17 July marks the anniversary of the adoption in 1998 of the Rome Statute, the founding treaty of the International Criminal Court (ICC), the only permanent international criminal jurisdiction with a universal vocation. The goal of the Rome Statute is to bring justice to the victims of the most serious crimes of concern to the […]
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Commission sends preliminary findings to X for breach of the Digital Services Act
The Commission has informed X of its preliminary view that it is in breach of the Digital Services Act (DSA) in areas linked to dark patterns, advertising transparency and data access for researchers. Transparency and accountability in relation to content moderation and advertising are at the heart of the DSA. Based on an in-depth investigation […]
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Know your EU passenger rights before you travel
All packed, and ready to go? For those of you heading off on a summer break soon, we hope your travel plans don’t go wrong, but if they should, you should know that EU travel rules cover passengers in a number of eventualities. Whether your flight is cancelled, your train delayed or your luggage lost […]
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New appointments to the EU Court of Justice
The representatives of the governments of the member states today appointed three judges and an advocate-general to the Court of Justice as part of the 2024 partial renewal of its composition. The term of office of Mr Irmantas Jarukaitis as judge was renewed. Mr Bernardus Smulders and Mr Fredrik Schalin were appointed for a first […]
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The Commission has informed Meta of its preliminary findings that its “pay or consent” advertising model fails to comply with the Digital Markets Act
The Commission has informed Meta of its preliminary findings that its “pay or consent” advertising model fails to comply with the Digital Markets Act (DMA). In the Commission’s preliminary view, this binary choice forces users to consent to the combination of their personal data and fails to provide them a less personalised but equivalent version […]
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Statement by the European Commission on the agreement reached on the renewal of the Spanish Council for the Judiciary and the reform of the Organic Law on the Judiciary
The European Commission welcomes today’s agreement on the renewal of the Spanish Council for the Judiciary and the reform of the Organic Law on the Judiciary. This is a major step that addresses a long-standing concern and improves the situation of the judiciary in Spain. In January 2024, the Commission accepted to facilitate a structured […]
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The Spanish Congress approves the transposition of a directive that improves the conditions for breastfeeding and paternity leave
The Royal Decree-Law completes the transposition of Directive (EU) 2019/1158 regulating the work-life balance of parents and carers in the European Union. The Congress of Deputies last week gave its approval to Royal Decree-Law 2/2024 of 21 May which, among other measures, strengthens parental leave and improves the conditions for exercising the right to breastfeeding. […]
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Commission sends preliminary findings to Apple and opens additional non-compliance investigation against Apple under the Digital Markets Act
The European Commission has informed Apple of its preliminary view that its App Store rules are in breach of the Digital Markets Act (DMA), as they prevent app developers from freely steering consumers to alternative channels for offers and content. In addition, the Commission opened a new non-compliance procedure against Apple over concerns that its new contractual requirements for […]
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CJEU: Stateless persons of Palestinian origin registered with UNRWA should in principle be granted refugee status
UNRWA’s assistance or protection must, in particular be considered to have ceased vis-à-vis the applicant when that body finds itself unable, for whatever reason, to ensure dignified living conditions or minimum security conditions to any stateless person of Palestinian origin, staying in the sector of UNRWA’s area of operations, in which the applicant had his […]
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