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NewsEU targets individuals, entities and bodies with new global human rights sanctions regime
On 7 December 2020, the Council of the European Union adopted a framework consisting of a decision (Council Decision CFSP 2020/1999) and a regulation (Council Regulation EU 2020/1998) which establish a global human rights sanctions regime. This framework means that the EU can now target individuals, entities and bodies, as ...
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‘Post-transition UK-EU trade in legal services’ by Jonathan Goldsmith
At the time of writing, it is not known whether the UK and EU will reach agreement on their future trade deal. But from the point of view of the trade in legal services between the UK and the EU, the deal or no-deal cliff-hanger does not make much difference. ...
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‘The first official hearings of the Special Committee on Artificial Intelligence in a Digital Age’ by Marcus Scheuren
On 18 June 2020, the European Parliament’s members decided with a broad majority to set up a new Special Committee on Artificial Intelligence in a Digital Age (with the beautifully musical acronym AIDA), for a duration of initially twelve months (extendable once by six months), and with 33 members . ...
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‘Challenges and opportunities for the Biden Presidency’ by Federiga Bindi
Federiga Bindi reflects on the challenges and opportunities for the Biden Presidency following the recent US election.
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‘Not leveled yet… State aid control and the EU-UK negotiations’ by Professor Andrea Biondi
Professor Andrea Biondi, Professor of EU law, King’s College London and Academic Associate 39 Essex Chambers comments on the EU-UK negotiations in regards to state aid control.
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Commission publishes its proposal for revised standard contractual clauses (SCCs)
On 12 November, the Commission published its proposal for revised set of standard contractual clauses (SCCs). The SCCs are one of the safeguards for transfers of personal data outside of the European Economic Area (EEA) under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The proposal is open for consultation until 10 ...
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European Data Protection Board adopts recommendations on supplementary measures following Schrems II judgment
In early November, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) published two sets of recommendations: Recommendations on measures that supplement transfer tools to ensure compliance with the EU level of protection of personal data; and Recommendations on the European Essential Guarantees for surveillance measures. Both documents intend to address the requirements ...
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‘Brexit Transition and the Rule of Law: An Uncertain New World?’ by Dr Oliver Garner
On Monday 9 November, the UK House of Lords voted to remove certain provisions of the UK Internal Market Bill. These clauses would permit government Ministers to legislate in breach of the Withdrawal Agreement. A former Lord Chief Justice and a former Lord Chancellor condemned the ‘emergency clauses’ as a ...
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The EU at the WTO: the next Director-General
In May this year, the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation, Roberto Azevedo, announced his surprise resignation effective on 31 August 2020, a year ahead of schedule. The intergovernmental organisation is currently being run by a coalition of four Deputy Director-Generals serving in an interim capacity.
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Update on Brexit - October 2020
As readers may well recall, it was previously hoped that the EU-UK Future Relationship Agreement could be agreed by the end of October in order to allow sufficient time for ratification ahead of the 1st January 2021. The European Council summit on the 15th October had been earmarked as the ...
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European Climate Law: 2030 emissions reduction target increased to 60%
The autumn of 2016 saw the EU ratify the Paris Agreement, which set out the goal of keeping the rise of global temperature well below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. Under article 4 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU, the EU and its member states have ...
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Green Week 2020
The European Union’s Green Week, Europe’s biggest annual environmental event, took place last week (19 October – 22 October) featuring events examining how EU policies such as the European Green Deal can allow nature to recover and thrive through preservation and restoration. During the week, stakeholders from all over Europe ...
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‘Data adequacy is in the mutual interest of the UK and the EU, however the path to get there is fraught’ - Article by TechUK
The UK is a leader in digitally delivered services, estimates from the UK Department of International Trade show that in 2018 the UK exported £190.3bn digitally delivered services (67.1% of total UK services exports) and imported £91.1bn digitally delivered, a trade surplus of £99.2bn. This trade is underpinned by ...
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‘The mass electronic surveillance of all citizens? Not on my watch! confirms the ECJ’ by Jean-Francois Henrotte and Alexandre Cassart of Lexing Belgium
To catch thieves and murderers, Hercule Poirot, the famous fictional Belgian detective created by Agatha Christie, relied only on his ‘ little grey cells ’ and ‘ order and method ’. Decades later, police force, national security and intelligence authorities rely heavily on the exploitation of electronic communications
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The new EU special committee on Artificial Intelligence in a Digital Age (AIDA)
Ahead of anticipated legislative proposals from the European Commission, on 18 June 2020 the European Parliament set up a special committee on Artificial Intelligence in a Digital Age (AIDA) with the objective of analysing Artificial Intelligence’s (AI) impact on the EU economy. The Committee, chaired by Romanian MEP Dragoș Tudorache ...
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European Parliament adopts artificial intelligence (AI) regulation proposals
On 20 October, the European Parliament became one of the world’s regulatory pioneers in field of AI when MEPs adopted proposals covering an ethics framework for AI, intellectual property rights and liability for damage caused by AI. According to the European Parliament, the recommendations would ensure that the EU becomes ...
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'CEPS/QMUL Task Force flunks out e-evidence proposals and recommends strengthening and digitalisation of existing channels of judicial cooperation for cross-border data gathering in criminal matters
CEPS and QMUL recently concluded a Task Force on “Cross-border data access in criminal proceedings and the future of digital justice”. This extensive multi-stakeholder consultation process - which involved EU and national policy makers, private sector representatives, as well as lawyers and prosecutors, legal scholars, and actors from the civil ...
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The Commission publishes its Rule of Law Report
The European Commission’s Rule of Law Report 2020 was published on 30 September 2020. It consists of a general report and 27 country chapters (available in all EU languages) presenting Member State-specific assessments. The Commission also prepared a factsheet on the Rule of Law toolbox and a factsheet on the ...
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Commission publishes its 2021 work programme: ‘A Union of vitality in a world of fragility.’
The European Commission has set out its 6 priorities for the year ahead in its annual work programme for 2021 which concentrates on how Europe will seize opportunity and deliver on its ambitions whilst, in parallel, managing the pandemic.
