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Nota Bene Episode 102: Examining European Union State Aid in the Face of COVID and Brexit with Jacques Derenne and Robert Klotz
JONES DAY PRESENTS®: EU Mandatory Disclosure Rules (DAC 6)
Nota Bene Episode 81: European Check In: How the EU is Dealing with the Pandemic’s Economic Fallout with Oliver Heinisch
Jones Day Talks: EU's New Foreign Direct Investment Regulations Eye Specific Sectors
Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the European Union has adopted 18 packages of sanctions targeting Russia and Belarus, with the latest on July 19, 2025. In total, the EU has about 40 different sanctions...more
Reporting obligations under the European Union’s Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive are created under EU member state national legislation adopted pursuant to the CSRD. We have again updated our tracker to reflect...more
The Digital Services Act (DSA) and the Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act) are key components of the EU’s constantly evolving, digital regulatory landscape. Once forming policy proposals, both regulations have now evolved...more
In recent weeks, the EU and UK have both introduced changes to their respective versions of Europe’s landmark privacy legislation, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). These reforms mark the first substantial...more
On 1 July 2025, the Hague Convention of July 2019 on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil or Commercial Matters (the “Convention”) came into force in the UK. The Convention allows civil and commercial...more
Recent developments have made navigating multinational antitrust merger reviews even more complex and replete with traps for the unwary. ...more
In recent years, legislative initiatives have increasingly reflected the green agenda and sustainability objectives of the European Commission (the Commission)....more
The European Union’s ("EU") NIS2 Directive (Directive (EU) 2022/2555) capitalizes on the success of its predecessor, NIS, the first horizontal minimum harmonization cyber security and resilience frameworks at the EU level....more
A freight forwarder filed an application to the Polish tax authorities to obtain confirmation as to whether the importation of small consignment goods between private individuals could be VAT exempt even though the recipient...more
In its recent judgment in Beevers Kaas (Case C‑581/23), the European Court of Justice (ECJ) clarified how suppliers may validly restrict active sales in exclusive distribution arrangements under Article 4(b)(i) of the...more
A clear trend is emerging: Across the EU, authorities are intensifying the enforcement of EU sanctions, and it is anticipated that the prosecution of related criminal offenses will increase. As a result, the regulatory...more
On May 21, 2025, the European Commission filed a proposal to postpone the implementation of the due diligence obligations in Regulation 2023/1542, concerning batteries and waste batteries (the “EUBR”). The proposal would push...more
The European Union’s pay transparency directive (Directive (EU) 2023/970), adopted in June 2023, is landmark legislation aimed at addressing pay discrimination and closing the gender pay gap across the European Union. With a...more
In January 2025, an amending directive (Directive (EU) 2025/2, “Amending Directive”) was passed that will result in some important changes to the Solvency II Directive (Directive (EU) 2009/13/EU) taking effect across EU...more
France, the first country to transpose the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (the Directive or CSRD) through Order No. 2023-1142 of 6 December 2023, Order No. 2023-1142 of 6 December 2023, concerning the...more
1. Types of Business Entities - When entering the Romanian market, foreign investors have the option of incorporating a new legal entity with a Romanian legal personality, or setting up a unit of a foreign mother...more
In the face of US tariffs on steel, aluminium, autos and autoparts, the threat of resumption of so-called “reciprocal” tariffs and investigations concerning tariffs on products ranging from pharmaceuticals to wood, the EU...more
The EU regulation designed to facilitate secondary use of clinical data for research brings benefits for health research, but also poses challenges for companies....more
The European Union took a big step last year towards regulating digital labor platforms – and member states will need to adopt the new directive before the end of 2026. The directive seeks to curb worker misclassification,...more
The updated guidance includes simplification measures allowing due diligence statements’ reuse, annual submission, and management by authorised representatives on behalf of companies....more
The European Union’s Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act) is considered to be the world’s first comprehensive horizontal legal framework for AI. It provides for EU-wide rules on data quality, transparency, human oversight,...more
In 2024, the 70 plus member States of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (“UNCITRAL”) took significant steps towards the creation of an Advisory Centre for States in disputes in the Investor State...more
The European Union's Directive 2024/1069 (the "Directive") aims to protect individuals and organizations engaged in public participation (such as NGOs, journalists and academics) from strategic lawsuits against public...more
The European Commission (EC) has announced that it has opened infringement procedures by sending a letter of formal notice to 13 Member States (Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Greece, Spain, France, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta,...more