This week's edition of EU Law weekly highlights includes analyses on the publication of the EU Sustainability Omnibus Directive in the Official Journal, the Court of Justice’s ruling that intellectual property owners cannot rely on earlier UK trade marks in European opposition proceedings that began before Brexit, that the EU is preparing a Chips Act 2.0 after its first semiconductor push three years ago failed to deliver major investments, the European Commission launched a consultation on a revised draft of the General Block Exemption Regulation, the Commission and the UK formally signed the EU-UK Competition Co-operation Agreement and published a summary of the responses received to its public consultation on the ongoing review of the Foreign Subsidies Regulation. In addition this week, the European Data Protection Board adopted a report on its Coordinated Enforcement Framework action, signed a Joint Statement on AI-Generated Imagery and the Protection of Privacy, the Commission adopted a Delegated Act exempting pallet wrapping and the Council adopted a regulation establishing a modernised policy framework to support the EU wine sector.

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 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 news on the European Commission’s adoption of the revised REACH Fee Regulation with new small and medium-sized enterprises requirements, the European Parliament adopted its position on corporate sustainability reporting directive amendments, rejected the committee’s position on sustainability omnibus and delayed vote, the European Data Protection Board adopted opinions on the UK data adequacy extensions, the Commission adopted its 2026 Work Programme, published the evaluation of 2014 EU Public Procurement Directives. In addition this week, the Commission and the High Representative presented a new international strategy for securing Europe’s place in global markets titled EU global climate and energy vision, the Commission proposed a partial delay and amendments to the EU Deforestation Regulation, the Parliament adopted the ‘one substance, one assessment’ package to streamline EU chemicals rules and enhance transparency on chemical safety data, rejected the Commission’s proposal to establish a monitoring framework for resilient European forests, the Parliament’s Committee called for stricter online protection measures for minors and the Joint Research Centre released six scientific studies on the EU AI Act implementation for GPAI models.

This week's edition of EU Law weekly highlights includes the European Commission’s adoption of the July Infringements package, the publication of a climate delegated act supplementing the EU Taxonomy Regulation in the Official Journal, the Council of the EU confirming its negotiating mandate on the proposed regulation on general product safety, adoption of an amendment to the State aid Temporary Crisis Framework, the adoption of criteria on cross-border cases and their strategic importance by the European Data Protection Board, and the launch of an EU-wide emergency gas reduction plan to prepare for gas supply cuts from Russia. The highlights further include the approval of an IPCEI hydrogen project under State aid rules, the Commission’s adoption of delegated and implementing regulations under the EU Crowdfunding Regulation, the renewal of the EU terrorist list for a further six months, and the grant of final approval by the Council of the EU to the Digital Markets Act.

This week's edition of EU Law weekly highlights includes analysis on the Court of Justice’s judgment clarifying the scope of Data Subject Access Requests in the context of automated decision-making, the European Commission's delay in deciding on binding regulations for AI in the workplace, the Unified Patent Court addressed its authority to hear claims involving UK patents, the Advocate General’s opinion to uphold €60m Teva pay-for-delay fine, the Court of Justice’s decision on the applicability of medicines advertising legislation to discounts and the impact of the Product Liability Directive on tech and AI. In addition this week, the Council of the EU and European Parliament voted on the postponement of corporate sustainability rules, the Commission sent formal notices to Member States over failure to transpose EU directives, published an Explanatory Guide to support implementation of the REACH microplastics restriction, launched a Call for Input on industry co-operation in critical raw materials procurement and recycling, launched a call for evidence on its new circular bioeconomy initiative, opened consultation on geographical indication implementation rules and the European Parliament voted on the 'one substance, one assessment' package.

This week's edition of EU Law weekly highlights includes news that the European Commission adopted implementing regulation on the NIS2 Directive, digital identity verification became mandatory for suppliers registering their product models in the European Product Registry for Energy Labelling, and MedTech Europe proposed three areas of reform for the medical technology regulations. In addition, this week the European Parliament published the adopted texts of the proposed Solvency II amending Directive and the Insurance Recovery and Resolution Directive, the Commission opened a consultation on rules to set up an AI scientific advisory panel, and COP16 commenced in Colombia.

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 analysis on the European Parliament’s approval to the text of the Digital Omnibus on the AI proposal, the European Commission published a progress report on the simplification agenda, the Council of the EU and the European Parliament agreed on a provisional deal on e-declaration portal for posted workers, the European Consumer Organisation filed a greenwashing complaint against energy companies. In addition this week, the Commission welcomed the Parliament and Council agreement on sixth Carcinogens, Mutagens and Reprotoxic Substances Directive revision, launched biomethane mechanism to connect buyers and sellers, launched ADACities initiative to deploy autonomous vehicles in EU cities. The Parliament also adopted two-category regulation for new genomic techniques in plants, called for suspension of Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive EPR obligations, and gave final approval to new EU vehicle design and end-of-life vehicle Regulation.

This week's edition of EU Law weekly highlights includes analyses on a continuation of the EU’s efforts to modernise the judicial system, the EU General Court’s decision in EUIPO v Neoperl AG, the European Commission’s withdrawal of the proposal on standard-essential patents, the Commission’s guidelines on the definition of AI systems, the announcement of the withdrawal of the proposed EU AI Liability Directive published in the 2025 Work Programme. In addition this week, the Council of the EU approved a revised regulation on Euratom safeguards, the European Data Protection Board adopted recommendations on the 2027 World Anti-Doping Agency and a statement on age assurance for data protection compliance and created an AI enforcement task force, the Unified Patent Court published its first annual report, and the Commission endorsed the integration of the voluntary Code of Practice on Disinformation into the EU Digital Services Act framework.

This week's edition of EU Law weekly highlights includes analysis on Court of Justice ruling on below-threshold referrals and ‘prior price’ reference for price reduction announcements, the European Parliament’s assessment of the European Commission nominees, and provisional dumping duties on EU brandy exports from China. In addition, this week the October 2024 infringement package was published, the rules on transfer of preliminary rulings to the General Court became applicable, the Commission adopted proposals on EU Digital Travel application, the European Data Protection Board published a statement on the proposed amendments to the enforcement of EU General Data Protection Regulation, and the Council of the EU approved the climate conclusions ahead of COP 29.

This week's edition of EU Law weekly highlights includes the publication of the EU AI Act, the hydrogen and gas markets legislative reform package, revisions to the Industrial Emissions Directive, and a new Regulation on controlling methane emissions in the Official Journal. In addition, the Council has agreed its position on the 2025 budget, the Commission has informed X of a preliminary finding of breach under the EU DSA, the EBA has published a report on gender-neutral remuneration policies in the financial sector, and the Commission has clarified rules for energy labelling in visual advertising. The highlights also include in depth analyses of the anti-SLAPP directive, a Court of Justice ruling on access and retention of IP addresses for the purpose of combating copyright infringements online, and possible legislative action relating to the use of AI to automate contracting.