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Overview of the Latest Developments on the DMA: January-April 2025 
9 May 2025 (updated 5 months ago)
Dr. Anna Pingen Dr. Anna Pingen in Issue 1/2025
This news item continues the overview of latest developments on the EU's Digital Markets Act - the EU's flagship regulation for gatekeepers in order to ensure contestable and fair markets in the digital sector. Read more
EU Legislation Digital Space Regulation
Guidelines on Prohibited AI Practices 
17 March 2025
Dr. Anna Pingen Dr. Anna Pingen in Issue 1/2025
On 4 February 2025, the European Commission published non-binding Guidelines on Prohibited Artificial Intelligence (AI) Practices. The Guidelines clarify the understanding of Art. 5 of the AI Act and aim at assisting stakeholders in interpreting and operationalizing the relevant prohibitive provisions. Read more
EU Artificial Intelligence (AI) Legislation Commission
EU Strengthened Cybersecurity with New Legislative Measures 
27 January 2025
Dr. Anna Pingen Dr. Anna Pingen in Issue 4/2024
The European Parliament and the Council adopted two new laws under the cybersecurity legislative package to bolster the EU's ability to detect, prepare for, and respond to cyber threats and incidents:The Cyber Solidarity Act (Regulation 2025/38);The targeted amendment to the Cybersecurity Act (CSA) … Read more
EU Security Union Legislation Cybercrime
Spotlight New Five-Year Programme on Future Priorities in the Fields of Justice and Home Affairs 
15 January 2025
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl in Issue 4/2024
At their meeting on 12 December 2024, the EU Member States' Minsters responsible for home and justice affairs approved a new strategic agenda that shapes the future direction of EU policy in the area of freedom, security and justice (AFSJ). According to the titled "strategic guidelines for legislative and operational planning within the area of freedom, security and justice", the EU institutions are called on to put the set priorities into action during the next legislative cycle. Read more
EU Area of Freedom, Security and Justice Legislation Council Organised Crime Judicial Cooperation Law Enforcement Cooperation
New Regulation Will Ban Products Made with Forced Labour from Union Market 
10 January 2025
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M. in Issue 4/2024
On 12 December 2024, Regulation (EU) 2024/3015 of 27 November 2024 on prohibiting products made with forced labour on the Union market and amending Directive (EU) 2019/1937 was published in the Official Journal. The new legal framework will prohibit to place and make available on … Read more
EU Legislation Illegal Employment
Latest Developments Regarding the Digital Markets Act (October-December 2024) 
3 December 2024 (updated 5 months ago)
Dr. Anna Pingen Dr. Anna Pingen in Issue 3/2024
The news item is an overview of the latest developments on the EU's Digital Markets Act (DMA). It follows on from the news on the DMA in →eucrim 2/2024, 95-96. The DMA aims to ensure contestable and fair markets in the digital sector with strenghtened compliance obligations for "gatekeepers". Read more
EU Legislation Digital Space Regulation
Overview of the Latest Developments Regarding the Digital Services Act - September to October 2024 
12 November 2024 (updated 1 year, 8 months ago)
Dr. Anna Pingen Dr. Anna Pingen in Issue 3/2024
This news item continues the reporting on the latest developments concerning the DSA in the form of a chronological overview. It follows the overview in eucrim 2/2024, 91-92. Read more
EU Legislation Digital Space Regulation
New Directive to Strengthen Anti-Human Trafficking 
1 October 2024
Dr. Anna Pingen Dr. Anna Pingen / Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl in Issue 2/2024
On 24 June 2024, a new Directive on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings and protecting its victims was published in the Official Journal. The Directive considerably amends and modifies the 2011 anti-trafficking Directive. Read more
EU Legislation Trafficking in Human Beings
Spotlight Council of Europe Convention on Artificial Intelligence 
26 September 2024 (updated 1 year, 7 months ago)
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl in Issue 3/2024
