Law360, London: The Bank of England's regulatory arm said on 28 July 2025 that it has fined the London branch of a Luxembourg-based reinsurer £1.79m for failing to have adequate controls in place during Britain's exit from the EU.

The Clean Maritime Fuels Platform has been launched by the European Community Shipowners’ Associations, FuelsEurope, eFuel Alliance, European Waste-based & Advanced Biofuels Association, Hydrogen Europe, and Methanol Institute, to address challenges in decarbonising the shipping sector. This new initiative aims to improve communication between the maritime industry and fuel producers, focusing on infrastructure gaps, policies, and the production of clean maritime fuels. The platform will support Europe’s transition to a net-zero economy by 2050, aligning with the Fit for 55 package objectives.

This Practice Note considers Regulation (EC) 861/2007 establishing a European Small Claims Procedure (ESCP Regulation) as amended by Regulation (EU) 2015/2421 (amending the ESCP Regulation) which applies to cross border claims for less than €5000. It explains the European small claims procedure under the Regulation, from initiating the claim through to enforcement. What is the small claims procedure? The small claims procedure was introduced to simplify, speed up and reduce the costs incurred in dealing with small claims disputes. It is available to litigants as an alternative to the small claims procedures that exist in EU Member States. The benefit of the procedure is that it eliminates the need for additional proceedings required to recognise and enforce foreign judgments obtained under an EU Member State’s own small claims procedure. The procedure is given by the applicable procedural law of the EU Member State in which the procedure is conducted. Where is the procedure set out? The procedure for European small claims brought after 14 July 2017 is set out in Regulation

Main changes to the regulation ARCHIVED: This Checklist has been archived and is not maintained. The regulations can be accessed here: The main changes are: • an increase in the threshold for a small claim from €2000 to €5000. The possibility of raising the threshold even higher will be examined during the first five years of the application of the new rules • a reduction in the payment of court fees, with an obligation on Member States to ensure that fees for using the procedure are not disproportionate and should be no higher than the court fees charged for national simplified court procedures • an increase in the use of electronic communications, such as videoconferencing • a minimisation of the translation requirement for the certificate to enforce a judgment given in the European small claims procedure • a closer connection between the European small claims procedure and the European order for payment procedure, which allows the claimant to use the European small claims procedure when a statement of opposition has been lodged against a European

Amendments in force on 14 July 2017 ARCHIVED: This Practice Note has been archived and is not maintained. The European Small Claims Procedure Regulation (EC) No 861/2007, as well as Regulation (EC) 1896/2006 establishing a European Order for Payment Procedure,was amended by Regulation (EU) 2015/2421. The amendments to the European small claims procedure apply from 14 July 2017 with the exception of art 25 which applied from 14 January 2017 as it required information from Member States to be provided by 13 January 2017. This Practice Note has been updated to reflect the amendments. For information on the provisions in the regulation in force from 14 July 2017, see Practice Note: European small claims procedure—from 14 July 2017 and European small claims procedure amendments—checklist [Archived] which sets out the original and updated text. When the procedure applies EC Regulation 861/2007 applies to cross-border claims for €2000 or less. A 'cross-border case' in this context is one in which at least one of the parties is domiciled in a Member State

Starting the process of translating policy to legislation At the European level, the development and enforcement of rules by supra-national bodies is governed by the Lamfalussy process, which was designed by the 'Committee of Wise Men' on the Regulation of European Securities Markets (the Lamfalussy Committee) and described in its final report published on 15 February 2001. The four level Lamfalussy process is explained in diagrammatical form in Appendix 1, and Levels 1 and 2 are examined in more detail in Appendices 2 and 3. However, it is always important to bear in mind who makes up the constituent parts of each of the supra-national bodies. European Parliament The European Parliament is the directly elected parliamentary institution of the European Union. Its members (MEPs) are elected by the citizens of each of the member states. Together with the Council of the European Union (the Council) and the European Commission (the Commission), it exercises the legislative function of the EU. Council of the European Union While the European

Law360: The EU may have to go it alone on international tax policy in 2025, especially because President-elect Donald Trump's return to power means the US will likely oppose any multilateral solution to taxing the digital economy.

The waste classification scheme that categorises waste types according to what they are and how they were produced.

This Practice Note examines the Transnational Information and Consultation of Employees Regulations 1999 (TICER 1999), SI 1999/3323, which implemented the recast European Works Council and information and consultation procedure Directive 2009/38/EC. TICER 1999 enabled employees to ask their employer to set up a European Works Council (EWC) to provide information and consult with employees on issues affecting employees in two or more EEA countries. Brexit impact Since IP completion day (31 December 2020), those employed in the UK are no longer able to ask their employer to set up an EWC. However, it was intended that any request to set up an EWC submitted before 1 January 2021 would be allowed to complete. An individual who was a representative may be able to be involved with their employer’s EWC from 1 January 2021 if the employer agrees. The government stated that it would make sure the enforcement framework, rights and protections for employees in UK EWCs were still available as far as possible. The government stated that it ‘would encourage businesses to continue to allow UK workers to be

Law360: The European Commission on 26 April 2024 proposed new rules to help small and medium-sized businesses access a yet-to-be established investor court that was included in the bloc's nearly seven-year-old trade deal with Canada.

The House of Lords European Affairs Committee has launched a call for evidence in a new inquiry into dynamic alignment, as part of the parliamentary scrutiny of the government’s UK-EU reset. As the ten year anniversary of the Brexit vote approaches, the inquiry will examine the implications of new UK-EU agreements under which the UK would align with certain areas of EU law, participate in EU law decision-shaping processes, and make financial contributions to relevant EU activities. The inquiry will investigate dynamic alignment and associated issues, including the arrangements for implementation and parliamentary scrutiny of dynamic alignment, the implications for the UK devolved administrations, and the broader economic, regulatory and trade impact. The inquiry hopes to inform parliamentary consideration of the proposed ‘Reset Bill’, also referred to as the ‘Dynamic Alignment Bill’, which is expected in 2026, to provide for domestic implementation of the UK-EU reset agreements, including dynamic alignment. Written evidence should be submitted by 9.00am on 20 April 2026. Public evidence sessions will start on 24 March 2026, with the Committee aiming to report later in the year.

The European Commission has published its Annual Union Work Programme on European Standardisation (AUWP) 2024. It lays out its priorities on all activities regarding standards. The High-Level Forum on European standardisation informed and advised the AUWP. The 2024 AUWP includes 72 actions, which support the EU’s policy ambitions towards a digital, green and resilient Single Market.