Accordiing to the Court’s preliminary ruling, a price reduction announced in an advertisement must be calculated on the basis of the lowest price in the last 30 days.
The new rules seek to address major societal changes that have affected consumer product safety in the past two decades, such as increasing digitalisation, new technological developments, and globalised supply chains.
The Council is ready to start negotiations with the European Parliament on a new law that will help millions of gig workers gain access to employment rights.
Both companies are active throughout the book value chain, from the acquisition of publishing rights to the marketing, distribution and sale of books to retailers. The two groups are also both involved in other media activities, such as press and live entertainment in France. Lagardère is also active in the radio sector and Vivendi in audio-visual production.
Booking now has the opportunity to reply to the Commission’s Statement of Objections, to consult the Commission’s case file and to request an oral hearing.
Typical targets of SLAPPs are journalists and human rights defenders. Other persons engaged in public participation such as researchers and academics may also be targeted.
Actions which member states will label as criminal offences include: helping persons subject to Union restrictive measures to bypass an EU travel ban, trading sanctioned goods and running transactions with states or entities which are hit by EU restrictive measures.
During their three-day visit to United Nations Headquarters in New York City, a group of MEPs led by Dragos Pîslaru, the Chair of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, will meet NGOs and other key stakeholders, participate in round-tables and debates related to the global implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UN CRPD).
It sets minimum rules on the tracing, identification, freezing, confiscation and management of criminal property.
The joint venture, SWIAT GmbH, will be active in the development, distribution and maintenance of software systems.
In line with the Joint Declaration, the Notice adopted today specifies that, for a measure to be considered to have a genuine and direct link to Northern Ireland and, therefore, to have an effect on the relevant trade between Northern Ireland and the EU, that measure needs to have real foreseeable effects on that trade. These effects should be material, and not merely hypothetical or presumed.
This year’s Scoreboard includes figures on 16 new areas, for example, on how national authorities are dealing with corruption, on the length of proceedings related to bribery cases, and on specific arrangements facilitating equal access to justice for older persons, victims of gender-based and domestic violence, and persons generally at risk of discrimination.
Today, the EU Commission opened an infringement procedure by sending a letter of formal notice to Poland for violations of EU law. This decision follows a thorough assessment of the new law in Poland on the State Committee for the Examination of Russian Influence on the internal security of Poland between 2007 and 2022, which is in force since 31 May 2023. Could this State Committee be used against the
Ukraine: MEPs to debate Nova Kakhovka dam attack and efforts to rebuild country +++ Poland’s electoral law, investigative committee, and threats to the rule of law +++ Ensuring food security and resilient EU agriculture +++ EU Ethics Body: taking stock of the Commission’s proposal
COVID-19 pandemic: a repatriation flight organised in the context of consular assistance does not constitute a re-routed flight that the operating air carrier must offer to passengers whose flight has been cancelled.
Tax rulings: Advocate General Kokott is of the view that the Commission erred in deciding that Luxembourg had granted unauthorised state aid to Amazon in the form of tax advantages.
According to Advocate General Szpunar, platforms like Google, Meta Platforms and Tik Tok may not have additional obligations imposed on them in a Member State other than the one in which they have their registered office, except by measures taken on a case-by-case basis.
New EU rules for rail passenger protection take effect today. As of now, passengers are better protected if their travel is disrupted, and railway companies must ensure a trouble-free travel experience for passengers with reduced mobility. An obligation for rail companies to share real-time traffic and travel data also paves the way for more competitive ticket offers.
The Single Market Emergency Instrument (SMEI), proposed by the Commission on 19 September, aims to address those shortcomings by creating a well-balanced crisis management framework that can identify different threats to the Single Market.
The joint ventures are being set up in Singapore, Taiwan and the Philippines to develop, construct, own and operate solar renewable energy projects in the Asia Pacific region.
As proposed by the Commission in May 2022, this directive aims to amend the rules established back in 2002, strengthen consumer rights and foster the cross-border provision of financial services in the single market.
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