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EU Law weekly highlights—11 July 2024

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Published on: 11 July 2024

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This week's edition of EU Law weekly highlights includes analyses into the priorities of the Hungarian Presidency of the Council of the EU, Meta's EU 'consent or pay' advertising model, and the case of the Court of Justice on communication to the public for TVs in short-term lets (GEMA v GL). In addition, the Commission has requested information from Amazon under the EU Digital Services Act (EU DSA) and has imposed provisional countervailing duties on battery electric vehicles (BEVs) from China, and the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA) has released its Competitiveness Strategy for European Life Sciences. This week, the EU Right to Repair Directive, the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive and the Regulation amending import duties on certain agricultural and industrial products have been published in Official Journal of the EU.

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