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On 2 August 2023, Gerard Quinn, the UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities, and Claudia Mahler,Continue Reading
This post was written by Ralf Michaels and Antonia Sommerfeld, Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, andContinue Reading
On 28 June 2023, the European Commission presented a package consisting of three proposals regarding the Euro currency. It includesContinue Reading
The authors of this post are Bernadette Boehl, Sophie Dannecker, Larissa Grundmann, Maira Gabriela Nino Pedraza (all University of Bonn). AContinue Reading
The European Parliament on 11 July 2023 adopted its negotiating position on the proposal for a directive on the protectionContinue Reading
The readers of this blog are aware of the pending proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of theContinue Reading
The author of this post is Willem Visser. He is one of the editors of the Dutch Journal for ConsumerContinue Reading
The readers of the blog are aware of the European Commission proposal for a Regulation on the digitalisation of judicial cooperationContinue Reading
The European Parliament passed on 15 June 2023 a resolution expressing support for the accession of Ukraine to the HagueContinue Reading
On 31 May 2023, the Commission adopted an implementing decision whereby the European citizens’ initiative (ECI) entitled Effective implementation ofContinue Reading
The Council of the European Union adopted on 9 June 2023 a political agreement on the proposal for a directive onContinue Reading
On 31 May 2023, the European Commission has proposed new rules aimed to ensure that the protection of adults isContinue Reading
This post was written by Nadia Rusinova (Hague University of Applied Sciences). The judgment of the Court of Justice ofContinue Reading
Readers of this blog are aware that an EAPIL Working Group has been set to reflect on the reform ofContinue Reading
As many readers of the blog surely know already, the Unified Patent Court Agreement (UPC Agreement) will enter into forceContinue Reading
This is the and final part of a post collectively written by Marion Ho-Dac and Matthias Lehmann. Part one isContinue Reading
This post was collectively written by Marion Ho-Dac and Matthias Lehmann. It consists of two parts. Part two can beContinue Reading
The EAPIL Working Group on the Reform of the Brussels I bis Regulation has issued a preliminary position paper formulatingContinue Reading
On 15 December 2022, the UK Government launched an open consultation on its plan for the United Kingdom to becomeContinue Reading
As reported on this blog by Marco Pasqua, the European Commission adopted on 18 October 2022 its 2023 Work Programme,Continue Reading
On 7 December 2022, as announced through the Commission Press Corner, the European Commission adopted a proposal for a Regulation aimedContinue Reading
This post was written by Felix M. Wilke, University of Bayreuth. The new EU Sale of Goods Directive 2019/771 andContinue Reading
A recent Briefing paper titled Updating the European digital identity framework, authored by Mar Negreiro and Maria Niestadt (from theContinue Reading
The author of this post is Francesca Maoli, who is a Researcher at the University of Genova. The Brussels IIContinue Reading
A quick update related to the insolvency regulation (Regulation 2015/848): on 30 August 2022 the Commission adopted Decision (EU) 2022/1437Continue Reading
This post was contributed by Dr. Vincent Richard, who practices with Wurth Kinsch Olinger in Luxembourg. The end of theContinue Reading
On 25 May 2022, the European Commission published a set of Questions and Answers (Q&As) to clarify the practical implementation ofContinue Reading
Council Decision (EU) 2022/1022 of 9 June 2022 on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, of the ProtocolContinue Reading
Regulation (EU) 2022/850 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2022 on a computerised system for theContinue Reading
Strategic lawsuits against public participation, commonly known as ‘SLAPPs’, are a particular form of harassment used primarily against journalists andContinue Reading
On 19 April 2022, the European Commission has launched a new page on the e-Justice Portal concerning children from UkraineContinue Reading
On 23 February 2022, the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on Corporate SustainabilityContinue Reading
On 31 March 2022, the EU Commission disclosed that it has been working on a proposal for a bilateral treatyContinue Reading
Annexes A and B to the insolvency Regulation list, respectively, the national insolvency proceedings and national insolvency practitioners (as notifiedContinue Reading
At the beginning of December 2021 the European Commission launched a new initiative aiming to digitalise cross-border judicial cooperation –Continue Reading
The European Commission (EC) set out an initiative Recognition of parenthood between Member States. As underlined by the EC, the initiative aims toContinue Reading
In June 2021, the Committee on Legal Affairs of the European Parliament issued a Draft Report with recommendations to theContinue Reading
On 16 July 2021, the EU Commission has issued a Proposal for a Council Decision on the accession by theContinue Reading
This post was contributed by Alexia Pato, who is Postdoc Research Fellow at the University of McGill (Montreal, Canada). TheContinue Reading
The Council of the European Union will aim at establishing a general approach on the regulation on assignments of claimsContinue Reading
On 17 September 2020 the Court of Justice of the EU issued a judgement in the case of WV vContinue Reading
On 24 February 2021 the Court of Justice of the EU issued a judgement in the case BU v Markt24Continue Reading
Pursuant to Protocol No 22 to the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty on the Functioning of the EuropeanContinue Reading
Directive (EU) 2020/1828 of 25 November 2020 on representative actions for the protection of the collective interests of consumers andContinue Reading
December 2020 will be quiet at the Court (regarding private international law cases). The judgment in C-774/19 Personal Exchange InternationalContinue Reading
On 2 December 2020, following a lengthy procedure, the Recast Service Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2020/1784 of 25 November 2020 on the serviceContinue Reading
The European Order for Payment (EOP, Regulation (EC) No 1896/2006), the European Small Claims Procedure (ESCP, Regulation (EC) No 861/2007)Continue Reading
On 16 November 2020, the JURI Committee of the European Parliament will vote on the draft recommendations for second readingContinue Reading
On few occasions Polish tax authorities made references to the EU Succession Regulation and applied foreign law designated by itsContinue Reading
It is widely known that disputes related to sports are most of the times referred to arbitration. Football is ofContinue Reading
On 10 August 2020, the European Commission launched a public consultation on Regulation 805/2004 creating a European Enforcement Order forContinue Reading
On 14 July 2020, Austria ratified the 1965 Hague Service Convention. The Convention is set to enter into force for AustriaContinue Reading
On 7 July 2020, the Members of the Committee on Legal Affairs will vote on the provisional agreement resulting fromContinue Reading
The Presidency of the Council of the European Union and the European Parliament reached on 30 June 2020 a provisionalContinue Reading
On 22 June 2020, Parliament and Council negotiators reached a deal on the first EU-wide rules on collective redress. TheContinue Reading
On 26 May 2020, the European Commission launched a public consultation on cross-border investment within the EU. Why this initiative? First,Continue Reading
In May 2018, the European Commission published a proposal for a Regulation amending the 2001 Evidence Regulation. The name ofContinue Reading
On 29 November 2019, the Council of the European Union adopted a general approach regarding the recast of Regulation 1393/2007 on theContinue Reading
On 10 February 2020, the European Commission announced its intention to open a process of consultation to get feedback fromContinue Reading
According to a press release published on 9 January 2020, the MEPs can soon start negotiating the final shape thatContinue Reading
Background On 11 April 2018, the Commission published a proposal for a new Directive on representative actions for the protectionContinue Reading
On 28 November 2019 the European Added Value Unit published a study accompanying the European Parliament’s legislative own-initiative report on Common minimum standardsContinue Reading