EU Newsletter

The Commission adopts the European Sustainability Reporting Standards
EU Newsletter · 01. August 2023
The standards cover the full range of environmental, social, and governance issues, including climate change, biodiversity and human rights.

Data Protection: European Commission adopts new adequacy decision for safe and trusted EU-US data flows
EU Newsletter · 11. July 2023
After the ECJ invalidated the former EU-US Privacy Shield, businesses who operate cross- border have been waiting to get another EU-US Adequacy decision which will enable a sound legal basis for cross- Atlantic data flows.

Data act: Council and Parliament strike a deal on fair access to and use of data
EU Newsletter · 28. June 2023
On June 27th, 2023, the three institutions regrouped in trilogues agreed on a deal on the Data Act. Though the final text of the deal will still need to be agreed by linguists and formally endorsed by the EP and by the Council, the content of the Data Act is now known.

European Parliament adopts the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive
EU Newsletter · 07. June 2023
On June 1st 2023 , the European Parliament adopted in plenary session its position for negotiations with member states on rules to integrate human rights and environmental impact into companies’ governance.

European Parliament Legal Affairs Committee adopts its report on the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDD)
EU Newsletter · 25. April 2023
What’s the issue? EU lawmakers in the JURI committee of the European Parliament adopted with a large majority the report from MEP Lara Wolters on the proposed corporate accountability rules on April 25th, 2023.

MEPs are still working to find compromises on corporate due diligence EU rules before key vote in Legal Affairs Committee
EU Newsletter · 13. April 2023
EU lawmakers in the JURI committee of the European Parliament are expected to vote on their position on the proposed corporate accountability rules on April 25th, but some key points still remain to be unlocked.

EP ECON Committee adopts the package on Anti- Money Laundering
EU Newsletter · 11. April 2023
At the end of March 2023, the MEPs from the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committees have adopted their position on three pieces of draft legislation on the financing provisions of EU Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) policy.

Council adopts its position and its negotiating mandate on EU law on criminal finances
EU Newsletter · 30. March 2023
This proposal regulates the access by law-enforcement and competent authorities (FIUs) to information about the identity of bank-account holders contained in national centralised registries.

Data act: member states agree common position on fair access to and use of data
EU Newsletter · 27. March 2023
With a view to making the EU a leader in our data-driven society, member states’ representatives (Coreper) reached a common position (“negotiating mandate”) allowing the Council to enter negotiations with the European Parliament on the proposed legislation regarding harmonised rules on fair access to and use of data (data act).

The EU Data Act – another step forward
EU Newsletter · 15. March 2023
The European Parliament has adopted in plenary session the report from MEP Pilar Del Castillo Vera, by 530 yes and notably 110 abstentions.

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