On July 24, 2025, the European Commission opened infringement procedures against 18 Member States for failing to fully transpose Directive (EU) 2024/1226 by the May 20, 2025 deadline....more
The EU is going extraterritorial, and it is doing so through private contract. It is a pretty neat trick.
As a general rule, EU regulations do not apply extraterritorially. This policy is a bit pointed, intended to stand...more
3/28/2024
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The EU plans to step up controls on its home grown technology. That is the short version.
The longer version is a (pretty dry) recitation of the proposed legislation and whitepapers that were published last week as the...more
Scope of the Proposed Regulation -
The Regulation would apply where a third country interferes in the legitimate sovereign choices of the Union or a Member State, by applying or threatening to apply measures affecting...more
2/15/2022
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Trade Wars
On May 10, 2021, the EU adopted its new, revised version of Regulation (EC) No 428/2009 (the “Regulation”). It is widely acknowledged to be the first major reform to the structure of the EU’s export control regime since...more