Eu Law

Professor Laurent Pech considers the future of the rule of law in the EU. The history of the rule of law in EU law has been one of gradual process of formal Treaty enshrinement followed by the swift development of the EU’s “rule of law toolbox” in response to unexpected backsliding

Ireland has been referred to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) for failing to introduce penalties for breaches of EU biodiversity rules. The Invasive Alien Species Regulation, which came into force nearly a decade ago, obliges EU member states to take effective measures to prevent in

FIFA and UEFA rules which prevented a group of football clubs from establishing a controversial new European Super League are unlawful, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has found. The two Swiss-headquartered associations threatened to impose sanctions on clubs and players who partic

Human rights expert Professor Colin Harvey has been appointed to the scientific committee of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA). Professor Harvey is a director of the Human Rights Centre at Queen's University Belfast and a commissioner of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commi

The EU has opened formal proceedings against X, formerly Twitter, following concerns about disinformation, poor content moderation and other alleged breaches of the bloc's new digital services law. The announcement yesterday marks the first investigation of its kind under the landmark Digital Servic

A new European Board for Media Services is to be established alongside the introduction of new EU rules on editorial independence and media pluralism. The European Parliament and Council last week reached political agreement on the European Media Freedom Act (EMFA) proposed by the Commission last Se

New EU rules setting out the employment rights of gig economy workers have been agreed and will come into force in around two years' time.

The European Union has recorded a major milestone on the road to establishing the world's first comprehensive legal framework to regulate artificial intelligence (AI) technology. Following lengthy negotiations, the European Parliament and Council on Saturday reached a political agreement on the AI A

Draft legislation providing for the full implementation of the EU Digital Services Act in Ireland has been published. The EU Digital Services Regulation, more commonly referred to as the EU Digital Services Act, will establish a new regulatory framework to protect EU users of digital services and th

The European Commission has recommended the opening of EU accession negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova, as well as setting out a route for Bosnia and Herzegovina and Georgia to eventually join the bloc. Speaking yesterday after the Commission adopted the 2023 enlargement package, Commission presi

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) should overturn a 2020 ruling that Apple does not owe €14 billion in back taxes in Ireland, an advocate-general has told the court. The European Commission and the Irish government have long been at odds as to whether Apple benefited from an unl

The European Ombudsman has upheld a complaint by the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) in relation to the European Commission's failure to disclose a list of companies consulted on a controversial technology law. The issue arose after the ICCL requested documents pertaining to the decision-ma

The European Commission appeared to backtrack on a controversial suspension of aid payments to Palestine after Ireland and other countries questioned the legal basis for the move. In a statement yesterday, the Commission confirmed that it has ordered an urgent review of EU assistance for Palestine t

The UK has been fined €32m (£28m) by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) over its use of yacht fuels used in the final days of EU membership. The court stated that the UK government had failed to prohibit the use of “marked fuel”, known in the UK as red diesel, &

Six major technology companies have been designated by the European Commission as "gatekeepers" under the new Digital Markets Act (DMA) and now have six months to bring their services in compliance with the law. Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, ByteDance, Meta, Microsoft have been designated in respect of 2