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EU Court of Justice: Judgment in Case C-579/21 | Pankki S

In 2014, an employee of the bank Pankki S who was, at the same time, a customer of that bank, learnt that his personal data had been consulted by other members of the bank’s staff, on several occasions, between 1 November and 31 December 2013. Since he had doubts as to the lawfulness of those consultations, that employee, who had in the meantime been dismissed from his post within Pankki

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22/06/2023

EU Court of Justice: Advocate General’s Opinion in Case C-281/22 | G. K. e.a. (European Public Prosecutor’s Office) 

Although the main investigation is taking place in Germany, the EPPO deemed it necessary to undertake a cross-border investigation in Austria. Accordingly, the (German) handling European Delegated Prosecutor assigned the search and seizure of the accused’s property to an assisting European Delegated Prosecutor (in Austria). Under Austrian law, however, such an investigative measure requires prior judicial authorisation. The assisting European Delegated Prosecutor therefore obtained judicial warrants for search and seizure

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22/06/2023

EU Court of Justice: Advocate General’s Opinion in Case C-588/21 P | Public.Resource.Org 

Public.Resource.Org Inc. and Right to Know CLG are two non-profit organisations whose focus is to make the law freely accessible to all citizens. The organisations had challenged before the General Court a Commission Decision refusing to grant them access to four harmonised technical standards (HTS) adopted by the European Committee for Standardisation (CEN) with respect to the safety of toys in particular. As their challenge was unsuccessful, they appealed the

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22/06/2023

EU-US Ministerial Meeting on Justice and Home Affairs: Joint EU-US statement

The United States and the European Union express strong concern with the rise of violent extremism, based on the rejection of democratic values and motivated by hate, racism, xenophobia and/or related intolerance. They stressed their willingness to work jointly to identify and take effective action in situations in which violent extremist groups cooperate transnationally for the purpose of committing criminal offenses, as well as to address the challenges arising from

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22/06/2023

Switzerland: Federal Council approves parameters for EU negotiating mandate

At its meeting on 21 June 2023, the Federal Council approved the parameters for a negotiating mandate with the EU. Discussions with the EU will continue on this basis, with a view to resolving any outstanding issues. If discussions with the EU and internal work continue to progress satisfactorily, the Federal Council will prepare for the adoption of a negotiating mandate by the end of the year.

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21/06/2023

Finland: Regulation on EU Digital COVID Certificate to expire 

The Regulation on the EU Digital COVID Certificate will expire on 30 June 2023. In future, the Certificate will no longer be used jointly by the EU Member States. People can still get the EU Digital COVID Certificate from the MyKanta online service if they need one. At present, the Certificate is not, as a rule, required for travel purposes. However, it may be required for certain destinations. Before travelling,

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21/06/2023

Ukraine Recovery Conference: EU Commission President von der Leyen and Executive VP Dombrovskis showcase strong EU support 

At the Ukraine Recovery Conference 2023 in London, President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, presented the details of the Commission’s proposal for a new Ukraine Facility that, if adopted by the European Parliament and Council of the EU, will mobilise up to €50 billion over four years in the form of both grants and loans. The Facility will support Ukraine’s efforts to sustain macro-financial stability, promote recovery

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21/06/2023

Air travel data: EU Council adopts position on EU laws about managing data collection 

The two regulations will put in place a router that receives the API data transferred to it by air carriers. The router, in turn, transmits API data to national border and law enforcement authorities. The development of a single router, a central tool which will be developped by an EU agency, makes it easier for air carriers to transfer the information to national authorities and reduces the risk for errors

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21/06/2023

State aid: EU Commission approves €1.1bn Hungarian scheme to support electricity storage facilities

The European Commission has approved a €1.1 billion (approximately HUF 436 billion) Hungarian scheme to support electricity storage facilities to foster the transition to a net-zero economy. The scheme was approved under the State aid Temporary Crisis and Transition Framework, adopted by the Commission on 9 March 2023 to support measures in sectors which are key to accelerate the green transition and reduce fuel dependencies in the context of Russia’s

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21/06/2023

EU Commission aims at long-term EU budget to face most urgent challenges

Within its current bounds, the EU budget has powered a strong EU response, by drawing from its limited built-in flexibilities and through extensive reprogramming. Addressing these multiple challenges has pushed the resources of the EU budget to the point of exhaustion, hindering the EU budget’s capacity to address even the most urgent challenges.

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20/06/2023

EU Council reaches agreement on the nature restoration law

The proposal aims to put in place recovery measures that will cover at least 20 % of the EU’s land and 20 % sea areas by 2030, and all ecosystems in need of restoration by 2050. It sets specific legally binding targets and obligations for nature restoration in each of the listed ecosystems – from agricultural land and forest to marine, freshwater and urban ecosystems.

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20/06/2023

Spain: EU Commission approves €680m Spanish scheme under the RRF to support roll-out of 5G mobile networks in rural areas

The Spanish areas concerned have less than 10,000 inhabitants, and no current or planned investment in 4G networks providing speeds of at least 50 Mbps download. Under the scheme, the aid can be granted until 31 December 2025 and the 5G mobile networks will need to enter into operation by February 2026, at the latest. The aid will take the form of direct grants to electronic communications operators.

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16/06/2023
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