Background On June 25, 2025, the Council of the European Union and the European Parliament reached at political agreement to reform the...
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To reach its ambitious 2050 climate neutrality goal, the European Union (EU) is determined to decarbonise its most greenhouse gas (GHG)...
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The European Commission (EC) recently unveiled its Defence Readiness Omnibus (the Omnibus), an initiative designed to reduce regulatory...
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On 8 May 2025, the European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) gave its preliminary ruling in the Beevers Kaas v Albert Heijn dispute, a case...
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Mounting pressure to refresh merger guidelines When the European Commission (Commission) introduced its first guidelines on the...
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Authored by the DR Madrid team On 3 January 2025, the Official State Gazette published the Organic Law 1/2025, of 2 January, on measures...
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In Germany, a new administration is about to come into office following the 2025 federal elections. Friedrich Merz, leader of the...
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Until recently, most EU businesses importing products from the US have not had to worry about the intricacies of EU customs law, as EU...
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In recent years, competition authorities around the world have begun to focus on labour markets. They now treat agreements between...
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The recent escalation of US tariffs on imports from around the world, and tariff retaliation from (so far) China and Canada, and...
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On April 9, 2025, the CDU, CSU, and SPD parties unveiled their coalition agreement, setting out the plans of the new government for the...
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The EU’s new Product Liability Directive (PLD), effective as of 8 December 2024, brings significant updates to the 1985 product liability...