Category: European Law

Der Gesetzesentwurf zur Neuregelung des Schwangerschaftsabbruchs Letzte Woche schlug ein Bündnis aus 26 Verbänden und Organisationen einen Gesetzesentwurf zur Neuregelung des Schwangerschaftsabbruchs vor („Gesetzesentwurf“). Grundlage ist der Abschlussbericht, den die von der Bundesregierung eingesetzte Kommission zur reproduktiven Selbstbestimmung und Fortpflanzungsmedizin im April 2024 vorgelegt hat („Abschlussbericht“). Nach dem Gesetzesentwurf sollen Schwangerschaftsabbrüche bis einschließlich der abgeschlossenen […]

Summaries of judgments made in collaboration with the Portuguese judge and référendaire of the CJEU (Nuno Piçarra and Sophie Perez)  ▪ Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 11 June 2024, Staatssecretaris van Justitie en Veiligheid (Women identifying with the value of gender equality), Case C-646/21, EU:C:2024:487 Reference for a preliminary ruling – Area of freedom, […]

Taking stock of the phenomenal rise of generative Artificial Intelligence (“AI”), competition enforcement authorities throughout the world are actively engaging in research and consultations to identify and prevent potential violations of competition laws in this sector. It is in this context that the French Competition Authority (the “FCA”) issued its first opinion on the competitive […]

1. Introduction On 20 October 2020, the Swedish Post and Telecom Authority (“PTS”) decided to approve Hi3G Access AB, Net4Mobility HB, Telia Sverige AB and Teracom AB as participants in auction proceedings regarding the granting of licenses to use radio transmitters in the frequency bands 3,5 GHz and 2,3 GHz.  In laying down the requirements […]

Happy 2024 Dear Readers! We are starting a new year of reporting with the reference to the last week’s judgment in the Polish case referred to the CJEU as Getin Noble Bank and Others (C-531/22 – not yet available in English, but accessible in other languages). This judgments continues to provide guidance on the application of the […]

The Protocol In order to keep the Irish territorial border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland frictionless, the relevant Protocol attached to the UK’s Withdrawal Agreement provides for a rather ingenious solution. The Protocol recognises that de jure Northern Ireland remains within the UK customs union, but EU customs legislation will still apply to the region […]

The European Court of Human Rights has determined in a landmark decision that the use of a messaging app such as ByLock does not automatically make someone a terrorist. Solid evidence is needed. This was decided in the Yüksel Yalçınkaya v. Turkey case, a milestone for the Turkish judiciary. In this judgment, the Grand Chamber […]

The EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement contains a number of provisions ‘locking-in’ the UK’s continued commitment to the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). As with many other areas, far from closing arguments about the ECHR and human rights after Brexit, the deal shifts them further down the road, writes Frederick Cowell (Birkbeck College). The […]

The European Federation of Academies of Sciences and Humanities (ALLEA) has for many years supported the move away from proprietary models of scholarly publishing towards Open Access (OA).[1] ALLEA, therefore, welcomes the recognition in the laws of an increasing number of European countries of so-called ‘Secondary Publication Rights’ (SPRs) that allow publicly funded researchers to […]

In a judgment dated 3 April 2024, the Swiss Supreme Court (the “SSC”) rejected Spain’s challenge of an arbitral award rendered in an intra-EU arbitration under the Energy Charter Treaty (the “ECT”). This post addresses the most salient point of this decision, i.e. the SSC’s rejection of the Achmea and Komstroy judgments of the Court […]