treatment and equal opportunities to combat discrimination have been published in the Official Journal and the European Critical Raw Materials Act has entered into force.

This week's edition of EU Law weekly highlights includes analyses on the Court of Justice’s decision, an appeal against the General Court’s judgment in Case T-74/21, imposing fines on Teva and Cephalon for entering into a pay-for-delay agreement, the European Commission considering changes to how products regulated under EU sectoral product safety laws are covered by the EU AI law, OpenAI’s ChatGPT surpassing the threshold for its designation as a ‘systemic risk’ search engine under the EU Digital Services Act (EU DSA) and the General Court heard Opera's challenge to the Commission over its refusal to designate Microsoft's Edge as a digital 'gatekeeper' under the EU Digital Markets Act. In addition this week, the Commission signed the UN Convention against Cybercrime on behalf of the EU, published preliminary findings against Meta, the provider of Facebook and Instagram, and against TikTok under the EU DSA, to assess whether both companies may have breached their transparency obligations, the Council of the EU has given final approval to a compulsory licensing regulation allowing certain intellectual property rights to be used without holders' consent during crises, adopted a revising directive on European Works Councils, the European Parliament adopted new measures to prevent microplastic pollution from plastic pellets losses throughout the supply chain and adopted the Commission’s proposed soil monitoring law to achieve healthy soils across the EU by 2050.

This week's edition of EU Law weekly highlights includes analyses on the Court of Justice’s ruling in CeramTev v Coorstek that held that the absolute grounds for invalidity under Regulation (EC) 207/2009 are autonomous but not mutually exclusive, the Unified Patent Court’s first injunction covering UK in Kodak case, the EU-US trade deal on 15% baseline tariff, the Commission’s guidelines for the protection of minors online under the EU Digital Services Act (EU DSA) and the Commission’s guidelines on the scope of obligations for general-purpose AI models. In addition this week, the European Parliament's Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs adopted an opinion proposing significant amendments to EU corporate sustainability reporting requirements, the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators approved a new methodology for assessing national electricity flexibility needs, further, the Commission published a recommendation on voluntary sustainability reporting for SMEs, launched a call for evidence for an integrated framework for climate resilience and risk management across the EU, published guidelines for green bond disclosure templates, initiated the second stage of social partner consultations on proposed EU-level regulation of telework rights and the right to disconnect, and issued preliminary findings indicating that Temu, an online marketplace, may be in breach of the EU DSA.

This week's edition of EU Law weekly highlights includes analysis on the Court of Justice decision on the interpretation of ‘overriding mandatory provisions’ under Article 16 of Rome II, Advocate General Szpunar’s opinion on EU copyright protection for non-EU designs, the amendments to EU’s digital rulebook and customs union, LinkedIn’s €310m fine for breaches of the EU GDRP. In addition, this week the European Commission adopted the 2024 Enlargement Package and launched consultations on authorisation rules for EU carbon border adjustment mechanism declarants and the draft Delegated Regulation on data access for research, the European Parliament passed a resolution citing ‘urgent need’ for revision of the Medical Devices Regulation and the In Vitro Diagnostic Medical Devices Regulation, , and COP16 discussions continued.

This week's edition of EU Law weekly highlights includes an analysis into the Fundamental Rights Impact Assessments (FRIA) under the EU Artificial Intelligence Act (EU AI Act) and the Court of Justice's finding that scientific experts' conflicts of interest meant refusal of marketing authorisation was unlawful. This week, the European Commission has launched consultations on the FuelEU Maritime Regulation, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has announced a project to check poison centre notifications and the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA) has called for proposals to improve patient outcomes.

This week's edition of EU Law weekly highlights includes analyses on the EU regulatory landscape for medical devices making use of AI with the introduction of the EU AI Act and the decision of the General Court on an action brought by Amazon against its classification by the European Commission as a Very Large Online Platform. In addition to this week, the Commission adopted implementing rules on geographical indications for craft and industrial products, the European Ombudsman concluded that the Commission committed maladministration due to procedural shortcomings in preparing legislative proposals it considered urgent, the Council of the EU announced that it reached a provisional agreement with the European Parliament to revise the directive on package travel, the Commission adopted its second list of EU energy Projects of Common and Mutual Interest, adopted implementing regulation for carbon removals certification schemes and a new Strategic Framework for a Competitive and Sustainable EU Bioeconomy. The European Union Intellectual Property Office published the first EU-level study examining how social media influencers engage with intellectual property rights, the Commission launched a consultation on new EU climate resilience framework, published a draft implementing regulation establishing rules for the set-up and operation of AI regulatory sandboxes, received notifications from Apple on the EU Digital Market Act threshold compliance for Apple Ads and Apple Maps and the Parliament recommended a minimum age of 16 years for social media access.

This week's edition of EU Law weekly highlights includes analysis on AI companies facing civil liabilities over their AI models, the Council of the EU's notification of the EU's withdrawal from the Energy Charter Treaty and the European Council's nominations for key EU roles. Further, the European Commission has sent requests for information (RFIs) to Temu and Shein under the EU Digital Services Act (EU DSA) and has found Meta in breach of the EU Digital Markets Act (EU DMA) based on its 'pay or consent' model. This week, the EU Net Zero Industry Act, the EU Ecodesign Regulation, the reform of the EU electricity market, the EU Trans-European Transport Network Regulation have been published in Official Journal of the EU.