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Lexis+® EU Law is an online practical guidance product for contentious and non-contentious lawyers providing advice to and supporting businesses and organisations that operate across the EU.
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The EU Law module also includes Lexology Getting The Deal Through. Proprietary jurisdictional guides are available for the EEA Member States, giving lawyers an overview of applicable laws at national level.
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Latest EU Law News
The European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA) and Cosmetics Europe (CE) have published statements expressing concerns...
The Council of the European Union has adopted its first reading position on new toy safety regulation intended to replace Directive 2009/48/EC. The...
The Council of the European Union (EU) has adopted a decision authorising the European Commission and member states to sign the United Nations...
The European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) has published comprehensive research examining algorithmic management in workplaces, building on...
The European Commission has updated the ecodesign requirements for external power supplies (EPS), adopting a preferred policy option to enhance energy...
Latest EU Law Practice Notes
State aid and the market economy operator principleEconomic transactions carried out by Member States do not confer an advantage in favour of an...
EU Regulation on Shipments of Waste (Regulation (EU) 2024/1157)—snapshotKey informationEU Waste Shipments RegulationTitleRegulation (EU) 2024/1157 of...
EU GDPR—transfers of personal data internationally and to international organisationsThis Practice Note considers the general prohibition under...
EU eIDAS Regulation-electronic signatures [Archived]ARCHIVED: This Practice Note has been archived and is not maintained.STOP PRESS: On 30 April 2024,...
EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence DirectiveIntroductionDirective (EU) 2024/1760 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 June 2024...
Latest EU Law Precedents
EU GDPR—clause to incorporate module four of the 2021 EU SCCs1In this [clause], 2021 EU SCCs means module four (processor to controller) of the...
EU GDPR—clause to incorporate module three of the 2021 EU SCCs1In this [clause], 2021 EU SCCs means module three (processor to processor) of the...
EU GDPR—clause to incorporate module two of the 2021 EU SCCs1In this [clause], 2021 EU SCCs means module two (controller to processor) of the standard...
EU GDPR—standard contractual clauses (SCCs) for compliance with Article 28(3) EU GDPR by Danish supervisory authorityThis is a set of Standard...
EU GDPR—2021 standard contractual clauses (SCCs) for arrangements between controllers and processors in the EEASTANDARD CONTRACTUAL CLAUSESSECTION...
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Featured EU Law content
Harmonisation
HarmonisationDefinition of harmonisationHarmonisation, also known as standardisation or approximation, refers to the determination of EU-wide legally...
Indirect effect of EU law
Indirect effect of EU lawWhat is indirect effect of EU law?The doctrine of indirect effect, or consistent interpretation, is a duty that national...
The EU Commercial Agents Directive
The EU Commercial Agents DirectiveThis Practice Note considers Council Directive 86/653/EEC (OJ L 382/17), the EU Commercial Agents Directive. It...
Infringement proceedings against EU Member States
Infringement proceedings against EU Member StatesUnder Article 17(1) of the Treaty on European Union (TEU), one of the European Commission’s core...
The supremacy of EU law
The supremacy of EU lawScope of supremacyAs originally drafted, the EU Treaties did not include any provision by which the supremacy, or as it is...
Commission requests further information on Meta's compliance with EU DSA
The European Commission has requested information from Meta regarding its compliance with obligations to give researchers access to publicly...
Brussels I (recast)—special jurisdiction (art 7)
Brussels I (recast)—special jurisdiction (art 7)This Practice Note looks at the special jurisdiction provisions in Article 7 of Regulation (EU)...
Free movement of EU workers and citizens
Free movement of EU workers and citizensEU workers and EU citizens enjoy the right of freedom of movement. This right is granted to EU workers in...
EU Renewable Energy Directive (EU) 2018/2001 (RED II)—snapshot
EU Renewable Energy Directive (EU) 2018/2001 (RED II)—snapshotThis Practice Note provides an outline of the Renewable Energy Directive (EU) 2018/2001...
Equivalence and effectiveness
Equivalence and effectivenessDevelopment of the principles of equivalence and effectivenessUnder the principle of procedural autonomy, in the absence...
Commission updates AI procurement model clauses following EU AI Act adoption
The European Commission has released updated model contractual clauses for artificial intelligence (AI) procurement on 5 March 2025,...
DORA—essentials
DORA—essentialsThis Practice Note outlines the key requirements of Regulation (EU) 2022/2554 (the Digital Operational Resilience Act or DORA) and...
Challenging EU Directives
Challenging EU DirectivesIn briefAccording to settled case law, the Court of Justice of the European Union has the exclusive competence to declare an...
Air passenger rights in the EU
Air passenger rights in the EUThis Practice Note provides an overview of air passenger rights in the EU. It provides guidance on the key definitions,...
The EU Regime relating to unit-linked insurance policies—essentials
The EU Regime relating to unit-linked insurance policies—essentialsThe benefits payable under long term or life assurance policies may be linked to...
Direct effect of EU law
Direct effect of EU lawWhat is direct effect of EU law?The doctrine of direct effect is a fundamental principle of EU law developed by the Court of...
MiFID II & MiFIR—pre- and post-trade transparency
MiFID II & MiFIR—pre- and post-trade transparencyThis Practice Note provides an overview of the pre- and post-trade transparency regime for...
The EU Cyber Resilience Act
The EU Cyber Resilience ActRegulation (EU) 2024/2847, the EU Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) is a first of its kind EU legislation that imposes mandatory...
Associated legal terms
Distinctly applicable measure
Distinctly applicable measures are the national rules or practices that discriminate against the imported (or exported) products in favour of domestic products.
Infringement of EU Law
A procedure initiated by the EU Commission when it considers that a member state has failed to comply with its EU obligations. It seeks to bring the infringement to an end and is linked to a specific provision of the Treaties, secondary legislation or EU judgment.
REACH (regulatory framework for chemicals)
‘REACH’ is an abbreviated term for Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 on the registration, evaluation, authorisation and restriction of chemicals (REACH Regulation). It aims to protect human health and the environment by ensuring greater safety in the production and use of chemical substances. REACH came into force on 1 June 2007 and applies to all chemical substances. REACH requires companies to identify and manage the risks linked to the substances they manufacture and sell in the EU. This information must be sent to the European Chemicals Agency in Helsinki for registration in a database. Companies must also demonstrate the safe use of the substance and communicate the risk management measures to users. Unregistered substances may not be manufactured or imported into the EU.
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