The European Parliament and Council of the EU have reached a provisional deal on a Bill aiming to improve the working conditions of persons performing platform work. The purpose of the Platform Work Directive is to ensure that people performing platform work have their employment status classified correctly and to correct bogus self-employment. The agreed text introduces rules on algorithmic management and the use of artificial intelligence in the workplace. The new rules introduce a presumption of an employment relationship that is triggered when facts indicating control and direction are present. They also ensure that a person performing platform work cannot be fired or dismissed based on a decision taken by an algorithm or an automated decision-making system. The agreed text will now have to be formally adopted by both Parliament and Council to enter into force.

The European Parliament and the Council of the EU have reached an agreement on the EU's annual budget for 2025, totalling €199.4bn in commitments. The budget aims to deliver on political priorities, address crises, and continue financing key programs like Horizon Europe. It allocates funds across areas including innovation, cohesion, environment, migration, and security. Formal adoption is expected by November 2024.

The European Parliament and Council of the EU have reached a provisional agreement on new legislation making it easier to exchange and access health data at EU level. The proposed Regulation for a European Health Data Space (EHDS) aims to improve individuals’ access to and control over their personal electronic health data, while also enabling certain data to be reused for public interest, policy support, and scientific research purposes. It provides for a health-specific data environment that will help foster a single market for digital health services and products. The new rules will allow citizens to have immediate and easy access to their digital health data wherever they are in the EU while also allowing health professionals to access the medical records of patients when required for treatment in a different Member State, allowing for evidence-based decision making, in full compliance with EU data protection rules. The European Parliament and the Council will now formally adopt the new Regulation.

The European Parliament and the Council of the EU have reached a provisional deal on a new regulation to ban products made with forced labour in the EU market. The regulation will create a framework to facilitate the enforcement of the ban, which will include investigations, new IT solutions and cooperation with other authorities and countries. The European Commission will investigate suspected use of forced labour in companies' supply chains outside the EU territory and national authorities will lead investigations where the risks are in the territory of a Member States. The Commission is expected to draw up a list of specific economic sectors in specific geographical areas where state-imposed forced labour exists and to establish a database containing verifiable and regularly updated information about forced labour risks, including reports from international organisations. The provisional agreement reached must now be endorsed and formally adopted by both institutions.

The European Parliament and the Council of the EU have reached a provisional agreement on an updated Child Sexual Abuse Directive, modernising EU rules to address emerging forms of abuse, particularly online harms. The revised framework introduces new offences, including the use of artificial intelligence systems designed to generate child sexual abuse material (CSAM), the dissemination of abuse instruction manuals, grooming, livestreamed abuse and sextortion, while increasing penalties for a range of child sexual abuse and CSAM offences. The agreement also extends limitation periods to give victims more time to report crimes, strengthens consent provisions, requires the removal or blocking of online CSAM, improves victim support and compensation rights, enhances reporting obligations for professionals working with children, and mandates background checks for individuals in roles involving regular contact with children. The directive will now undergo finalisation and formal adoption before member states are required to implement it in national law.

The European Parliament and Council of the EU have reached a provisional agreement on the first update to EU air passenger rights rules since 2004, following 13 years of negotiations. The deal seeks to protect passengers against travel disruption, including denied boarding and delayed or cancelled flights. Among other things, it maintains the three-hour delay threshold for compensation, requires clear instructions on how to submit a request for compensation and increases flight price transparency by requiring fares to include carry-on luggage at the outset of the booking process. It also introduces free adjacent seating for children under 14 and additional rights for passengers with disabilities or reduced mobility. The agreement must now undergo legal-linguistic revision and be confirmed by both institutions within the next six weeks, with a possibility to extend this deadline by a further two weeks. The European Parliament is planning to vote on the agreement during its July plenary session.

The Parliament and Council reached a provisional agreement on 10 April 2025 for a new Toy Safety Regulation to replace Directive 2009/48/EC. The regulation bans harmful chemicals including per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and endocrine disruptors in toys, introduces mandatory Digital Product Passports for all toys sold in the EU, and strengthens online marketplace obligations. The agreement requires formal approval by Parliament and Council before entering force, with a 54-month implementation period for Member States and 4.5-year industry transition period.

The European Parliament and the Council of the EU have reached a provisional political agreement on the reform of the Single European Sky rules which amend Regulation (EC) No 549/2004 (Single European Sky Regulation) and propose to amend Regulation (EU) 2018/1139 (EU Aviation Safety Agency Regulation). The new rules improve the network management of EU airspace with binding targets to make flights more efficient and environmentally friendly. The European Commission will also review performance targets on capacity, cost efficiency, climate and environmental factors every three years to ensure air management services are contributing to climate neutrality. The Regulation introduces the possibilities for competition in the air navigation services market and the procurement of other air navigation such as communication, meteorological or aeronautical services. This provisional agreement is now subject to approval by the Council and European Parliament.

The European Parliament and Council of the EU have reached a political agreement on the two Regulations on Advance Passenger Information (API). The new rules aim to make API data available more efficiently for border and law enforcement authorities, and strengthen the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of terrorist offences and serious crime, particularly on travels within the EU. The Regulations will cover flights within, into and from the EU. The rules will introduce uniform requirements for the collection of API data by carriers, increased quality API data, mandatory data transfers to Member States, and more efficient data transfers by air carriers to Member States. The Regulations must now be formally adopted by the Parliament and Council before they can enter into force.

The European Parliament and the Council of the EU have reached a provision political agreement on the revision of the Mercury Regulation. The revised Mercury Regulation will prohibit the last intentional remaining uses of mercury in the EU by prohibiting the manufacture, import and export of certain mercury-containing lamps and the use of dental amalgam. Member States will need to use more energy efficient mercury-free alternatives, including LEDs. The European Parliament and the Council will now formally have to adopt the new Regulation before it can enter into force. It will then enter into force 20 days after its publication in the Official Journal of the EU.

The European Parliament has announced a provisional agreement with the Council of the EU on amendments to the EU Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act aimed at easing compliance obligations while preserving the legislation’s risk-based framework.

The European Parliament and Council of the EU have reached a political agreement on new rules for a ‘right to repair’ for consumers which will clarify the obligations for manufacturers and encourage consumers to extend a product’s lifecycle through repair within and beyond the legal guarantee. The new rules will create an obligation for manufacturers to repair common household products, make spare parts and tools available at a reasonable price. Manufacturers are also prohibited from using contractual clauses, hardware or software techniques to obstruct repairs. Consumers are to be informed about a manufacturer’s duty to repair and an online platform will be set up for consumers to easily find local repair shops, sellers of refurbished goods, buyers of defective items or community-led repair initiatives, such as repair cafes. EU Member States are to introduce at least one measure to promote repair. Once the European Parliament and Council of the EU formally adopt this agreement, the Directive will enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. EU Member States will then have 24 months to transpose it into their national law.