The EU rules on product safety are defined within the General Product Safety Directive (GPSD) 2001/95. Under this directive a product can only be deemed safe if it meets all statutory safety requirements under European or national law. The EU legislator is seeking to repeal the GSPD and amend regulation 2012/1025 that deals with the […]
C‑623/13, Ministre de l’Économie et des Finances v Gérard de Ruyter, 26 February 2015 The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that French legislation which requires foreigners who reside in France and who are employed by a company located in another EU Member State – and who are thus submitted to the social […]
Case C-527/13, Lourdes Cachaldora Fernández v Instituto Nacional de la Seguridad Social (INSS) and Tesorería General de la Seguridad Social (TGSS), 14 April 2015 The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that Spanish legislation on the calculation of permanent invalidity pensions is compatible with European Union law. In the present case, the Spanish legislation […]
Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017 on medical devices, amending Directive 2001/83/EC, Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 and Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 and repealing Council Directives 90/385/EEC and 93/42/EEC The 5th of April 2017, a new European Regulation 2017/745 on medical devices was adopted by the European […]
The European Commission has tabled two legislative Proposals to make it less demanding for undertakings, particularly SMEs, to sell their items across the European Union and to reinforce controls by national specialists and customs officers to keep perilous items from being sold to European customers. The activities are intended to enhance two parts of the […]
On 19 March 2018, the EU and the UK have agreed terms for a 21-month transition after Brexit. This agreement is conditional upon the two Parties reaching an agreement on the complete withdrawal of the UK from the EU which is expected to take place in March 2019, which will be the date from which […]
On 31 May 2018, in case 537/17 Claudia Wegener v. Royal Air Maroc, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled that EU Regulation 261/2004 on compensation and assistance to passengers in the event of denied boarding and of cancellation or long delay of flights, applies to passenger transport effected under a single booking and comprising, […]
On 31 May 2018, in case C-251/17 Commission v Italy, the European Court of Justice ordered Italy to pay a lump sum of €25 million and a fine of more than €30,112,500 for every six months of delay for failing to implement EU law on the collection and treatment of urban waste water within the […]
On 7 June 2018 the European Parliament (EP) ENVI Committee discussed the Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on health technology assessment (COM/2018/051 final) presented by the European Commission on 31 January 2018. The HTA proposal seeks to boost cooperation amongst EU Member States for assessing health technology. The […]
On 31 May 2018, the President of the European Parliament, Antonio Tajani, released a statement regarding the imposition of US duties on imports of steel and aluminum from Europe. He finds that this decision by the US will seriously harm workers, industry, and consumers on both sides of the Atlantic. He asserts that the European […]
