This week's edition of EU Law weekly highlights includes analyses on the Court of Justice’s first ruling on the conformity of asymmetric jurisdiction clauses, the first preliminary opinion issued by the Enlarged Board of Appeal’s (EBA) regarding the use of description when interpreting the claims for assessing patentability, the ruling in Schweppes’s trade mark challenge with Russian Tea Co., the decision of the Düsseldorf local division of the Unified Patent Court in Fujifilm Corporation v Kodak Holding GmbH and others, and the draft guidance on the interplay between the EU AI Act's and medical device regulations. In addition this week, the European Commission seeks feedback on antitrust rules for automotive sector, introduced the Union of Skills initiative, proposed a two-year extension of the Gas Storage Regulation, initiated a process to enable free and safe data flows between the EU and EPO, and published an Action Plan for the automotive sector and a Communication to decarbonise corporate fleet.

This week's edition of EU Law weekly highlights includes news that the Commission published its annual Enlargement Package, released an indicative timetable for the legislative proposals it expects to issue in 2025, opened a public consultation on revising the EU public procurement Directives, and launched a call for evidence on the proposed EU Quantum Act. In addition this week, the European Data Protection Supervisor published revised guidance on the use of generative AI and the processing of personal data by EU bodies, the Commission adopted amendments to the Solvency II delegated regulation, work commenced on a code of practice for the making and labelling of AI-generated content, the Commission published an updated clinical trials guidance package, and the EFPIA raised concerns about the lack of an impact assessment for medicines in relation to the proposed universal EU REACH restriction on PFAS. These highlights also cover the launch of a European Sustainable Transport Investment Plan and the publication of a draft delegated regulation establishing rules for EU design-related IP procedures managed by the European Union Intellectual Property Office.

This week's edition of EU Law weekly highlights includes analysis of the European Commission’s call for evidence on planned technical updates to the Emissions Trading System State aid guidelines. In addition this week, the Commission launched public consultations on its proposed Circular Economy Act and Biotech Act, established key governance structures for the EU AI Act ahead of its 2 August 2025 implementation deadline, the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority published an opinion on application of insurance legislation to AI systems, the Parliament's Committee on Legal Affairs published a study calling for urgent investment in traceability and attribution mechanisms for generative AI systems, following concerns that current models trained on copyright-protected content lack transparency and the Parliament’s Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety proposed key amendments to the draft Critical Medicines Act to address impact of environmental over-regulation.

This week's edition of EU Law weekly highlights includes Amazon Prime changing its cancellation practices to comply with EU consumer rules, consumer groups bringing an action against Google for steering its users towards increased surveillance, the entry into force of the Vehicle General Safety Regulation and the ‘Roam-like-at-home’ Regulation, the Commission seeking feedback on the Motor Vehicle Block Exemption Regulation and the antitrust enforcement framework, the European Parliament not objecting to inclusion of gas and nuclear in Taxonomy and adopting the Digital Services Act and Digital Markets Act. Also in this week’s highlights, the Council of EU and European Parliament reaching deal on foreign subsidies regulation and the MiCA proposal, and the CJEU finds that UK nationals have lost EU citizenship rights after UK left the EU.

This week's edition of EU Law weekly highlights includes the European Parliament and Council of the EU agreeing on the Cyber Solidarity Act, on rules to ban forced labour products, on rules on sustainability packaging, on revised airspace rules and Advance Passenger Information (API) information. This week, the European Parliament has also formally adopted the EU-wide digital wallet Regulation, the revised Regulation on Wholesome Energy Market Integrity and Transparency (REMIT) and the Regulation to harmonise requirements on short-term rental service (STRs). In addition, the European Parliament’s Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee (ECON) adopted the text of the new benchmark rules, the European Commission fined Apple €1.8bn for abusing its dominant position on the market for the distribution of music streaming apps and the EU Directive on empowering consumers for green transition was published in the Official Journal of the EU.

This week's edition of EU Law weekly highlights includes analyses on whether OpenAI’s latest user figures for ChatGPT could trigger stricter regulation under the EU Digital Services Act (EU DSA), as well as the Court of Justice’s decision that offline copies of audiovisual works provided by streaming platforms do not fall within an exemption under EU copyright law. In addition this week, the European Commission published its simplification review of the EU Deforestation Regulation, confirmed that plans to revise EU REACH have been scrapped, and launched consultations on new Merger Guidelines, the revision of the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS), a new voluntary sustainability reporting standard, and a draft Digital Product Passport Registry implementing regulation. The Commission also announced the completion of the first round of activities of the Hydrogen Mechanism and the European Parliament adopted resolutions on stronger action to combat cyberbullying and stricter enforcement of the EU Digital Markets Act.

