ZEuP: Issue 2 of 2024
The latest issue of ZEuP – Zeitschrift für Europäisches Privatrecht has just been released. It includes contributions on private law, comparative law and legal history, among others. The full table of content can be accessed here.
In addition to the editorial by Christine Budzikiewicz on the Commission Proposal for an EU Regulation on Parenthood and the Creation of a European Certificate of Parenthood (Auf dem Weg zu einer europäischen Abstammungsverordnung? – Licht und Schatten im Vorschlag der Europäischen Kommission), the following contributions may be of interest to those dealing with private international law.
Sebastian Steuer, Europäischer Emissionsrechtehandel – Eine Momentaufnahme nach der Reform durch das „Fit for 55“-Paket (European Emissions Trading – A snapshot after the reform carried out in the framework of the “Fit for 55” package)
Carbon pricing according to the “cap and trade” principle plays a key role in European climate policy. As part of the “Fit for 55” package, the Emissions Trading Directive has, once again, undergone comprehensive revisions and has been substantially toughened in certain respects. This article gives a basic overview of the current state of European emissions trading after the recent changes. It explores the chief components of the Emissions Trading Directive, highlights the economic differences between quantity- and price-based regulation, and discusses the interplay of the EU emissions trading system with international and German climate policy.
Stephanie Nitsch, Microplastics Litigation: eine rechtsvergleichende Orientierung (Microplastics litigation: a comparative legal approach)
The present paper provides a comparative law analysis of liability for microplastics pollution with a special focus on product liability as well as liability due to deliberate or negligent breaches of statutory duties or duties of care.
Finally, Susanne Zwirlein-Forschner discusses a decision of the German Federal Court of Justice on the law applicable to liability due to economically destructive actions and to the assignment of claims (Existenzvernichtungshaftungs- und Abtretungsstatut).