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The European Commission has published a letter that was sent to the chair of the joint committee of the European Supervisory Authorities (the ESAs) which addresses a draft Delegated Regulation on subcontracting information and communication technology (ICT) services supporting critical or important functions (the RTS), submitted by the ESAs on 17 July 2024. In the letter, the Commission rejects the draft RTS on the basis that it considers the provisions relating to the monitoring of the subcontracting chain as not being within the scope of the mandate set out in Article 30(5) of the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA).
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The European Commission has published its 2nd report on the application of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation, Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (EU GDPR), on 25 July 2024. The report found that the EU GDPR efficiently delivered strong protection for data subjects and risk-based obligations for controllers and processors. The report also highlighted specific key areas to enhance the application of the EU GDPR, which included an adoption of the Commission's proposal for an EU GDPR Procedural Regulation to enable vigorous enforcement with swift remedies. It further urged data protection authorities to support small operators and SMEs with consistent interpretation and enforcement of the EU GDPR to ensure a coherent application across the EU.
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The European Commission has published the April 2024 infringement package, which sets out the EU Member States the Commission is taking action against for failing to comply with their obligations under EU law. The April 2024 infringement includes reasoned opinions, Court of Justice of the European Union referrals and formal notice letters issued to France for failing to correctly transpose Directive 2008/98/EC on waste as amended by Directive (EU) 2018/851, the EU Waste Framework Directive, to Austria for failing to correctly transpose Directive 2011/92/EU as amended by Directive 2014/52/EU into national legislation, the EU Environmental Impact Assessment Directive, to Lithuania for failing to correctly incorporate Directive (EU) 2015/2193 into national legislation, the EU Directive limiting air pollutants from medium combustion plants, among other issues.
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The European Commission has published the December 2024 infringement package, which sets out the EU Member States the Commission is taking action against for failing to comply with their obligations under EU law. The December 2024 infringement includes letters of formal notice to Sweden for failure to comply with the Water Framework Directive and Bulgaria for not complying with the Directive on public procurement and the Digital Services Act. Reasoned opinions were issued to Poland in relation to the Bathing Water Directive, Croatia, Poland, Slovenia and Sweden for their failure to transpose the EU Blue Card Directive, and Sweden for not fully transposing the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive into national laws. The UK has been referred to the Court of Justice for not complying with EU law on free movement of EU citizens and their family members at the end of 2020 and for failing to terminate the Bilateral Investment Treaties still in force with Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Croatia, Lithuania, Poland and Slovenia.
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The European Commission has published the December 2025 infringement package, which sets out the EU Member States the Commission is taking action against for failing to comply with their obligations under EU law. The December 2025 package includes letters of formal notice, reasoned opinions, and Court of Justice referrals issued to Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechia, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Austria and others across a range of policy areas, including environmental protection (water, waste, air quality, nature), public procurement, services, free movement, firearms, media freedom, child protection, energy and climate, taxation, customs, transport, financial services and competition.
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The European Commission has released its February 2024 infringements package which sets out the EU Member States the Commission is taking action against for failing to comply with its obligations under EU law. The Commission is issuing letters of formal notice, reasoned opinions and referrals to the Court of Justice of the European Union to EU Member States including the Poland, Portugal, Estonia, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Slovakia, France, Romania, Denmark, Greece, Croatia, Malta, Austria, Sweden, Spain, Bulgaria, Luxembourg, Hungary, Belgium, Germany, Czechia,  Slovenia and Slovakia for breaching their obligations in the environment, Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, migration, home affairs and security union, justice, energy, taxation and customs union, jobs and social rights, defence and financial services.
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The European Commission has published the February 2025 infringement package, detailing actions against EU Member States for failing to comply with their obligations under EU law. This month's package includes letters of formal notice, reasoned opinions, and Court of Justice referrals issued to various countries concerning key legislation.
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The European Commission has published the January 2025 infringement package, which sets out the EU Member States the Commission is taking action against for failing to comply with their obligations under EU law. The January 2025 infringement package includes formal notice letters issued to 27 Member States for failing to notify full transposition measures for eleven EU Directives covering corporate, environment, financial services, justice, taxation, and transport matters.
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The European Commission has published the January 2026 infringement package, which sets out the EU Member States the Commission is taking action against for failing to comply with their obligations under EU law. The January 2026 infringement includes letters of formal notice issued to a range of Member States for failing to notify complete transposition measures of multiple directives (including on financial services contracts concluded at a distance – Directive (EU) 2023/2673, on credit agreements for consumers – Directive (EU) 2023/2225, and on crypto-asset tax transparency – Directive (EU) 2023/2226), and for failing to notify national measures transposing the Directive (EU) 2023/2123 aligning information exchanges on terrorist offences with data protection rules, among other issues.
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The European Commission has published the July 2024 infringement package, which sets out the EU Member States the Commission is taking action against for failing to comply with their obligations under EU law. The July 2024 infringement includes a formal notice letters issued to Italy for failing to correctly transpose Directive 2008/98/EC (the Waste Framework Directive), and to Belgium, Spain, Croatia, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Sweden for failure to comply with the EU Digital Services Act, Regulation 2022 (EU) 2022/2065 (the EU DSA), among other issues.
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The European Commission has published the July 2025 infringement package, which sets out the EU Member States the Commission is taking action against for failing to comply with their obligations under EU law. The July 2025 infringement includes formal notice letters, reasoned opinions, and Court of Justice referrals issued to Ireland, Poland, France, Germany, the Netherlands and others concerning Directive (EU) 2019/904 (Single-Use Plastic Directive),Directive (EU) 2020/2184 (Drinking Water Directive), Directive (EU) 2016/2284 (NEC Directive), and EU rules on public procurement, VAT, and rail transport.
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The European Commission has published the July 2026 infringement package, setting out action against Member States for failing to comply with EU law. The package includes letters of formal notice, reasoned opinions and Court of Justice referrals concerning Finland, France, Spain, Malta, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Slovakia, Germany, Greece, Cyprus, Bulgaria, Czechia, Croatia, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Italy, Belgium, Slovenia, Denmark, Austria, Ireland and the Netherlands, among others. It covers EU rules on the environment, fisheries, services, migration, justice, climate, taxation, transport, financial services, digital economy, employment and anti-fraud.