This week's edition of EU Law weekly highlights includes analyses of the Court of Justice’s judgment regarding parity clauses and their antitrust implications and on IP rights under the EU Packaging Regulation. In addition, this week the European Data Protection Board adopted a report on its first review of the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, the Council of the EU gave its final approval to revisions to the Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive and Construction Products Regulation, the European Commission opened a consultation on rules for the EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism Registry, adopted a new law for transparency reporting under the EU Digital Services Act and published the 2024 Climate Action Progress Report, and the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA) published a position paper on the use of AI in the lifecycle of medicinal products.

This week's edition of EU Law weekly highlights includes the EU AI Act entering into force, the Commission has made TikTok’s commitment to withdraw its Lite Rewards programme legally binding under the EU Digital Services Act (EU DSA), and the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has launched a pilot programme for the development of orphan devices and published updates to its guideline on good pharmacovigilance practices. In addition, the Commission has opened a consultation on rules clarifying the inclusion of offshore ships in the ship emissions monitoring system and presented the EU's targets under the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.

This week's edition of EU Law weekly highlights includes analysis of the EU AI Act’s latest key legislative step and the draft Delegated and Implementing Acts pursuant to the EU Digital Services Act, updates on the European Commission’s February 2024 infringements package, the European Parliament and Council of the EU’s political deals on the ‘right to repair’ rules, the Schengen borders code reform, the Net-Zero Industry Act and the environmental, social and governance (ESG) ratings. In addition, the Commission welcomes an agreement on new rules to boost gigabit networks rollout, and the European Parliament adopts new rules on instant payments in euro.

This week's edition of EU Law weekly highlights includes analyses on the decision of the Court of Justice clarifying several fundamental aspects of EU design law on fashion trends and originality, on the Commission’s proposal to ease EU AI Act compliance regime for manufacturers of medical devices, and predictions on the enforcement of the EU Digital Services Act in 2026. In addition the European Parliament, the Council of the EU and the Commission signed a Joint Declaration setting out the EU’s legislative priorities for 2026, the Commission renewed the UK adequacy decisions for EEA–UK personal data transfers, the Parliament adopted a legislative initiative report calling on the Commission to propose rules governing algorithmic management in EU workplaces, adopted an amendment to its Emissions Trading Scheme State aid Guidelines to address the increased carbon leakage risk, published a fitness check assessing the EU regulations on gas supply security and electricity risk preparedness, the Council has given final approval to the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) simplification package, the Commission published a proposal for a regulation on compulsory licensing for crisis management and a proposal extending the Interim Regulation allowing certain online communication service providers to continue voluntarily detecting, reporting and removing child sexual abuse material on their services across the EU. Finally, the revisions to EU Deforestation Regulation, including postponement of application, was published in the Official Journal.

This week's edition of EU Law weekly highlights includes analyses on the Court’s decision on the trade mark of ‘Vagisan’ stating that it is too close to 'Vagisil' and on the delay regarding the publication of the final version of the General Purpose AI Code of Practice. In addition this week, the Irish Data Protection Commission fined TikTok €530m for breaches against the EU General Data Protection Regulation regarding EEA user data transfers to China, the Commission opened a consultation on the evaluation of the Cosmetic Products Regulation and on revising the Sustainable Finance Disclosures Regulation, published the May 2025 infringement package, published a roadmap to end Russian energy imports, published the new mandatory Manufacturer Incident Report under MDR/IVDR and MedTech Europe published a paper to support effective implementation of the MDR/IVDR ahead of the reform.

This week's edition of EU Law weekly highlights includes analyses of two Court of Justice rulings regarding the boundaries of the right of access under the EU GDPR and regarding the deceptiveness of dates in trade marks. In addition this week, the codified EU Designs Regulation was published in the Official Journal, the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) launched a public consultation on a draft candidate EU Digital Wallet certification scheme and the Commission signed an agreement with the European Union Intellectual Property Office to strengthen IP rights enforcement under the EU Digital Services Act.