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The European Union is an economic and political partnership comprised of 27 nations within the Eurozone. The EU was established in 1948 to promote stability and cooperation among member states in the aftermath of WWII. The EU maintains a common currency as well as several intranational institutions, including the European Parliament and the European Commission. less -

Euro(re)vision: EU Revising its PFAS Restriction Proposal

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 9/8/2025

On August 20, 2025, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden submitted an update to the proposal to restrict PFAS under the European Union’s REACH regulation that they originally submitted in January 2023. The...more

New EU regulation defines “Food Safety Culture”

Hogan Lovells on 3/17/2021

The European Union (EU) recently adopted a regulation requiring food business operators to establish and provide evidence of an appropriate food safety culture and detailing the steps they must take to satisfy this...more

European Commission announced its plan to postpone the implementation of the MDR by one year

Hogan Lovells on 3/30/2020

The European Commission today announced that it is preparing a proposal to postpone the entry into application of the new Medical Devices Regulation (MDR). The proposed postponement would be for one year....more

New medical device regulation in Spain opened for public consultation

Hogan Lovells on 3/3/2020

Spain’s Ministry of Health initiated proceedings for approval of the new regulation on medical devices with a call for a prior public consultation to receive contributions from interested parties....more

DSM Watch: Implementing the new Copyright Directive in France

Hogan Lovells on 6/27/2019

The Copyright Directive (“the Directive”) came into force on 7 June 2019. Member States now have two years to implement it. Amongst the key provisions, Article 15 (former Article 11) creates neighbouring rights for press...more

DSM Watch: EU Copyright Directive clears the finish line

Hogan Lovells on 4/15/2019

Today the Council of the European Union adopted the EU Copyright Directive (the “Directive”), ending a negotiation process which first started with the Commission’s proposal for a new Directive in early 2016. ...more

DSM Watch: Navigating Article 13 (now 17) of the Copyright Directive

Hogan Lovells on 4/2/2019

On 26 March 2019 the EU Parliament voted to pass the draft Copyright Directive (“Directive”) into EU law. After adoption by the EU Council (representatives of Member State governments) and official publication, the EP’s...more

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