EU ministers adopted a new EU law that facilitates the timely purchase of and access to medicines, vaccines, and raw materials, activates emergency funding, and enables the monitoring of production facilities when another health crisis hits. In recent months we have seen the havoc supply chain disruptions may create. Quick availability of medicines, vaccines, and...
On 25 March 2022, the European Commission and the United States announced that they had reached a Joint Statement on Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework in principle on a new EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework. The framework will foster trans-Atlantic data flows and address the concerns raised by the Court of Justice of the European Union in...
As part of the “Consumer Enforcement Package” expected in 2023, the European Commission announced its intent to revise the consumer Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Directive in place since 2013. The three most extensive ADR mechanisms are Negotiation, Mediation, and Arbitration. Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) utilizes the same principles as ADR to settle disputes through an...
On 18 October 2022, the Council of Europe introduced the Knowledge Sharing platform of ECHR as a more sophisticated version of HUDOC, where an up-to-date case law and all essentials can be found as divided into separate Articles. Its mission is to share Convention case-law knowledge with all legal professionals and the general public across...
Location: France Funded by: French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs Degree Level: Master, Ph.D. Deadline: January 10, 2023 The Eiffel Excellence Scholarship Program was established by the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs to enable French higher education institutions to attract top foreign students to enroll in their master’s and Ph.D. programs. Eiffel French Scholarship...
Deadline: 31 October 2022, 23:59. Brief. The Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program (2023-2024) is a non-degree, post-doctoral award program for junior and senior researchers, university lecturers, and experts from academic institutions who wish to conduct post-doctoral research, lecture, or pursue combined lecturing and research in the United States, fully funded by the US Department of State. The...
The Digital Market Acts (DMA) has been published in the Official Journal of the European Union and will enter into force on 1 November 2022. The DMA aims to address concerns regarding “contestability” and “fairness” in the digital economy and introduces several per se prohibitions and obligations on “big tech”. DMA should create equal conditions...
Date: 10 November 2022 Time: 16:00 CET Interested in knowing how #competitiveneutrality can help balance competing interests in making enforcement choices, serving constituents and consumers, addressing political influences, and assessing social objectives? It is a fundamental principle of competition law and policy that firms should compete on the merits and should not benefit from undue...
Subject: CFGS Scholarship Program Deadline: November 15, 2022 Qualified UVic faculty and graduate students are invited by the Center for Global Studies (CFGS) to apply to participate in the dynamic interdisciplinary research community. One of the central objectives of the Centre is the creation of a community of scholars and of scholarship. These topics may...
Location: hybrid (EUI campus and Zoom) Date & Time: 28 October from 9.30 to 17.15 CET Brief information The European University Institute (EUI) invites you to the 2022 edition of the Florence Autumn Competition Conference. During the conference, the new Centre for a Digital Society (CDS) at the European University Institute (EUI) will be officially presented....