On 7 December 2022, the European Commission adopted a proposal for a Regulation aimed at harmonizing at the EU level the rules of private international law relating to parenthood. The proposal is focused on the best interests and the rights of the child. It will provide legal clarity for all types of families, who find...
The Council has adopted new legislation for a high common level of cybersecurity across the Union, to strengthen the resilience and incident response capacities of both the public and private sector and the European Union as a whole. This new directive, which is also called “NIS2”, will replace the current directive on security of network and...
Date: 13 December 2022 from 13:00 to 19:00 Location: Brussels (Hybrid) Organizers: The European Commission The European Commission has the pleasure to open the registration for the workshop, which will take place on Tuesday 13 December 2022 in Brussels, from 13:00 to 19:00 The particular characteristics of digital markets tend to amplify any possible anticompetitive...
The European Parliament has formally adopted the new EU law on gender balance on corporate boards. By 2026, companies will need to have 40% of the underrepresented sex among non-executive directors or 33% among all directors. The adopted Directive aims to ensure that gender balance in corporate boards of large listed EU companies is established...
The European Banking Authority (EBA) published its final Guidelines on the use of remote customer onboarding solutions. These Guidelines set out the steps credit and financial institutions should take to ensure safe and effective remote customer onboarding practices in line with applicable anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) legislation and the EU’s...
The European Commission has launched today a public consultation inviting all interested parties to comment on the draft revised Market Definition Notice. Market definition is an important first step in the assessment of mergers and of most antitrust cases. It serves to define the boundaries of competition between companies. The Market Definition Notice is being revised...
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...
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...
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...
Location: online When: 1 December 2022, 09.30-12.30 CET Brief information. The 2022 edition of the 𝗢𝗘𝗖𝗗 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝘂𝗺 𝗼𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 will feature an introductory session on “The Goals f Competition Policy” which is open to the public through a live webcast on 1 December 2022. It will explore whether competition law and policy need to...