Category: European Law

Introduction & Background On 24 January, as part of its Economic Security Package, the European Commission presented five initiatives to strengthen the economic security of the European Union (EU) amid rising geopolitical tensions and technological disruptions. The five initiatives presented by the Commission are the following: Council Recommendation on Research Security; White Paper on options…

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This month, we have the pleasure of re-posting a contribution by Clémence van Muylder, Senior Associate at Loyens&Loeff, Brussels. Have a pleasant read! In its Grand Chamber judgment of 21 December 2023, the Court of Justice of the European Union rendered its very first decision on the functioning of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO). The decision provides…

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    Jacques Bellezit, University of Strasbourg (France)   Photo credit: mafe de baggis, via Wikimedia Commons   If one wants to trace back the history of European construction, it would necessarily have to mention the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC). Inspired by the Schumann Declaration of May 9th 1950, it was the first…

Read More ““Good IED !” – The CJEU Grand Chamber “Ilva” judgment : a Kirchberg view of conciliating environmental law and human rights” »

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Here is an interesting case for the many fans of the preliminary reference procedure. A Constitutional Court of a Member State introduces a case-law that imposes on all courts of last instance a duty to make a preliminary reference pursuant to Article 267 TFEU as a question of constitutional principle. Thus, if a Supreme Court…

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Josepha Close, PhD Introduction This series of posts aims to examine the EU policy of deterrence and containment of asylum seekers at the borders of Europe. The first one focuses on the hotspot approach, a cornerstone of this policy introduced by the EU Commission in 2015 to manage high levels of migration at the Greek…

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The General Court of the Court of Justice of the European Union delivered judgements recently in two significant sanctions cases. The judgments can be appealed within two months to the Court of Justice (on points of law only).  We provide below a summary of the cases and the points of the judgements:  EU General Court Judgment in Case-494/22 – NSD v Council  Today,…

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Summaries of judgments made in collaboration with the Portuguese judges and référendaire of the General Court (Maria José Costeira, Ricardo Silva Passos and Esperança Mealha)  ▪ Order of the General Court (Grand Chamber), 4 June 2024, Cases T-530/22 to T-533/22, Magistrats européens pour la démocratie et les libertés (Medel), International Association of Judges, Association of…

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The 2024 London International Disputes Week (“LIDW”) was stage to several discussions regarding mass litigations. This was definitely not by chance. Europe has been seeing an exponential rise in mass litigation, particularly in the last twenty years, where aspects arising from environmental, social and governance issues have started to become a trend worldwide. This post…

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Companies often point out that there is a tension between sustainability and antitrust/competition. They argue that European Union (EU) – and EU Member States’ national – competition rules hamper competitor cooperation and innovation regarding sustainability because such rules prohibit arrangements that companies believe are necessary. On June 1, 2023, the European Commission (EC) adopted new…

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