On 5 September 2024, the first-ever, international, legally-binding instrument on Artificial Intelligence (AI) was opened for signature by the Council of Europe (CoE). The CoE’s “Framework Convention on Artificial Intelligence” provides a common baseline to ensure that activities within the lifecycle of AI systems are fully consistent with human rights, democracy and the rule of law. Read more
Council of Europe Artificial Intelligence (AI) Legislation
DMA: Bytedance (TikTok) Remains a Gatekeeper 
2 September 2024 (updated 1 year, 9 months ago)
Dr. Anna Pingen Dr. Anna Pingen in Issue 2/2024
In the case of Bytedance (TikTok) v. Commission (Case T‑1077/23), the General Court (GC) dismissed the action brought by Bytedance, the company behind TikTok, challenging the European Commission's decision to designate it a "gatekeeper" under the Digital Markets Act (DMA). Read more
Legislation Digital Space Regulation Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU)
Overview of the Latest Developments Regarding the Digital Services Act (April-September 2024) 
2 September 2024 (updated 1 year, 4 months ago)
Dr. Anna Pingen Dr. Anna Pingen in Issue 2/2024
This news item continues the reporting on the latest developments concerning the Digital Services Act (the EU's landmark legislation for a safer, more transparent online environment) in the form of a chronological overview. Read more
EU Legislation Digital Space Regulation Data Protection
Spotlight New EU Rules on Protection of the Environment through Criminal Law 
12 August 2024 (updated 2 months, 2 weeks ago)
Dr. Anna Pingen Dr. Anna Pingen / Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl in Issue 1/2024
On 30 April 2024, Directive (EU) 2024/1203 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 April 2024 on the protection of the environment through criminal law was published in the Official Journal of the EU. The Directive establishes updated minimum EU-wide standards for the definition of environmental criminal offences and penalties, replacing the previous 2008 legislation. Read more
EU Legislation Environmental Crime
New Pact on Migration and Asylum 
9 August 2024 (updated 3 weeks, 2 days ago)
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M. in Issue 2/2024
After three years of hard and complex negotiations, the European Parliament and the Council formally adopted the new Pact on Migration and Asylum in May 2024. It is one of the most important EU legislations in the area of home affairs in the recent years and follows a holistic approach: introducing a new legislative framework on migration and asylum while supporting Member States through operational and targeted actions. Read more
EU Legislation Frontex
Final Approval and Publication of the AI Act 
8 August 2024 (updated 1 year, 10 months ago)
Dr. Anna Pingen Dr. Anna Pingen in Issue 2/2024
After the Council's final green light on 21 May 2024, the pioneering Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act, establishing the first comprehensive global regulatory framework for AI, was published in the EU’s Official Journal on 12 July 2024 (Regulation (EU) 2024/1689). The AI Act prohibits certain AI … Read more
EU Artificial Intelligence (AI) Legislation
Spotlight New Directive Criminalises Violation/Circumvention of EU Restrictive Measures 
9 July 2024 (updated 1 year ago)
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl in Issue 1/2024
The EU has adopted the new Directive 2024/1226 laying down minimum rules on the definition of criminal offences and penalties in relation to the violation and circumvention of Union restrictive measures. The Directive is an additional measure of the EU's reaction to Russia's war in Ukraine aiming at introducing crime control over breaches of a series of Union restrictive measures against Russia and Belarus. Read more
EU Area of Freedom, Security and Justice Ukraine conflict Legislation
Spotlight New Directive on Asset Recovery and Confiscation 
30 May 2024
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl in Issue 1/2024
In April 2024, the European Parliament and the Council adopted new EU-wide minimum rules on the tracing, identification, freezing, confiscation and management of property within the framework of proceedings in criminal matters. Directive (EU) 2024/1260 on asset recovery and confiscation was published in the EU's … Read more
EU Legislation Freezing of Assets / Confiscation